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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

Exploring miscellaneous themes


There are several themes that can be used to change the look and feel of our Moodle course according to what we need; therefore, we will explore miscellaneous themes, which have several categories and might be interesting when designing a specific course. The themes are listed hereinafter, and there is a short description of each one.

Archaius

Archaius can be downloaded from the following website: https://moodle.org/plugins/theme_archaius . It has several options to customize, such as social icons, uploading a logo, and the background image, among others. We can also customize the color of the current block tab and the current item in the custom menu. There are other features that can be customized as well, including CSS and JavaScript in the footer. It is available for Moodle 3 and earlier Moodle versions.

Bootstrap

The Bootstrap theme does not have much of a description, but it says that it is based on the Bootstrap CSS framework, and it has minimal styling...

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