Manage sections within a Moodle space
This guide explains how to manage - add, remove, move and rename - sections (aka topics) in a Moodle space.
Moodle uses the terms topics and sections interchangeably depending on the course format. We will refer to these by the term 'section' in all our guides i.e. Add sections is the same as Add topics.
Add a section
- Turn editing on.
- Click ‘Add topics’ at the bottom of the centre Moodle space.
- Enter ‘number of sections’ you would like to add in the ‘Add sections’ pop up window.
- Click ‘Add sections’ to make the additions to your course space.
Delete a section
- Turn editing on.
- Click ‘Edit’ to the right of the topic name that you wish to delete.
- Click ‘Delete section’ from the drop-down list. You will be taken to a delete section confirmation page.
- Click ‘Delete’ to confirm you want to delete the section.
Hide or show a section
- Turn editing on.
- Click ‘Edit’ situated to the right of the topic name that you wish to hide/unhide. If a section is already hidden, the section will be flagged 'hidden from students'.
- To hide a section - click ‘Hide section’ from the drop-down list.
- To show a section - click ‘Show section’ from the drop-down list.
You can also restrict access to a section based on specific criteria.
Move a section
- Turn editing on.
- Click and drag the move icon at the top left of the section. As you drag over other sections they will dim.
- Release the mouse to drop the section into a new location.
You cannot move the top (General) section.
You can also move a section by clicking on the move icon and selecting the appropriate section in the pop up for the section to appear below.
Rename a section
You can change the name of any topic/section within your Moodle course space.
- Turn editing on.
- Click the (pencil) edit icon to the right of the name of the section that you want to edit.
- Edit the text in the text box.
- Press enter to save the changes.
The information on this page relates to Moodle v3.6 and was last updated March 2020.
Contents
- Introduction to managing course participants
- Make your course visible to students
- Check participants
- Enrolment methods and managing access permissions
- Enrol participants using Warwick auto-enrolment
- Manually enrol participants onto a Moodle space
- Roles and their functions in Moodle
- Switch to another role
- Create groups
- Create groupings
- Using group mode with activities
- Enable activity completion
- Mark activity completion manually
- Track activity completion
- Course completion
- Course participation
- Introduction to assessment and feedback
- Create a fail / pass scale
- Create a custom certificate
- Create and manage badges
- Reports, logs and completion data in Moodle
- Create an assignment
- Create an assignment for group submission
- Set up Turnitin within an assignment
- Create and grade a submission using a rubric
- Use a marking workflow for assignments
- Blind marking
- Allocate markers to specific submissions
- Provide grades and feedback for individual assignments
- Check the status of submissions
- Hide or show grades and feedback
- Introduction to eStream
- Access your eStream content
- Uploading videos to eStream
- Edit videos in eStream
- Edit video thumbnail
- Uploading a closed captions (subtitles) file to eStream
- Add eStream videos to Mahara
- Sharing eStream videos to Moodle
- Sharing an eStream video with a link
- Setup a video assignment in Moodle
- Introduction to Vevox
- Get help with Vevox
- Converting from Turning Point to Vevox
- Polling in PowerPoint using the Vevox add-in
- Polling and Q&A all running within the Vevox dashboard
- Polling in PowerPoint, plus Q&A
- Request a Vevox account
- Information about Vevox for students
- Use Teams with Vevox personal response system