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{{About Moodle}}
==How does Moodle work?==
===The Front page===
*The [[Front page]] of a Moodle site - the page you reach from your browser - usually includes information about the establishment itself and can be highly customised. (Note that it is also possible to lock the front page down so that all a user sees when they click on the Moodle URL is a log in screen.)
*How users [[Authentication|join a Moodle site]] depends on the establishment: they might be given logins; they might be allowed to make accounts themselves, or they might be signed in automatically from another system.

===Inside Moodle===
*Moodle's basic structure is organised around [[Courses|courses]]. These are basically pages or areas within Moodle where teachers can present their learning [[Resources|resources]] and [[Activities|activities]] to students. They can have different layouts but they usually include a number of central sections where materials are displayed and side [[Blocks|blocks]] offering extra features or information.
*Courses can contain content for a year's studies, a single session or any other variants depending on the teacher or establishment. They can be used by one teacher or shared by a group of teachers. 
*How students [[Enrolment|enrol]] on courses depends on the establishment; for example they can self-enrol, be enrolled manually by their teacher or automatically by the admin. 
*Courses are organised into categories. Physics, Chemistry and Biology courses might come under the Science category for instance.

===Teachers, students and other Moodle users===
*You don't enter Moodle with the "teacher" or "student" role.
*Everyone who logs into Moodle has no special privileges until they are allocated [[Roles_and_capabilities|roles]] by the administrator according to their needs in individual courses or contexts.

===Finding your way around===
*A logged in user can access areas of Moodle such as their courses or profile from the [[Navigation block]] and [[Administration block]]. What a user sees in these blocks depends on their role and any privileges granted them by the administrator.
*Each user has their own customisable [[Dashboard]].

==See also==
* [http://www.slideshare.net/mark.drechsler/moodle-structural-overview Structural overview] slide show by Mark Drechsler
* [http://www.slideshare.net/moodlefan/what-is-moodle-explained-with-lego-presentation What is Moodle explained with Lego] presentation by Tomaz Lasic

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