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The navigation block appears on every page of the site. It contains an expanding tree menu which includes My Home, Site Pages, My Profile, and Courses. What appears in the navigation block depends on the role of the user, where they are in the Moodle site, and any settings that have been applied globally.
The navigation block is used to provide navigation links when using the Clean or More theme or a custom theme based on Clean.


==Overview==
(The [[Boost theme]] in Moodle 3.2 onwards uses a navigation drawer rather than the navigation block.)
The navigation block has links which can be expanded or collapsed.When logged in, a regular user will see the following as default:


[[File:navblock1.png]]
*If enabled, the navigation block will appear on every page of the site. It contains an expanding tree menu which includes Dashboard, Site Pages and Courses. What appears in the navigation block depends on the role of the user, where they are in the Moodle site, and any settings that have been applied globally.
*The administrator can change settings (such as the default home page) from Navigation in Site Administration.
*If the [[Dashboard]] is forced and the navigation block hidden, students will find it harder to see courses they are not enrolled in.


===My home===
Here are examples of the navigation block:
This takes the user directly to their personal dashboard, sometimes known as [[My Moodle]]
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===Site pages===
Image:AdminSiteAdminBlock.png|Navigation block on front page  
This expands to show pages and resources available site wide, for example, user blogs and a calendar. Any items which have been added to the front page, such as resources/activities from the Main Menu block, or the Site News will also appear here. Other items depend on the role of the user, so an administrator will see reports and notes, for instance.
Image:NavBlock32.png|Navigation block in a course


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===My profile===
This expands to allow regular users to view (and, if allowed, edit) their profile, view their forum posts, view and add and blog entries and messages and access their private files, providing these features have been enabled by the administrator. The administrator will also have a link here to Notes and Activity reports.


[[File:viewprofilenavblock.png]]
==See also==


=== My courses===
Contributed plugins with similar functionality:
This takes the user to their My Home page where they see the courses they are enrolled in. An administrator sees this link as "Courses", which expands to the course categories.


===Navigation inside a course===
* [https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_fn_my_menu FN My Menu]
 
* [https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_course_menu Course Menu]
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====Current course====
When  user is in a course, their navigation block shows the link "Current course" which expands to show each section of the course and activities/resources which are in that section.
 
====My courses====
When a non-admin user  clicks this link in a course, it takes them to their My Home page where they will see other courses they are enrolled in.
 
====Courses====
If the administrator has enabled "show all courses" in Settings>Site administration>Appearance>Navigation, then clicking on this link in a course will take the user to the courses index page course/index.php.
 
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|[[File:24navblock.png|thumb|The navigation block inside a course, showing current courses, my course and (all)courses]]
|}
 
==Navigation block settings==
 
An administrator can change navigation settings, such as the default home page, and whether to show course categories in the navigation, in ''Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Navigation''. See [[Navigation]] for details.


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Latest revision as of 12:41, 29 August 2017

The navigation block is used to provide navigation links when using the Clean or More theme or a custom theme based on Clean.

(The Boost theme in Moodle 3.2 onwards uses a navigation drawer rather than the navigation block.)

  • If enabled, the navigation block will appear on every page of the site. It contains an expanding tree menu which includes Dashboard, Site Pages and Courses. What appears in the navigation block depends on the role of the user, where they are in the Moodle site, and any settings that have been applied globally.
  • The administrator can change settings (such as the default home page) from Navigation in Site Administration.
  • If the Dashboard is forced and the navigation block hidden, students will find it harder to see courses they are not enrolled in.

Here are examples of the navigation block:

  • Navigation block on front page

    Navigation block on front page

  • Navigation block in a course

    Navigation block in a course


See also

Contributed plugins with similar functionality:

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