Using Label

A label is a versatile module that can serve a spacer between resources on a course page. It can provide a space for embedding banners, sound or video files or displaying code from Web 2.0 widgets.

Adding images to a label

• Follow the instructions for adding a label
• Click the image icon in the text editor

• Click "Find or upload an image"
• Choose and upload your image using the filepicker.(Details on how to do this here)
• Leave Common module settings at "show" if you wish the label to be visible
• Click "Save and return to course"

Adding sound or video to a label

If multimedia filters are enabled, a label is a neat way of displaying sound or video in an inline player on the course page.

• Follow the instructions for adding a label
• Click the media icon in the HTML editor

• Click "Find or upload an sound,video or applet"
• Choose and upload your sound or video file using the filepicker.(Details on how to do this here)
• Note: You can search youtube for a video to embed if your admin has enabled the youtube repository.
• Leave Common module settings at "show" if you wish the label to be visible.
• Click "Save and return to course"

Adding code to a label

An example of this is the ability to embed a Google map into a label.

• Follow the instructions for adding a label
• Click the HTML icon in the HTML editor

• This brings up the screen in code (HTML) view.
• Paste the code you grabbed from Google maps into this screen
• Scroll down and click "Update"

• Leave Common module settings at "show" if you wish the label to be visible.
• Click "Save and return to course"

Note: The success in adding code to a label depends both on the type of code and the permissions of the user. (Details to follow)

See also

• Teaching tips and tricks
• Using Flash
• Moodle 1.9 How to fix corrupted Labels Moodle PDF 1.84 MB
• A guide to how to make your course front pages more visually appealing

Using Moodle forum discussions:

• Adding Dividers in Topics
• Right align not behaving as desired