Blocks: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:18, 28 October 2012

Blocks are items which may be added to the left or right or centre column of any page in Moodle. They may also be added to the centre of the My Home (My Moodle) page. You can theme the position of blocks in the centre of pages as well.

Any block can be made 'sticky' so that it appears in all the contexts below, such as throughout a course or a particular activity - see Block settings.

Blocks can be placed on the side of the screen (if your theme supports it) via the Dock icons ( and ).

Standard blocks

Available blocks include:

Default block positions for a new course page

Course completion status

Course overview

Course/site description

Courses

Flickr

HTML

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-[[Image:Course edit on new 4.JPG|thumb|right|Default block positions for a new course page]]
+{{Managing a Moodle course}}
-A teacher can utilize many kinds of blocks in a course page. Typically a course home page contains blocks in the left and right columns.
+Blocks are items which may be added to the left or right or centre column of any page in Moodle. They may also be added to the centre of the My Home (My Moodle) page. You can theme the position of blocks in the centre of pages as well.
+Any block can be made 'sticky' so that it appears in all the contexts below, such as throughout a course or a particular activity - see [[Block settings]].
-==Block types==
+Blocks can be placed on the side of the screen (if your theme supports it) via the [[Dock]] icons ( [[Image:Dock_to_block.png]] and [[Image:Block_to_dock.png]] ).
-There are many different types of blocks in a course that can be used by a teacher. The teacher can add blocks from a pull down menu.  Other blocks provide information or settings that a teacher may use.  Some activities allow blocks to be inserted by the teacher.
-===Pull down===
+==Standard blocks==
-Each course has an add block pull down menu.
-{| border="0"
+Available blocks include:
-| |
-{| border="2";"
+[[Image:blocks01.png|thumb|Default block positions for a new course page]]
-|[[Blogs|Blogs - Tags and Menu]] (from 1.6 onwards)
+{|-
+|[[Activities block|Activities]]
 |-
-|[[Calendar block|Calendar]] - display calendar
+|[[Admin bookmarks block|Admin bookmarks]]
 |-
-|[[Global Search block]]
+|[[Blog menu block|Blog menu]]
 |-
-|[[HTML block|HTML]] - Use HTML editor in content area
+|[[Blog tags block|Blog tags]]
 |-
-|[[Loan calculator block|Loan Calculator]] (from 1.6 onwards)
+|[[Calendar block|Calendar]]
 |-
-|[[Mentees block]] (from 1.8 onwards)
+| [[Comments block|Comments]]
+|-
+| [[Community finder block|Community finder]]
+|-
+| [[Course completion status block|Course completion status]]
+|-
+|[[Course overview block|Course overview]]
+|-
+| [[Course/site description block|Course/site description]]
+|-
+| [[Courses block|Courses]]
+|-
+| [[Flickr block|Flickr]]
+|-
+|[[HTML block|HTML]]
+|-
+| [[Latest news block|Latest news]]
+|-
+|[[Logged in user block|Logged in user]]
+|-
+|[[Login block|Login]]
+|-
+|[[Main menu block|Main menu]]
+|-
+|[[Mentees block]]
 |-
 |[[Messages block|Messages]]
 |-
-|[[Online Users block|Online Users]] - only online Participants
+| [[My private files_block|My private files]]
+|-
+|[[Navigation block|Navigation]]
+|-
+|[[Network servers block|Network servers]]
+|-
+|[[Online users block|Online users]]
 |-
-|[[People block|People]] - link to [[Participants]]
+|[[People block|People]]
 |-
-|[[Quiz Results]]
+|[[Quiz results block|Quiz results]]
 |-
-|[[Random Glossary Entry]]
+|[[Random glossary entry block|Random glossary entry]]
 |-
-|[[Remote RSS Feeds]]
+|[[Recent activity block|Recent activity]]
+|-
+|[[Recent blog entries block|Recent blog entries]]
+|-
+|[[Remote RSS feeds block|Remote RSS feeds]]
+|-
+|[[Search forums block|Search forums]]
+|-
+|[[Section links block|Section links]]
+|-
+|[[Self completion block|Self completion]]
+|-
+|[[Settings block|Settings]]
+|-
+|[[Social activities block|Social activities]]
+|-
+|[[Tags block|Tags]]
+|-
+|[[Upcoming events block|Upcoming events]]
+|-
+|[[Youtube block|Youtube]]
 |-
-|[[Section Links]]
-|}
-| style="width:100px" |
-|[[Image:Block add dropdown list teacher 1 8.JPG]]
 |}
-===Other blocks===
+There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the [https://moodle.org/plugins/ plugins database].
-*[[Sticky blocks]] A block that is forced to appear on every page as part of a site setting
-*[[Activities block|Activities]] A block used by teachers to add activities
-*[[Course administration block]] contains course settings.
-*[[Courses block|Courses]] Lists student's courses
-*[[Course/Site Description block|Course/Site Description]] Teacher's description of course
-*[[Latest News block|Latest News]]
-*[[Recent Activity block|Recent Activity]]
-*[[Search Forums block|Search Forums]]
-*[[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming Events]]
-*[[Youtube block|Youtube]]
-*[[Flickr block|Flickr]]
-*[[Side bar block]] A contributed code block that can contain resources and activities.
-*[[Progress Bar block]] A student time-management tool
-==Course page block arrangement==
+==See also==
-[[Image:Block_People.JPG |frame|The People block with editing turned on]]
-Teachers, and other users with the capability to manage course activities, can change the arrangement of blocks on the course page (apart from [[Sticky blocks]]) when editing is turned on.
-New blocks can be added using the Add blocks dropdown menu. Existing blocks (apart from [[Sticky blocks]]) can be hidden, deleted or moved using the icons in the block header.
-==Adding blocks to activities==
-Certain activity modules, such as the [[Lesson module]] and the [[Quiz module]], support blocks on their pages. The site administrator must turn this function on so that the teachers will be able to add side blocks on those pages, otherwise the interface does not show this feature to the teacher.
-By default, this feature is disabled in the [[Site administration block]]. An administrator can enable it by checking the ''showblocksonmodpages'' box in ''Administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme settings''.  When enabled, users who can manage course activities will be able to add blocks to pages.
-==See also==
+*[[Managing blocks]] - for administrators
 *[[Blocks FAQ]]
-*[[Block permissions]]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aX1XHfBjqg Blocks in Moodle 2.0 video]
-*[[Blocks administration]] - site block settings that an administrator can use
-*[[Site administration block]]
-*[[Development:Blocks]] - a developer guide to creating blocks
-*[[:Category:Block]] - an index of all block-related pages
-*[[:Category:Contributed code]] including a number of contributed blocks
-*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=2121 Blocks forum]
 [[Category:Block]]
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+[[fr:Blocs]]
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Documentation

Blocks: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:18, 28 October 2012

Standard blocks

See also