Slideshow module (for images)

The Slideshow module (for images) allows you to easily display a folder of images, without having to worry about or understand the best way of resizing files for screen size or download filesize. There is also a similarly named Slideshow module (for presentations), which allows you to create powerpoint style slideshow presentations.

The slideshow module was a pragmatic development in response to requests from teachers who wanted to display sets of digital photographs in our VLE but (quite reasonably IMO) were unable or unwilling to learn “image processing for the web”. In fact it now works with gif’s and png’s as well as jpg’s. It isn’t intended to offer sophisticated image management or manipulation, just simplicity and ease of use.

The module generates thumbnails and will resize images that exceed size limits, which are configurable site-wide by admin in the usual way ( admin > modules > slideshow settings ). Optional captions are stored with the thumbnails in XML format. Click on the thumbnails to navigate between the images, or on the main picture to progress through the images one by one.

See also

• Moodle.org discussion thread