Blocks: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:40, 4 March 2015

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.

New feature
in Moodle 2.7!

Note it is also possible to dock blocks when using the Clean theme if desired.

Standard blocks

Available blocks include:

Default block positions for a new course page

Course completion status

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- '''Note for Contributors'''
+{{Managing a Moodle course}}
- This page should explain briefly what '''blocks''' are.
+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.
-On the left and right sides of the course homepage there are blocks, which can be added, removed and move around.
+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]].
-To enable arranging side blocks (as well as the content of the course), editing should be enabled (click the "Turn editing on" button located in the top right corner of the screen).
+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.
+{{New features}}
+Note it is also possible to dock blocks when using the Clean theme if desired.
+==Standard blocks==
+Available blocks include:
+[[Image:blocks01.png|thumb|center|500px|Default block positions for a new course page]]
+{|-
+|[[Activities block|Activities]]
+|-
+|[[Admin bookmarks block|Admin bookmarks]]
+|-
+|[[Administration block|Administration]]
+|-
+|[[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]]
+|-
+|[[Course overview block|Course overview]]
+|-
+| [[Course/site summary block|Course/site summary]]
+|-
+| [[Courses block|Courses]]
+|-
+| [[Feedback block|Feedback]]
+|-
+| [[Flickr block|Flickr]]
+|-
+|[[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]]
+|-
+|[[My latest badges block|My latest badges]]
+|-
+| [[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]]
+|-
+|[[Social activities block|Social activities]]
+|-
+|[[Tags block|Tags]]
+|-
+|[[Upcoming events block|Upcoming events]]
+|-
+|[[Youtube block|Youtube]]
+|-
+|}
+There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the [https://moodle.org/plugins/ plugins database].
+==See also==
+* [http://youtu.be/qabocvXXRhU Moodle 2.0 Blocks - part 1] and [http://youtu.be/EJFp3a4W860 Moodle 2.0 Blocks - part 2] MoodleBites videos on YouTube for an explanation of the standard Moodle blocks in 2.x sites
+* [[Managing blocks]] - for administrators
+* [[Blocks FAQ]]
+* [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]]
+[[es:Bloques]]
+[[eu:Irakaslearen_blokeak]]
+[[fr:Blocs]]
+[[ja:ブロック]]

Documentation

Blocks: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:40, 4 March 2015

Standard blocks

See also