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The navigation block is used to provide navigation links when using the Clean or More theme or a custom theme based on Clean.
The Navigation Block is a feature of Moodle 2.0, and contains an expanding tree menu. Default menu items include My Home, Site Pages, My Profile, and Courses.  


The block's appearance and location can be Theme dependent. This block can also appear in a course.  The navigation block contents depends upon the global settings, context, and the role of the user.
(The [[Boost theme]] in Moodle 3.2 onwards uses a navigation drawer rather than the navigation block.)


==Overview==
*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 navigation block has links which can be expanded or collapsed.   Here are examples of a 2.0 Standard theme's navigation block in collapsed mode and one that has the higher links opened one level.
*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:
| [[Image:Navigation block col std theme 1.png|frame|center|Navigation block on Front Page]]
<gallery widths="400px" heights="400px" perrow="3">
| [[Image:Navigation block expanded std 1.png|frame|center|Site Front Page links expanded]]
| [[Image:Navigation block courses expanded 1.png|frame|center|Front Page, course links expanded]]
| [[Image:Navigation block course courses 1.png|frame|center|A course's links expanded]]
|}


==Navigation Block settings==
Image:AdminSiteAdminBlock.png|Navigation block on front page  
Users with editing access to a course area can configure its Navigation Block. By default the student role has limited options to configure the position of the Navigation Block on their MyMoodle page.
Image:NavBlock32.png|Navigation block in a course


Log in, go to the course area, Turn Editing On, then select the Edit icon in the Navigation Block. Then configure the following settings.
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===Allow users to dock this block===
This allows students to free up screen area if they need to, displaying a link to the Navigation Block in a tab at the side.


===Display categories as links===
==See also==
As long as Display Categories is enabled in Site Administration > Appearance > Navigation (which it is by default), this setting can be enabled.


Where Categories display as links, clicking on those links opens the category page, whereas clicking on the small arrowhead pulls down a further menu of its courses. It may be helpful to induct users to this distinction. 
Contributed plugins with similar functionality:


===Trimming===
* [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]
Long titles wrapping over several lines can affect the readability of a menu.
 
Enabling trimming removes characters which exceed an optional limit for each menu item. There is an option to remove characters from the beginning, middle, or end of the title.
 
===Generate Navigation for the following===
 
The options in this setting allow you to configure how far the menu should expand.
 
'''Everything'''
The menu expands to any page in any of your areas. It does not display a list of categories.
 
'''Categories and courses'''
The menu expands as far as listing links to the courses in each category.
 
'''Categories, courses and course structures'''
 
 
'''Categories, courses and course activities'''
 
===Page contexts===
 
===[And the rest of the settings TBC]===
 
==See also== 
 
[[Category:Moodle 2.0]]


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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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