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By default, Moodle 2.3 will show courses and categories on the Front page<\/strong>. This can be removed to display the home page as a website, instead of a list of Courses and Categories. That way, when the website is visited, the Front page will display information about the Moodle site, instead of activities a student would need to see. In this tutorial, the Categories and Courses will be removed from the Front page and replaced with HTML, images, and a table.<\/p>\n

Creating a custom Front page<\/h3>\n
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  1. Log into the Moodle Dashboard<\/a>\n

    Important!<\/strong> Keep in mind that Editing must be turned on<\/a> in the Settings section in order to edit any of these options.
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    Navigate to Front page settings<\/strong> > Edit settings<\/strong> in the Settings to the Left.
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    On the Front page settings<\/strong> page, Select None<\/strong> for the Front page<\/strong> and the Front page items when logged in <\/strong>drop boxes to remove the Categories and Courses from the Front page. Click Save changes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n


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    Navigate to the Home page<\/strong>. With editing on, the Edit summary<\/strong> link will display. Click the Edit Summary link<\/strong>.
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  5. \"create-page-no-course-4-summary-moodle\"<\/a>\n
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    On the Summary of Site<\/strong> page, the Front page can be customized with the WYSIWYG editor. HTML code can also be inserted into the Summary section with the HTML button in the WYSIWYG editor. <\/p>\n

    Add images, text, tables, and more to customize the Front page. Once done, click Save changes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n


    \"create-page-no-course-5-final-moodle\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Now when visiting the site, the Front page will look more like a website, instead of listing the courses.
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    This concludes the tutorial on Customizing the Moodle Front page Appearance. For more information on this Education course please visit Changing the Appearance of Moodle <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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