Orientation: Getting Started with Your Platform

2. Signing In and Finding Your Way

You will normally reach the Institute of Ministry at institute.apostolicoldcatholic.org. Save this address somewhere you will find it again — a bookmark, a note, whatever works for you.

Sign in with the username and password you were given when your account was created. If you ever forget your password, the sign-in page has a “Forgotten your username or password?” link that will walk you through resetting it by email.

Once you are signed in, you will land on the Institute’s home page — not a bare “dashboard,” but the same page anyone visiting the site sees, now showing you as signed in. Scroll down and you will find a card for your course, Licentiate in Diaconal Ministry (LDM), under “Formation Pathways.” Click it, and you are in your course.

Along the top of every page sits a dark navy bar. From left to right:

• The Institute of Ministry logo and name — click this at any time to return to the home page.
• A bell icon — your notifications. Moodle uses this for system messages: a new grade, a forum reply, an assignment reminder.
• A speech-bubble icon — your private messages, for direct notes to and from your mentor, tutors, or fellow candidates.
• Your profile picture — click it to open a menu with your Profile, Grades, Calendar, Private files, Preferences, and Log out.

Whenever you feel lost, the crest in the top-left corner will always bring you back to familiar ground.