1. Create a clear structure and be coherent
Put some thought into how you are going to present the learning content to your students. Ensure the content is structured and coherent, so the students can find their way through the materials easily.
2. Think about the most appropriate course format and layout
This is the core to the structure of your course – you can think about how you want your students to work through it. The way you present your course materials needs to be rational. If your course has several lecturers working on it, then consider if week by week would be better, each adding content for the weeks they are teaching.
3. Experience your course as a student
At the top right is your profile menu, if you expand that, at the bottom of the menu there is a Switch Role to.. option, under this you can change your role to a student. This can be very useful because it allows you to ensure that all the blocks, pages and links are viewable in the way that you intended them.
4. Highlight current content
When you are developing and editing your course, Moodle gives you the option to highlight the part of the page that the students should currently be focusing on. This can be useful, but only if you remember to change the highlight when the class moves on.
If you choose the weekly format, then weeks get highlighted automatically.
5. Hiding content
There is also a feature in Moodle that lets you hide sections of your course and switch them on again when required.
