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Moodle Theme Development

You're reading from   Moodle Theme Development Build customized themes to make your Moodle courses engaging and interactive

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2016
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ISBN-13 9781786463210
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Silvina Paola Hillar Silvina Paola Hillar
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Preface 1. An Introduction to Moodle 3 and MoodleCloud 2. Themes in Moodle 3 on-premises and MoodleCloud FREE CHAPTER 3. Setting Up Logos in Moodle Themes 4. Customizing the Header and the Footer 5. Customizing Elements with CSS 6. Locating, Editing, and Using New Icons 7. Optimizing Themes for Mobile Devices 8. Exploring Layouts 9. Course Formats 10. Extending Moodle Theming to Specific Sections A. Test Your Knowledge Answers

Changing a course format


We have already dealt with two default course formats, Single Activity and topics. It is time to learn how to change a course format if we realize that it does not work the way we have designed it. Another option is that, as time goes by, we need to group activities or resources; therefore, it is a good excuse to change the course format. These are the steps that we have to follow:

  1. Log in to the Moodle course.

  2. Click on Turn editing off.

  3. Under Site administration, click on Courses | Manage courses and categories, as shown in the following screenshot:

  4. Click on a course to edit it, as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. Click on Course format.

  6. Click on the downward arrow next to Format.

  7. Click on Weekly format, as shown in the following screenshot:

  8. Click on Save and display.

  9. Click on Turn editing off.

  10. The course looks as shown in the following screenshot:

  11. Repeat steps 2 to 6.

  12. Click on Social format, as shown in the following screenshot:

  13. Click on Save and display.

  14. Click on...

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