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{{Managing a Moodle course}}
{{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 My Home (My Moodle) page. You can theme the position of blocks in the centre of pages as well.
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.  


{{MediaPlayer | url = https://youtu.be/-OdLwviHo-c | desc = Overview of 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]].
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 Boost, is used, blocks will be accessible from the bottom of smaller screens, below the main content.  


==Standard blocks==
==Standard blocks==


Available blocks include:
Available blocks include:
[[Image:blocks01.png|thumb|Default block positions for a new course page]]


{|-
{|-
|[[Activities block|Activities]]
|[[Activities block|Activities]]
|-
|[[Activity results block|Activity results]]
|-
|-
|[[Admin bookmarks block|Admin bookmarks]]
|[[Admin bookmarks block|Admin bookmarks]]
|-
|[[Administration block|Administration]]
|-
|-
|[[Blog menu block|Blog menu]]
|[[Blog menu block|Blog menu]]
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|-
|-
| [[Comments block|Comments]]
| [[Comments block|Comments]]
|-
| [[Community finder block|Community finder]]
|-
|-
| [[Course completion status block|Course completion status]]
| [[Course completion status block|Course completion status]]
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|-
|-
| [[Courses block|Courses]]
| [[Courses block|Courses]]
|-
| [[Feedback block|Feedback]]
|-
|-
| [[Flickr block|Flickr]]
| [[Flickr block|Flickr]]
|-
|[[Global search block|Global search]]
|-
|-
|[[HTML block|HTML]]  
|[[HTML block|HTML]]  
|-
|-
| [[Latest news block|Latest news]]
|[[Latest announcements block|Latest announcements]]
|-
| [[Latest badges block|Latest badges]]
|-
| [[Learning plans block|Learning plans]]
|-
|-
|[[Logged in user block|Logged in user]]
|[[Logged in user block|Logged in user]]
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|-
|-
|[[Mentees block]]  
|[[Mentees block]]  
|-
|[[Messages block|Messages]]
|-
| [[My private files_block|My private files]]
|-
|-
|[[Navigation block|Navigation]]
|[[Navigation block|Navigation]]
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|-
|-
|[[People block|People]]
|[[People block|People]]
|-
| [[Private files_block|Private files]]
|-
|-
|[[Quiz results block|Quiz results]]
|[[Quiz results block|Quiz results]]
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|-
|-
|[[Recent blog entries block|Recent blog entries]]
|[[Recent blog entries block|Recent blog entries]]
|-
|[[Recently accessed courses block|Recently accessed courses]]
|-
|[[Recently accessed items block|Recently accessed items]]
|-
|-
|[[Remote RSS feeds block|Remote RSS feeds]]
|[[Remote RSS feeds block|Remote RSS feeds]]
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|[[Self completion block|Self completion]]
|[[Self completion block|Self completion]]
|-
|-
|[[Settings block|Settings]]
|[[Social activities block|Social activities]]
|-
|-
|[[Social activities block|Social activities]]
|[[Starred courses block|Starred courses]]
|-
|-
|[[Tags block|Tags]]
|[[Tags block|Tags]]
|-
|[[Timeline block|Timeline]]
|-
|-
|[[Upcoming events block|Upcoming events]]
|[[Upcoming events block|Upcoming events]]
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|}


There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the [https://moodle.org/plugins/ plugins database].
There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the [https://moodle.org/plugins/ Moodle plugins directory].


==See also==
==See also==
 
* [[Managing blocks]] - for administrators
*[[Managing blocks]] - for administrators
* [[Blocks FAQ]]
*[[Blocks FAQ]]
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=227772 Moodle forum discussion about ''which Moodle blocks are the most useful for teaching'']
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aX1XHfBjqg Blocks in Moodle 2.0 video]


[[Category:Block]]
[[Category:Block]]


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[[de:Blöcke]]
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[[eu:Irakaslearen_blokeak]]
[[eu:Irakaslearen_blokeak]]
[[fr:Blocs]]
[[fr:Blocs]]
[[it:Blocchi]]
[[ja:ブロック]]
[[ja:ブロック]]

Latest revision as of 15:30, 30 December 2019

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.

Overview of 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.

If a responsive theme, such as Boost, is used, blocks will be accessible from the bottom of smaller screens, below the main content.

Standard blocks

Available blocks include:

Activities
Activity results
Admin bookmarks
Administration
Blog menu
Blog tags
Calendar
Comments
Course completion status
Course overview
Course/site summary
Courses
Feedback
Flickr
Global search
HTML
Latest announcements
Latest badges
Learning plans
Logged in user
Login
Main menu
Mentees block
Navigation
Network servers
Online users
People
Private files
Quiz results
Random glossary entry
Recent activity
Recent blog entries
Recently accessed courses
Recently accessed items
Remote RSS feeds
Search forums
Section links
Self completion
Social activities
Starred courses
Tags
Timeline
Upcoming events
Youtube

There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the Moodle plugins directory.

See also