Learning Tools/Notes

• About | ]
• How to use as a student | ]
• Create a new note | ]
• Viewing notes from a specific page | ]
• Viewing all notes | ]
• Viewing course notes | ]
• Editing a note | ]
• Deleting a note | ]

About | ]

Notes is a sub plugin (ltool_notes for Learning Tools which lets users create notes for courses and activities easily. It is a part of the main Learning Tools plugin (local_learningtools) and works without any additional configuration.

How to use as a student | ]

Create a new note | ]

1. Navigate to the page where you want to take a note
2. Click on the floating button (usually in the bottom right corner of your browser) to expand the available options
3. Click on the notes button and a modal will open
4. Enter your notes in the modal
5. Save.

After you have saved the note, the modal will close, and you should see a little badge next to the notes button indicating the number of notes.

Viewing notes from a specific page | ]

1. Navigate to the page where you took a note
2. Click on the floating button (usually in the bottom right corner of your browser) to expand the available options
3. Click on the notes button and a modal will open.
4. At the bottom of the modal, you'll find all existing notes for that page.

Viewing all notes | ]

1. Click on your user profile picture and choose "Profile"
2. Click on "Notes" in the section "Learning Tools".

Viewing course notes | ]

1. Open a course
2. Click on "Participants"
3. Click on your user profile picture or on your name
4. Click on "Course Notes" in the section "Learning Tools"

Note: you can also get notes from a specific course if you choose that course on the main notes list)

Editing a note | ]

1. Open your notes (see above for instructions)
2. Click on the edit icon of the note that you want to edit
3. Confirm

Deleting a note | ]

1. Open your notes (see above for instructions)
2. Click on the trash icon of the note that you want to delete
3. Confirm

Source: docs.moodle.org/503/en/Learning Tools/Notes — MoodleDocs (GPL) · Imported 2026-11-10.