From the course: Moodle 2.8 Essential Training

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Using the in-line help system

Using the in-line help system - Moodle Tutorial

From the course: Moodle 2.8 Essential Training

Using the in-line help system

- Let's finish our tour of this sample course I've set up with a quick introduction to Moolde's inline help. It's a valuable source of support as you get ready to work with Moodle. No matter what you're doing, changing the course settings, adding a new resource, editing an activity, or anything else, Moodle provides inline help. Let me show you how it works. We can see a Help icon in the Search Forums block at the top of the right column. The icon looks like a question mark inside a circle. When I click the Help icon, a popup window appears with context-specific help about the Search Forums block. Inline means you don't have to go anywhere to find help. It's right on the screen where you're working on every line that might need explanation. If you don't know what the setting does, just click that setting's Help icon to find out. When you're finished, click the X to close it. That's all there is to it. As we go through this course, just remember that Moodle's inline help is just a…

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