Location: Category link in Site Administration > Courses > Add/edit courses Course categories organize courses for all Moodle site participants. Miscellaneous is the default course category on a new Moodle site.
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Select site administration's courses manage courses and categories. All Moodle LMS will have aMoreSelect site administration's courses manage courses and categories. All Moodle LMS will have a default category called miscellaneous you can change the name of this category.
How do I find my course category in Moodle?
Adding categories is very simple:Go to Administration > Site administration > Courses > Create new category.Complete the details required and click 'Create category. ... Alternatively, you can go to Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories and click the link 'Create new category'.More items...•
What is course category in Moodle?
Course categories organize courses for all Moodle site participants. The default course category on a new Moodle site is "Miscellaneous" (although this can be renamed) A Course creator, Administrator or Manager can put all courses in the Miscellaneous category.
How do I upload a course category in Moodle?
Upload coursesGo to Administration > Site administration > Courses > Upload courses.Either drag and drop the CSV file or click the 'Choose a file' button and select the file in the file picker.Select appropriate import options carefully, then click the preview button.
How can you see all the courses in Moodle?
The block title shows as "My courses" and allows one-click access to a course's home page. There is also the option to list All courses... available within the Moodle site. This will display a list of course types and a click on one of the types will reveal all the courses in that category.
What are the course categories?
Course CategoriesIT. (892 Courses)Health. (453 Courses)Language. (219 Courses)Business. (1254 Courses)Management. (721 Courses)Personal Development. (747 Courses)Sales & Marketing. (268 Courses)Engineering & Construction. (638 Courses)More items...
What is the default course format in Moodle?
Topics format The course is organised into topic sections that a teacher can give titles to. Each topic section consists of activities, resources and labels. In new installations of Moodle, this is the default format.
How do I hide a course in Moodle?
On the Course Management panel, under Course Settings, select Edit course settings. The Edit course settings page will open. On the Edit course settings page, under General, for Course visibility, select Hide or Show. Click Save and display.
How do I create a bulk course in Moodle?
Bulk course creation Go to Administration > Site Administration > Courses > Upload courses. Upload a CSV file either by dragging and dropping or using the button to select from the File picker. Select your import options and click Preview. If the settings are acceptable, click Upload.
How do I upload content to Moodle?
The simplest one is to drag-and-drop files from your desktop straight into Moodle.First you must turn editing on. ... Drag your file from your desktop straight into Moodle until you see + Add file(s) here option appear and drop your file into it.More items...•
How do I show only enrolled courses on Moodle?
How to display only enrolled courses in MoodleSite administration -> Front page settings -> Front page: None. Front page items when logged in: None. ... IF you want to remove from navigation panel, do below settings: ... Site administration > Plugins > Blocks > Courses > Hide 'All courses' link.
Why did my course disappear from Moodle?
If you used to have access to a course, but it seems to have disappeared, it has most likely changed status from "In-progress" to "past." This can happen, especially if the course has ended, but you still have work to submit.
What is a course overview?
What is a course description? A course description serves to state the rationale for the course and give an overview of key content covered, skills and knowledge to be learned, and how it will benefit the student.
Adding a category
Most people organize their courses by department and college or by topic. Be sure to test the organizational scheme with a few users before entering a large number of courses, to save time in moving them later.
Adding sub course categories
Course sub-categories may be created by adding a new course category then using the "move category to" drop-down menu to move the category inside another category. Similarly, sub-sub-categories etc. may be created.
Hiding categories
Categories may be easily hidden or shown via Administration block > Courses > Add/edit courses. Click on the icon to show or hide a category. Hidden categories are only visible to site administrators.
Setting category depth
You can limit the number of categories that are displayed in the front page 'List of Categories' or 'Combo List' by adding the following line to your config.php:
Assigning users a role in a course category
To assign users a role in a course category, access Site Administration > Courses > Add/edit courses, click on the course category then click the 'Assign roles' link at top right of the page.
How to create a course category in Moodle?
In plain Moodle, it will be available under the list of the left-side menu. Click on the Site Administration link and afterward on the Courses button. You can create a course category either from: Manage course and category, or. Add a category. See the image for clarity.
How to edit a course in Moodle?
Step 1. Go to ‘ Manage courses and categories’ where you find categories. Click on the ‘ Gear icon ’ from the category which you want to modify. Site Administration -> Courses -> Manage courses and categories. Step 2. Choose the Moodle course category to edit and click on the ‘Gear icon’ to modify it. Step 3.
Re: Display course category name in a course and under course category
would display a list of the id numbers of the parent categories. I'm thinking that if you explode this into an array (instead of echoing them), you should be able to make use of the array to do whatever you need to do with the parent categories.
Re: Display course category name in a course and under course category
I don't think it needs all that code, I suspect it is something simple.
Re: Display course category name in a course and under course category
I know that if you add <?php echo $COURSE->category ;?> in a page the id is displayed. So why is it not possible to associate the course_categories ID to course_categories NAME and get it to PRINT? That's what annoys me! LOL
Re: Display course category name in a course and under course category
You can - with a bit of fiddling - that's what Miriam's original post does, but it seems you have to do it by calling the database - although looking at Matthias' post you could probably avoid that using $PAGE -> category -> name?
Re: Display course category name in a course and under course category
In your case, based on what you were asking in the other thread, it would probably replace the navbar code.
Re: Display course category name in a course and under course category
It really sounds crazy that just to hide one or two items in the breadcrumb we have to dig into the code levels to do this.
Show Categories of courses on Dashboard after sign in
I have been struggeling the whole day with something that seems quite obvious
Re: Show Categories of courses on Dashboard after sign in
The only way I can see is a bit of editing of the theme dashboard.php file.
Re: Show Categories of courses on Dashboard after sign in
You can also get the My courses link in the Navigation block to show categories by choosing Show course categories from Site admin>Appearance>Navigation.
Editing Or Moving A Category
- You can edit the details of a course category by clicking the actions icon next to its name in Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories.and selecting 'Edit'.
- You can move categories up or down by clicking the up/down arrow next to the category you …
- You can edit the details of a course category by clicking the actions icon next to its name in Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories.and selecting 'Edit'.
- You can move categories up or down by clicking the up/down arrow next to the category you wish to move. You can bulk move categories by checking the box to the left of their name and then by select...
Adding Sub-Categories
- Sometimes it might be useful to have a sub-category of a course. For example, you might have a category "Science" and wish to have sub-categories "Biology", "Chemistry" and "Physics".
Hiding Categories
- Categories may be easily hidden or shown via Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categoriesand clicking the 'eye' icon of the category you wish to hide. Hidden categories...
Sorting Categories
- Categories may be sorted by ascending/descending names or ID numbers from Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories Courses within categories may also be sorted. See Adding a new course
Setting Category Depth
- You can limit the number of categories that are displayed in the front page 'List of Categories' or 'Combo List' from Administration>Site administration>Front page>Front page settingsDeeper level categories will appear as links and the user can expand them.
Assigning Users A Role in A Course Category
- To assign a Manager at the Category level, see Assign Manager role at category level. To enrol teacher or students roles category wide, see Category enrolments.
See Also
- Screencasts
Course and category management] Using Moodle forum discussions: 1. Course Summary Sometimes Not Appearing 2. Allowing teachers to put courses in categories
Adding A Category
Editing A Category
- Moodle1.9 You can edit a category in Moodle 1.9, which gives you access to change the Parent category (if applicable), change the name of the cateory, add or edit the course category description, and force a theme for the category (if enabled in Administration block > Appearance > Themes > Theme Settings). If the category is visible, the course category description will be disp…
Adding Sub Course Categories
- Course sub-categories may be created by adding a new course category then using the "move category to" drop-down menu to move the category inside another category. Similarly, sub-sub-categories etc. may be created. Moodle1.9 Starting with Moodle 1.9, you can add sub-categories directly in the category you want it in. Simply enter the course category, Turn Editing On, and clic…
Hiding Categories
- Categories may be easily hidden or shown via Administration block > Courses > Add/edit courses. Click on the icon to show or hide a category. Hidden categories are only visible to site administrators. By default, all courses inside a hidden category are not available for students to access, but you can go to Administration > Front Page >Front Page ...
Setting Category Depth
- You can limit the number of categories that are displayed in the front page 'List of Categories' or 'Combo List' by adding the following line to your config.php: $CFG->max_category_depth = n; Where n is the maximum number of categories you wish to display.
Assigning Users A Role in A Course Category
- To assign users a role in a course category, access Site Administration > Courses > Add/edit courses, click on the course category then click the 'Assign roles' link at top right of the page.
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