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NOTE: these guidelines were produced as part of a student project in 2009, and are not official Moodle guidelines.
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In fact, many of the pages below are currently incomplete or obsolete. They still need a lot of work to be regarded as useful and authoritative guidelines.
Many of the pages below are incomplete or obsolete.
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These guidelines were produced as part of a student project in 2009, and are not yet official Moodle guidelines.
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==Moodle basics==
==Moodle basics==
* Hierarchy of a Moodle site ([http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=115620 one attempt])
* [[Development:Page structure and types|Page structure and different page types]]
* [[Development:Page structure and types|Page structure and different page types]]
* [[Roles and capabilities]]
* [[Roles and capabilities]]
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=== Elements ===
=== Elements ===
* [[Development:Big Select List|Big Select List]]
* [[Development:Big Select List|Big Select List]]
* Hierarchy Browsing List


* [[Development:Tooltip|Tooltip]]
* [[Development:Tooltip|Tooltip]]
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* [http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/principles-direct-manipulation.html.en Provide Direct Manipulation]
* [http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/principles-direct-manipulation.html.en Provide Direct Manipulation]


* [http://developer.fellowshipone.com/patterns/ Design Patterns Library & Code Standards] by Fellowship technologies


== See also ==
== See also ==
Talk page: [[Development_talk:Moodle_User_Interface_Guidelines]]
* Further development on Talk page: [[Development_talk:Moodle_User_Interface_Guidelines]]
 
* '''[[Using Moodle book]]'''
'''[[Using Moodle book]]'''
 


=== Usability in Moodle ===
=== Usability in Moodle ===
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* UI coding: [[Development:Interface_guidelines]]
* UI coding: [[Development:Interface_guidelines]]


== Todo ==
* [[Development:Moodle User Interface Guidelines:Problem-Solution Summary Table|Problem-Solution Summary Table]] (See [http://www.hillside.net/index.php/a-pattern-language-for-pattern-writing#E.1.1])
* [[Development:Moodle User Interface Guidelines:Glossary|Glossary]] (See [http://www.hillside.net/index.php/a-pattern-language-for-pattern-writing#E.5])


[[Category:Developer|User Interface Guidelines]]
[[Category:Developer|User Interface Guidelines]]

Latest revision as of 11:46, 22 May 2010

DRAFT DOCUMENT

Many of the pages below are incomplete or obsolete.

These guidelines were produced as part of a student project in 2009, and are not yet official Moodle guidelines.


These guidelines are to be used as a UI reference library by Moodle developers when creating user interfaces.

It does not catalogue all the elements in use in Moodle, but is intended a reference of reusable elements sharing that common Moodle style. We aim to update this reference as new common practices appear. More...

Moodle basics

Moodle UI library

UIs are built of Elements and Interaction Styles (bigger wholes, which are built of Elements).

Elements

Interaction Styles

General design guidelines

Relevant guidelines from other sites


See also

Usability in Moodle

Implementation advice