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{{Managing a Moodle course}} | |||
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 Dashboard. See the screencast: [http://youtu.be/UKdXnRf8iH8 What are blocks?] | |||
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 ( [[Image:Dock_to_block.png]] and [[Image:Block_to_dock.png]] ). If a responsive theme (such as '[[Standard_themes#Standard_themes|Clean]]' or [[Boost theme]]) is used, blocks will be accessible from the bottom of smaller screens, below the main content. | |||
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== | Note it is also possible to dock blocks when using the Clean theme if desired. You can theme the position of blocks in the centre of pages as well if you are able to create custom themes. | ||
[[ | ==Standard blocks== | ||
Available blocks include: | |||
{|- | |||
|[[Activities block|Activities]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Activity results block|Activity results]] | |||
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|[[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]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Global search block|Global search]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[HTML block|HTML]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Latest announcements block|Latest announcements]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Latest badges block|Latest badges]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Learning plans block|Learning plans]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Logged in user block|Logged in user]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Login block|Login]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Main menu block|Main menu]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Mentees block]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Messages block|Messages]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Navigation block|Navigation]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Network servers block|Network servers]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Online users block|Online users]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[People block|People]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Private files_block|Private files]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[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== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Managing blocks]] - for administrators | |||
* [[Blocks FAQ]] | |||
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=227772 Moodle forum discussion about ''which Moodle blocks are the most useful for teaching''] | |||
[[Category:Block]] | [[Category:Block]] | ||
[[fr:Blocs | [[de:Blöcke]] | ||
[[es:Bloques]] | |||
[[eu:Irakaslearen_blokeak]] | |||
[[fr:Blocs]] | |||
[[ja:ブロック]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:55, 8 August 2017
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 Dashboard. See the screencast: What are blocks?
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' or Boost theme) is used, blocks will be accessible from the bottom of smaller screens, below the main content.
Note it is also possible to dock blocks when using the Clean theme if desired. You can theme the position of blocks in the centre of pages as well if you are able to create custom themes.
Standard blocks
Available blocks include:
There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the plugins database.
