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{{Managing a Moodle course}} | {{Managing a Moodle course}} | ||
Blocks are items which may be added to the left | 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. | 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 ( [[Image:Dock_to_block.png]] and [[Image:Block_to_dock.png]] ). | 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]] ). | ||
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|[[Course overview block|Course overview]] | |[[Course overview block|Course overview]] | ||
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| [[Course/site | | [[Course/site summary block|Course/site summary]] | ||
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| [[Courses block|Courses]] | | [[Courses block|Courses]] | ||
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| [[Feedback block|Feedback]] | |||
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| [[Flickr block|Flickr]] | | [[Flickr block|Flickr]] | ||
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|[[Random glossary entry block|Random glossary entry]] | |[[Random glossary entry block|Random glossary entry]] | ||
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|[[Recent activity block|Recent activity]] | |||
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|[[Recent blog entries block|Recent blog entries]] | |||
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|[[Remote RSS feeds block|Remote RSS feeds]] | |[[Remote RSS feeds block|Remote RSS feeds]] | ||
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There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the plugins database. | There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the [https://moodle.org/plugins/ plugins database]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Managing blocks]] - for administrators | |||
*[[Blocks FAQ]] | *[[Blocks FAQ]] | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aX1XHfBjqg Blocks in Moodle 2.0 video] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aX1XHfBjqg Blocks in Moodle 2.0 video] | ||
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[[de:Blöcke]] | [[de:Blöcke]] | ||
[[eu:Irakaslearen_blokeak]] | [[eu:Irakaslearen_blokeak]] | ||
[[fr:Blocs | [[fr:Blocs]] | ||
[[ja:ブロック]] | [[ja:ブロック]] |
Latest revision as of 13:07, 22 May 2013
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:
There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the plugins database.
See also
- Managing blocks - for administrators
- Blocks FAQ
- Blocks in Moodle 2.0 video