{"id":3049,"date":"2019-05-08T16:09:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T10:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T05:49:26","slug":"user-dashboard-revamp-in-moodle-3-6-the-most-appealing-change-to-increase-user-interaction-and-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/user-dashboard-revamp-in-moodle-3-6-the-most-appealing-change-to-increase-user-interaction-and-experience","title":{"rendered":"User Dashboard Revamp in Moodle 3.6 -The Most Appealing Change to Increase UI &#038; UX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The first thing that attracts a user to an e-learning platform is the look and feel and the features in the dashboard because it is the first page that a user lands after logging in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The user dashboard lists the most important things the user would like to view or perform. The release of Moodle 3.6, has completely revamped the user dashboard to allow more functionality and personalization when managing your course menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Course Overview Updates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Customize the way your courses are being displayed in the course overview block. For this, new features have been added in the course overview block.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You can also choose to show past, current, or future courses\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3060 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Course-Overview-Updates.png\" alt=\"Course Overview Updates\" width=\"626\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Course-Overview-Updates.png 626w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Course-Overview-Updates-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Course-Overview-Updates-560x253.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3061 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/admin-user.png\" alt=\"admin user\" width=\"520\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/admin-user.png 520w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/admin-user-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Starred Courses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You can now mark a course as favorite by clicking on star this course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3063 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Starred-Courses-1.png\" alt=\"Starred Courses\" width=\"647\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Starred-Courses-1.png 647w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Starred-Courses-1-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Starred-Courses-1-560x391.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"><br \/>\nYou can Choose to Sort by Title or Recently (Last) Accessed Courses<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3064 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accessed-courses.png\" alt=\"accessed courses\" width=\"666\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accessed-courses.png 666w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accessed-courses-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/accessed-courses-560x304.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"><br \/>\nAnd Select Alternate Views, Such as List, Grid or Summary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3065 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/alternate-views.png\" alt=\"alternate views\" width=\"643\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/alternate-views.png 643w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/alternate-views-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/alternate-views-560x327.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>New Dashboard Blocks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Alongside the changes to how users can interact with and manage courses, users can now customize the Dashboard by adding blocks and rearranging them any way they choose. These new blocks include the following features:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cTimeline\u201d takes the list of all completed, pending and overdue activities. The timeline was formerly found in the Course Overview, but has been moved to its own block. It now appears separate from the regular display. The new timeline block allows you to sort and filter the items in your timeline. For example, you can choose to view only the activities due in the next seven days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3066 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Upcoming-Activities.png\" alt=\"Upcoming Activities\" width=\"625\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Upcoming-Activities.png 625w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Upcoming-Activities-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Upcoming-Activities-560x218.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u201cRecently accessed courses\u201d<\/strong><\/span> Shows a List of the Courses You Accessed Most Recently<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/recently-accessed-activities.png\" alt=\"recently accessed activities\" width=\"632\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/recently-accessed-activities.png 632w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/recently-accessed-activities-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/recently-accessed-activities-560x201.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also Read:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/important-design-strategies-that-you-should-incorporate-in-moodle-lms-course\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Important Design Strategies That You Should Incorporate in Moodle LMS Course\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Conributed By:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Surendra Prasad<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"newsletter_form\">\n<h2>Sign up our Newsletter!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"emaillist\" id=\"es_form_f0-n1\"><form action=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049#es_form_f0-n1\" method=\"post\" class=\"es_subscription_form es_shortcode_form  es_ajax_subscription_form\" id=\"es_subscription_form_6a3a5797c9490\" data-source=\"ig-es\" data-form-id=\"0\"><div class=\"es-field-wrap\"><label>Name<br \/><input type=\"text\" name=\"esfpx_name\" class=\"ig_es_form_field_name\" placeholder=\"\" value=\"\" \/><\/label><\/div><div class=\"es-field-wrap\"><label>Email*<br \/><input class=\"es_required_field es_txt_email ig_es_form_field_email\" type=\"email\" name=\"esfpx_email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"\" required=\"required\" \/><\/label><\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_form_id\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"es\" value=\"subscribe\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_form_identifier\" value=\"f0-n1\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_email_page\" value=\"3049\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_email_page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/user-dashboard-revamp-in-moodle-3-6-the-most-appealing-change-to-increase-user-interaction-and-experience\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_status\" value=\"Unconfirmed\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es-subscribe\" id=\"es-subscribe-6a3a5797c9490\" value=\"e12a72702e\" \/>\n\t\t\t<label style=\"position:absolute;top:-99999px;left:-99999px;z-index:-99;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span hidden>Please leave this field empty.<\/span><input type=\"email\" name=\"esfpx_es_hp_email\" class=\"es_required_field\" tabindex=\"-1\" autocomplete=\"-1\" value=\"\" \/><\/label><input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" class=\"es_subscription_form_submit es_submit_button es_textbox_button\" id=\"es_subscription_form_submit_6a3a5797c9490\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><span class=\"es_spinner_image\" id=\"spinner-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/email-subscribers\/lite\/public\/images\/spinner.gif\" alt=\"Loading\" \/><\/span><\/form><span class=\"es_subscription_message \" id=\"es_subscription_message_6a3a5797c9490\" role=\"alert\" aria-live=\"assertive\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first thing that attracts a user to an e-learning platform is the look and feel and the features in the dashboard because it is the first page that a user lands after logging in. 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