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{{Managing a Moodle course}}
A teacher can utilize many kinds of blocks in a course page. Typically a course home page contains blocks in the left and right columns.
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.  


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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]].


==Block types==
If a responsive theme, such as Boost, is used, blocks will be accessible from the bottom of smaller screens, below the main content.  
There are many different types of blocks in a course that can be used by a teacher. The teacher can add blocks from a pull down menu.  Other blocks provide information or settings that a teacher may use.


===Pull down===
==Standard blocks==
Each course has an add block pull down menu.
 
{| border="0"
Available blocks include:
| |  
 
{| border="2";"
{|-
|[[Blogs|Blogs - Tags and Menu]] (from 1.6 onwards)
|[[Activities block|Activities]]
|-
|[[Activity results block|Activity results]]
|-
|[[Admin bookmarks block|Admin bookmarks]]
|-
|[[Administration block|Administration]]
|-
|[[Blog menu block|Blog menu]]
|-
|[[Blog tags block|Blog tags]]
|-
|-
|[[Calendar block|Calendar]]
|[[Calendar block|Calendar]]
|-
|-
|[[Global Search block]]
| [[Comments block|Comments]]
|-
| [[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]]
|-
|[[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]]
|-
|[[Recently accessed courses block|Recently accessed courses]]
|-
|[[Recently accessed items block|Recently accessed items]]
|-
|[[Remote RSS feeds block|Remote RSS feeds]]
|-
|-
|[[HTML block|HTML]]
|[[Search forums block|Search forums]]
|-
|-
|[[Loan calculator block|Loan Calculator]] (from 1.6 onwards)
|[[Section links block|Section links]]
|-
|-
|[[Mentees block]] (from 1.8 onwards)
|[[Self completion block|Self completion]]
|-
|-
|[[Messages block|Messages]]
|[[Social activities block|Social activities]]
|-
|-
|[[Online Users block|Online Users]]
|[[Starred courses block|Starred courses]]
|-
|-
|[[Quiz Results]]
|[[Tags block|Tags]]
|-
|-
|[[Random Glossary Entry]]
|[[Timeline block|Timeline]]
|-
|-
|[[Remote RSS Feeds]]
|[[Upcoming events block|Upcoming events]]
|-
|[[Youtube block|Youtube]]
|-
|-
|[[Section Links]]
|}
| style="width:100px" | 
|[[Image:Block add dropdown list teacher 1 8.JPG]]
|}
|}


===Other blocks===
There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the [https://moodle.org/plugins/ Moodle plugins directory].
*[[Activities block|Activities]] A block used by teachers to add activities


*[[Administration block|Administration]] Course Administration
==See also==
*[[Courses block|Courses]] Lists student's courses
* [[Managing blocks]] - for administrators
*[[Course/Site Description block|Course/Site Description]] Teacher's description of course
* [[Blocks FAQ]]
*[[Latest News block|Latest News]]
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=227772 Moodle forum discussion about ''which Moodle blocks are the most useful for teaching'']
*[[Recent Activity block|Recent Activity]]
*[[Search Forums block|Search Forums]]
*[[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming Events]]


==Course page block arrangement==
[[Category:Block]]
[[Image:Block_People.JPG |frame|The People block with editing turned on]]
Teachers, and other users with the capability to manage course activities, can change the arrangement of blocks on the course page (apart from [[Sticky blocks]]) when editing is turned on.


New blocks can be added using the Add blocks dropdown menu. Existing blocks (apart from [[Sticky blocks]]) can be hidden, deleted or moved using the icons in the block header.
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[[es:Bloques]]
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[[fr:Blocs]]
[[it:Blocchi]]
[[ja:ブロック]]


==Adding blocks to activities==
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Certain activity modules, such as the [[Lesson module]] and the [[Quiz module]], support blocks on their pages. The site administrator must turn this function on so that the teachers will be able to add side blocks on those pages, otherwise the interface does not show this feature to the teacher.
Learn about most aspects of Moodle from the following tutorial.  
 
By default, this feature is disabled in the [[Site administration block]]. An administrator can enable it by checking the ''showblocksonmodpages'' box in ''Administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme settings''.  When enabled, users who can manage course activities will be able to add blocks to pages.
 
==See also==
 
* [[Blocks administration]]
 
[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Block]]


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Latest revision as of 23:19, 28 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.

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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

Template:Moodle ComprehensiveTutorial by Sali Kaceli Learn about most aspects of Moodle from the following tutorial.

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Moodle 3.8 Tutorial
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