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The navigation block appears on every page of the site. It contains an expanding tree menu which includes My Home, Site Pages, My Profile, and Courses. What appears in the navigation block depends on the role of the user, where they are in the Moodle site, and any settings that have been applied globally. | |||
The block | ==Overview== | ||
The navigation block has links which can be expanded or collapsed.When logged in, a regular user will see the following as default: | |||
[[File:navblock1.png]] | |||
===My home=== | |||
This takes the user directly to their personal dashboard, sometimes known as [[My Moodle]] | |||
===Site pages=== | |||
This expands to show pages and resources available site wide, for example, user blogs and a calendar. Any items which have been added to the front page, such as resources/activities from the Main Menu block, or the Site News will also appear here. Other items depend on the role of the user, so an administrator will see reports and notes, for instance. | |||
== | [[File:sitepages.png]] | ||
The | |||
===My profile=== | |||
This expands to allow regular users to view (and, if allowed, edit) their profile, view their forum posts, view and add and blog entries and messages and access their private files, providing these features have been enabled by the administrator. The administrator will also have a link here to Notes and Activity reports. | |||
[[File:viewprofilenavblock.png]] | |||
=== My courses=== | |||
This expands to show courses the user is enrolled in. | |||
Note that an administrator sees this link as "Courses", which expands to the course categories. Once inside a course, the block expands to show each section of the course (which may be renamed as in the following screenshot)and items in that section. | |||
[[File:coursenavblock2.png]] | |||
==Navigation Block settings== | ==Navigation Block settings== | ||
Site Administrators can configure the site level Navigation Block. Teacher and Student roles have limited options to configure the position of the Navigation Block on their MyMoodle page. | |||
With the editing on, select the edit icon in the Navigation Block. Then configure the following settings: | |||
===Allow users to dock this block=== | ===Allow users to dock this block=== | ||
This allows | This allows users to free up screen area if they need to, displaying a link to the Navigation Block in a tab at the side. | ||
===Display categories as links=== | ===Display categories as links=== | ||
As long as Display Categories is enabled in Site Administration > Appearance > Navigation (which it is by default), this setting can be enabled. | As long as Display Categories is enabled in ''Site Administration > Appearance > Navigation'' (which it is by default), this setting can be enabled. | ||
Where Categories display as links, clicking on those links opens the category page, whereas clicking on the small arrowhead pulls down a further menu of its courses. It may be helpful to induct users to this distinction. | Where Categories display as links, clicking on those links opens the category page, whereas clicking on the small arrowhead pulls down a further menu of its courses. It may be helpful to induct users to this distinction. | ||
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The options in this setting allow you to configure how far the menu should expand. | The options in this setting allow you to configure how far the menu should expand. | ||
;Everything: the menu expands to allow access to any page in any of your course areas. | |||
;Categories and courses: the menu expands as far as listing links to the course areas in each category. | |||
;Categories, courses and course structures: the menu expands as far as listing the section titles in each course area (these display unlinked). | |||
;Categories, courses and course activities: the menu expands to allow access to any page in any of your course areas. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
[[ | * [[Navigation]] | ||
[[eu:Nabigazioa_blokea]] | [[eu:Nabigazioa_blokea]] | ||
[[de:Navigation-Block]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:16, 17 March 2012
The navigation block appears on every page of the site. It contains an expanding tree menu which includes My Home, Site Pages, My Profile, and Courses. What appears in the navigation block depends on the role of the user, where they are in the Moodle site, and any settings that have been applied globally.
Overview
The navigation block has links which can be expanded or collapsed.When logged in, a regular user will see the following as default:
My home
This takes the user directly to their personal dashboard, sometimes known as My Moodle
Site pages
This expands to show pages and resources available site wide, for example, user blogs and a calendar. Any items which have been added to the front page, such as resources/activities from the Main Menu block, or the Site News will also appear here. Other items depend on the role of the user, so an administrator will see reports and notes, for instance.
My profile
This expands to allow regular users to view (and, if allowed, edit) their profile, view their forum posts, view and add and blog entries and messages and access their private files, providing these features have been enabled by the administrator. The administrator will also have a link here to Notes and Activity reports.
My courses
This expands to show courses the user is enrolled in. Note that an administrator sees this link as "Courses", which expands to the course categories. Once inside a course, the block expands to show each section of the course (which may be renamed as in the following screenshot)and items in that section.
Site Administrators can configure the site level Navigation Block. Teacher and Student roles have limited options to configure the position of the Navigation Block on their MyMoodle page.
With the editing on, select the edit icon in the Navigation Block. Then configure the following settings:
Allow users to dock this block
This allows users to free up screen area if they need to, displaying a link to the Navigation Block in a tab at the side.
Display categories as links
As long as Display Categories is enabled in Site Administration > Appearance > Navigation (which it is by default), this setting can be enabled.
Where Categories display as links, clicking on those links opens the category page, whereas clicking on the small arrowhead pulls down a further menu of its courses. It may be helpful to induct users to this distinction.
Trimming
Long titles wrap over several lines, and this can affect the readability of a menu.
Enabling trimming removes characters which exceed an optional limit for each menu item. There is an option to remove characters from the beginning, middle, or end of the title.
The options in this setting allow you to configure how far the menu should expand.
- Everything
- the menu expands to allow access to any page in any of your course areas.
- Categories and courses
- the menu expands as far as listing links to the course areas in each category.
- Categories, courses and course structures
- the menu expands as far as listing the section titles in each course area (these display unlinked).
- Categories, courses and course activities
- the menu expands to allow access to any page in any of your course areas.
