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== Standard view of a blank course== | == Standard view of a blank course== | ||
[[Image:Course edit on new 3w.JPG|thumb|600px|none|Example of Weekly | [[Image:Course edit on new 3w.JPG|thumb|600px|none|Example of Weekly format, teacher view, edit on]] | ||
[[Image:Course | *1 Course description | ||
*2 Participants - who is in course | |||
*3 | |||
===Topic format=== | |||
[[Image:Course top topic mu1.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Example of Topic format. Click on image to enlarge]] | |||
This is a downloaded version of demo.moodle.org, using the Topic course format. | |||
===Weekly format=== | |||
[[Image:Course top weekly mu1.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Example of Weekly format, teacher viewing as student]] | |||
This is a downloaded version of demo.moodle.org, using the weekly course format. | |||
===Social format=== | |||
[[Image:Course top social mu1.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Example of Social format. Click on image to enlarge]] | |||
This is a downloaded version of demo.moodle.org, using the Social course format. The existing activities seemed to disappear. The teacher added two forums and a student added a third popular topic. | |||
==Course themes== | ==Course themes== |
Revision as of 12:16, 14 July 2008
A new course entered for the first time will be mostly blank. Course templates have block areas on the left and right sides, with course Activity modules and Resources grouped by sections to fit your needs.
Generally speaking, the first or top section is not numbered and was designed for general information and to contain activities and resources useful during the course. Most courses will have at least one additional section.
The view of your course homepage depends on which block areas you choose to appear using the Blocks field. All of the blocks can be shifted around according to one's liking, due to which the view of the course homepage may differ.
Standard view of a blank course
- 1 Course description
- 2 Participants - who is in course
- 3
Topic format
This is a downloaded version of demo.moodle.org, using the Topic course format.
Weekly format
This is a downloaded version of demo.moodle.org, using the weekly course format.
Social format
This is a downloaded version of demo.moodle.org, using the Social course format. The existing activities seemed to disappear. The teacher added two forums and a student added a third popular topic.
Course themes
Some sites may allow teachers to select color themes for their courses that are different from the Moodle site homepage. Teachers will see a "Force theme" drop down menu in the general section that contains a list of available themes. Non-editing teacher can not alter this setting. The default course theme is the site theme or the category theme.
The site administrator or course manager should look at Theme_settings or Administration>Configuration>Variables (older versions of Moodle) and change the allowcoursethemes to yes.
Drag and drop
Be aware that drag and drop for course sections currently (25th Feb 2008) has an issue and only support dragging a course section onto an adjacent section. Fix on the way: MDL-11539
See also
- Course sections - some information about weekly and topic sections
- Blocks (teacher) - some links to different types of blocks
- Adding/editing_a_course for more information about a course
- For Administrators- Administration block, configuration, variables and interface settings.