Development:Moodle User Interface Guidelines
Note: This page is a work-in-progress. Feedback and suggested improvements are welcome. Please join the discussion on moodle.org or use the page comments.
The greatest risk of this effort is that developers may not find it when they need it, while designing parts of Moodle. Please help: look at what is here already now, and comment: How could it serve your development work better? What aspects of user interface design would you need clear guidelines on? If there is any reason you feel you can not benefit from the guidelines, please tell me about it in the developer forum thread. See also: Introduction
- Introduction
- Some pages use the Guideline template, others are freeform prose
- Help requested: comment on these guidelines
Moodle basics
- Hierarchy of a Moodle site (one attempt)
- Page structure and different page types
- Roles
- Groups
Moodle UI library
UIs are built of Elements and Interaction Styles (bigger wholes, which are built of Elements).
Elements
- Big Select List
- Hierarchy Browsing List
- Data Listing
- Tabs
- Jump Navigation
- Tooltip
- Links and Buttons
- Command Popup Menu
- Dialog
- Popup Window
Interaction Styles
- Wizard
- Form
- Blocks (not a technical guide but a guideline how what to take into account when using a block as a part of a design)
- Filters
- Modules (not a technical guide but a guideline how what to take into account when using a module as a part of a design)
- Development:Help Popups
- Feedback Pages
Guidelines that may one day be
These are plans to create new interaction styles, switch existing conventions for more usable ones, or to list multiple interaction styles for a single purpose to combine some of them into a more consistent guideline.
- Switch Button
- Add element
- Move Element
- Quick Inline Help ([1] for now)
- Further research required: Search
- Further research required: Editing modes
General design guidelines
- Progressive Disclosure
- User Data Always (Always) Safe (notes)
- Feedback
See also
- Usability
- Usability FAQ
- Development:Major usability issues in Moodle (separate design projects)
Implementation advice
Todo
- Problem-Solution Summary Table (TODO: See [2])
- Glossary