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 '''Moodle block''' contains a feature that loads in the right-hand or left-hand side of a [[Course homepage|course's home page]]. There are several types of standard Moodle blocks, and others are available as [[Contributed code]]. If needed, each block type can be used multiple times on a page.
+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.
-Blocks can also appear or be used in other places, such as on the [[Front Page]], in some activities, and in a student's [[My Moodle]] page. Administrators can add [[Sticky blocks]] in a site which will appear in every course.
+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]]
+|-
+|[[Admin bookmarks block|Admin bookmarks]]
+|-
+|[[Blog menu block|Blog menu]]
+|-
+|[[Blog tags block|Blog tags]]
+|-
+|[[Calendar block|Calendar]]
+|-
+| [[Comments block|Comments]]
+|-
+| [[Community finder block|Community finder]]
+|-
+| [[Course completion status block|Course completion status]]
 |-
-|[[Calendar block|Calendar]] - display calendar
+|[[Course overview block|Course overview]]
 |-
-|[[Global Search block]]
+| [[Course/site description block|Course/site description]]
 |-
-|[[HTML block|HTML]] - Use HTML editor in content area
+| [[Courses block|Courses]]
 |-
-|[[Loan calculator block|Loan Calculator]] (from 1.6 onwards)
+| [[Flickr block|Flickr]]
 |-
-|[[Mentees block]] (from 1.8 onwards)
+|[[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]]
+|-
+|[[Quiz results block|Quiz results]]
+|-
+|[[Random glossary entry block|Random glossary entry]]
+|-
+|[[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]]
 |-
-|[[People block|People]] - link to [[Participants]]
+|[[Social activities block|Social activities]]
 |-
-|[[Quiz Results]]
+|[[Tags block|Tags]]
 |-
-|[[Random Glossary Entry]]
+|[[Upcoming events block|Upcoming events]]
 |-
-|[[Remote RSS Feeds]]
+|[[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]]
-There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=6009 modules and plugins database] including:
+==See also==
-*[[Youtube block|Youtube]]
+*[[Managing blocks]] - for administrators
-*[[Flickr block|Flickr]]
-*[[Side bar block]]
-*[[Progress Bar block]]
-*[[Unanswered Discussions block]]
-*[[Simple Clock block]]
-==Course page block arrangement==
-[[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==
 *[[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 (enseignant)]]
+[[fr:Blocs]]
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Blocks: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:18, 28 October 2012

Standard blocks

See also