Manage your content guide

Moodle has lots of features to help you manage your content.

• You can hide and delete content.
• You can release content to students based on their group membership or on a certain date using Restrict access.
• You can release new content when students complete an activity using Activity completion.
• You can combine Restrict access and Activity completion to require that students to follow a particular pathway through the content or create alternative pathways through a module.

This guide provides detailed instructions on how to use these features. A quick overview of where to find these settings is outlined below.

1. Turn Edit mode on.
2. Open the section where the resource/activity is located.
3. Select the three dots alongside the relevant resource or activity to review the options available.
4. Select either Hide or Delete.

You can add new content in any location within a section. You can move the content to a new location if required.

1. Turn Edit mode on.
2. Open the section where the content is located.
3. Open the section to where you want to move the content. 
4. Ensure all other sections of the module are closed.
5. Using the left button on your mouse, click and hold the white space surrounding the file name. The cursor will change into a four-arrowed shape
6. Drag your content to the section you want it to display, then release the mouse button.
   • If you are working on a long module, keep the left mouse button pressed and select the up or down arrow on your keyboard to navigate to the new location for the content. Release the mouse button when the content has reached the correct location.

You can also move content using the Module index.

1. Turn Edit mode on.
2. Open module index on the left of the screen.
3. Hover your mouse to the left of the title within the Module index that you want to move.
4. Using the right button on your mouse, click and hold the content on module index, then drag and release it to the section you wish to move it to.

Finally you can move content using the content settings menu.

1. Open the three dot menu to the right of the content.
2. Select Move.
3. An overlay window will open displaying all sections on the module. Open the section where you want to move the content.
4. Select the location below which want to move the content.

In Moodle 3.9, Module index is not available. You will need to click, hold and drag the grey four-arrowed shape above the content name in the main body of the module to move it to a different location.

1. Navigate to the relevant section.
2. Open the relevant content. The resource will open.
3. Select Settings from the contextual navigation menu above the module name.

   

4. Scroll down to the Restrict access and Activity completion settings.
5. Update the settings and select Save and return to module.