Note: This documentation is for Moodle 2.7. For up-to-date documentation see Course appearance.

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<p class="note">'''Please refer to [[Page_notes#Course appearance|these notes]] before editing this page.'''</p>
<p class="note">'''Please refer to [[Page_notes#Course appearance|these notes]] before editing this page.'''</p>
A course's appearance is effected by it's context and content.  The site administration settings may force some appearance elements upon a course.  In general, a teacher can make two courses look very different. 
==Site administration impacts==
The site may determine many default settings and may force other settings.  Typically these settings can be found in the ''Settings > Site administration'' menu.  For example the site may limit the use of themes in a course, or place a sticky block that will appear in every course's home page. 
==Teacher impacts==
The course appearance template lists the general areas that teachers will use to change the way their course looks.  [http://www.demo.moodle.net demo.moodle.net] has examples of course that look very different from one another.

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Template:Course appearance

Please refer to these notes before editing this page.

A course's appearance is effected by it's context and content. The site administration settings may force some appearance elements upon a course. In general, a teacher can make two courses look very different.

Site administration impacts

The site may determine many default settings and may force other settings. Typically these settings can be found in the Settings > Site administration menu. For example the site may limit the use of themes in a course, or place a sticky block that will appear in every course's home page.

Teacher impacts

The course appearance template lists the general areas that teachers will use to change the way their course looks. demo.moodle.net has examples of course that look very different from one another.