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Revision as of 18:38, 8 August 2009

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



Moodle basics

Moodle UI library

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

Elements

Interaction Styles

Still missing guidelines

  • Building blocks
    • Course Format
    • Block (not a technical guide but a guideline how what to take into account when using a block as a part of a design)
    • Filter
    • Module (not a technical guide but a guideline how what to take into account when using a module as a part of a design)
  • Dialog
  • Popup Window

Guidelines that may one day be

These are plans to create new interaction styles, switch existing conventions for more usable ones, or issues that are still unclear and need to be further discussed to become actual guidelines.

Development:Major usability issues in Moodle (separate design projects)

  • Switch Button
  • Add element
  • Jump Navigation
  • Move Element (Course front page model vs. quiz)
  • Quick Inline Help ([1] for now)
  • Further research required: Search
  • Further research required: Editing modes
  • Further research required: Data Listing
  • Waiting for developments of Navigation 2.0: Tabs

General design guidelines

Relevant guidelines from other sites

See also

Using Moodle book

About writing these guidelines

Usability in Moodle

Implementation advice

Todo