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==Adding images to a label== | ==Adding images to a label== | ||
Note: | ===Drag and drop method=== | ||
''Note: this does not work with IE 9, Safari 6 or below or earlier versions of Firefox)'' | |||
*With the editing turned on, drag your image into the section you want it to appear. | |||
*In the box that follows, choose "add image" | |||
*It will appear embedded in a label. | |||
{| | |||
| [[File:dragdrop1.png|thumb|Drag an image onto your course page]] | |||
|[[File:dragdrop2.png|thumb|Choose "add image.."]] | |||
|[[File:dragdrop3.png|thumb|And here it is!]] | |||
|} | |||
===Conventional method=== | |||
*Follow the instructions for [[Label_module_settings| adding a label]] | *Follow the instructions for [[Label_module_settings| adding a label]] | ||
*Click the image icon in the [[HTML_editor|text editor]] | *Click the image icon in the [[HTML_editor|text editor]] |
Revision as of 09:13, 8 May 2013
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
Drag and drop method
Note: this does not work with IE 9, Safari 6 or below or earlier versions of Firefox)
- With the editing turned on, drag your image into the section you want it to appear.
- In the box that follows, choose "add image"
- It will appear embedded in a label.
Conventional method
- 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 text 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 text 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
Using Moodle forum discussions: