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{{ | {{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]] ). If a responsive theme (such as 'Clean') is used, blocks will be accessible from the bottom of smaller screens, below the main content. | ||
==Standard blocks== | ==Standard blocks== | ||
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|[[Activities block|Activities]] | |[[Activities block|Activities]] | ||
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|Admin bookmarks | |[[Admin bookmarks block|Admin bookmarks]] | ||
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|[[Administration block|Administration]] (new name for Settings block) | |||
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|[[Blog menu block|Blog menu]] | |[[Blog menu block|Blog menu]] | ||
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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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| [[Latest news block|Latest news]] | | [[Latest news block|Latest news]] | ||
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|Logged in user | |[[Logged in user block|Logged in user]] | ||
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|[[Login block|Login]] | |[[Login block|Login]] | ||
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|[[Messages block|Messages]] | |[[Messages block|Messages]] | ||
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|[[My latest badges block|My latest badges]] (new in 2.5) | |||
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| [[My private files_block|My private files]] | | [[My private files_block|My private files]] | ||
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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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|[[Search forums block|Search forums]] | |[[Search forums block|Search forums]] | ||
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|[[Search tweets block|Search tweets]] | |||
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|[[Section links block|Section links]] | |[[Section links block|Section links]] | ||
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|[[Self completion block|Self completion]] | |[[Self completion block|Self completion]] | ||
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|[[ | |[[Social activities block|Social activities]] | ||
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| [[Tags block|Tags]] | |[[Tags block|Tags]] | ||
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|[[Upcoming events block|Upcoming events]] | |[[Upcoming events block|Upcoming events]] | ||
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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 | |||
* [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] | ||
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=227772 Moodle forum discussion about ''which Moodle blocks are the most useful for teaching''] | |||
[[Category:Block]] | |||
[[de:Blöcke]] | [[de:Blöcke]] | ||
[[es:Bloques]] | |||
[[eu:Irakaslearen_blokeak]] | [[eu:Irakaslearen_blokeak]] | ||
[[fr:Blocs | [[fr:Blocs]] | ||
[[ja:ブロック]] | [[ja:ブロック]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:58, 26 September 2014
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 
). If a responsive theme (such as 'Clean') is used, blocks will be accessible from the bottom of smaller screens, below the main content.
Standard blocks
Available blocks include:
There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the plugins database.
