Moodle Calendar Block
Using the Moodle Calendar Block The calendar tool on Moodle is a great way for students to keep track of assignments and plan their time accordingly. When the Calendar Block is enabled, a month calendar view will show up on the right sidebar within each separate course with due dates color coded by type. When a student hovers over each date, they can follow a link straight to the assignment. They can also use the block to access the big Moodle Calendar that holds dates for every course in which the student is enrolled. Students even have the option to export the Moodle Calendar in order to sync it with their personal online calendars. So how do professors enable the Calendar Block in order to give students all of these wonderful possibilities? The first step for professors is to go into their course with editing turned on and scroll all the way to the bottom of the left sidebar. There you will find the helpful “Add Block” tab. When clicked, the popup box allows yo