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{{Managing a Moodle course}}
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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.  
Blocks are items which may be added to the side inside the block drawer of any page in Moodle. Different themes allow blocks to be added to the left, right or both sides. They may also be added to the centre of the Dashboard.  
 
{{MediaPlayer | url = https://youtu.be/NX9iq1E9ksk | desc = Overview of blocks}}
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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]].
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.  
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:
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|[[Activities block|Activities]]
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|[[Global search block|Global search]]
|[[Global search block|Global search]]
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|[[HTML block|HTML]]
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|[[Latest announcements block|Latest announcements]]
|[[Latest announcements block|Latest announcements]]
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|[[Online users block|Online users]]
|[[Online users block|Online users]]
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|[[People block|People]]
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| [[Private files_block|Private files]]
| [[Private files_block|Private files]]
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|[[Quiz results block|Quiz results]]
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|[[Random glossary entry block|Random glossary entry]]
|[[Random glossary entry block|Random glossary entry]]
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|[[Tags block|Tags]]
|[[Tags block|Tags]]
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|[[Text block|Text]]
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|[[Timeline block|Timeline]]
|[[Timeline block|Timeline]]
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There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the [https://moodle.org/plugins/ Moodle plugins directory].
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'']
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=227772 Moodle forum discussion about ''which Moodle blocks are the most useful for teaching'']
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{{Moodle ComprehensiveTutorial by Sali Kaceli}}
Learn about most aspects of Moodle from the following tutorial.
{{MediaPlayer | url = https://youtu.be/hl74T-31tKI| desc = Moodle 3.8 Tutorial}}

Latest revision as of 20:02, 22 September 2022

Blocks are items which may be added to the side inside the block drawer of any page in Moodle. Different themes allow blocks to be added to the left, right or both sides. 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
Latest announcements
Latest badges
Learning plans
Logged in user
Login
Main menu
Mentees block
Navigation
Network servers
Online users
Private files
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
Text
Timeline
Upcoming events
Youtube

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

See also