Pages are for static content- a student cannot interact with them except to view them.
A page is a handy way to display information to students without having them navigate away from Moodle. This keeps less tech-savvy students from getting lost or disoriented and is a sure way to ensure better control over content shared with a class (less chance of a link dying, content changing, etc.)
You can use Moodle pages however you want but if you’re looking for ideas and examples we think pages might be ideal for some of the following:
For directions on adding a page resource see the add a new resource article.
Updating a page has very basic settings:
Name: This is the name of your Page, it will appear on the course/weekly/topic view of the course as well as at the top of the viewed page.
Description: This text may not actually be displayed to students. To make it available to students you will need to check on of the following other items:
Display description on Course page: Check this if you would like all the content in the Description text box detailed above to be displayed on the course page underneath the resource link.
Page Content: This is the meat of your page, populate it with your syllabus, tables of information, a series of links whatever you like!
The sort of content you place on a page is limited only by your imagination and the Text Editor. For directions on adding or embedding different sorts of content see the text editor page for assistance.
Display page name: This box is, by default checked. Unchecking it will not show the Page resource’s Name when viewing the page allowing you to use a different heading within the Content of your page if so inclined.
Display Page Description: As mentioned above this check box will display the page description on the page view between the name and the page content.
Sections Common Module Settings and Restrict Access are available on all activities and resources and are not unique to Page resources. Both are used to customize the display of a given activity or resource.
A page resource, will appear in the section/Topic with an Icon resembling a text document and labled as a Page.
This view of a resource is a fine way to keep newer and less tech-savvy students inside Moodle and still get information without adding the confusion linking them away from the LMS with a web page with no way to easily return to your course.
Viewing a Page will always result in the Name of the page at the top, followed by the Page Content.
Should you fill out the Description you can opt to have that information display:
