Moodle Help & Support
This refers to Moodle 3.11 from August 2022 onwards
How to add a custom HTML block to your Dashboard or module page
You can use a HTML block on your Dashboard to hold anything from links to widgets.
One of the commonest uses for this might be to create a Quick Links block on your Dashboard for links to frequently-visited modules, activities, school categories or to external websites.
How to create a Favourites/Bookmarks block on your Dashboard or (if you're an editing teacher) a custom links block in your module
Preliminary - if you want to add a URL
- Browse to the Moodle category or frequently used website you want to link to
- Select the URL in the browser address bar and copy that URL
In Moodle
- Open a Moodle window or tab
- Go to your Dashboard (OR go to your module page, if you want to add the block to a module)
- Click
on top right (OR on a module click the 
icon: pink pen towards top right) - Drop down the Navigation (Hamburger) menu
and click on Add a block - In the Add a block menu and choose the HTML option
- Wait for the screen to refresh and then you will see a (new HTML block) in the right-hand column
- Click on the Actions menu icon (the cogwheel) in that block and select the Configure (new HTML block) block option
- Give it a Block title (e.g., Favourites, My Links or Key Links, Contact your Tutor, School News or whatever)
- In the Content box create the text you want to turn into a text link, e.g. School of Economics or Workspace or you email address
- Highlight the text
- Click the link icon (a chain link) (see illustration above)
- Paste the URL that you copied at the beginning (or type in a URL or link to an email address)
- If you want the link to open the website in another window tick the Open in new window box
- Click on Create link
- Create and select text and add links for other websites or categories you would like to link to in your Key Links block
- Click on Save changes
- Remember to click on
or
when you've finished making the block
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