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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:

Course completion status

Random glossary entry

Recent activity

Recent blog entries

Recently accessed courses

Recently accessed items

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-[[Image:Course edit on new 4.JPG|thumb|right|Default block positions for a new course page]]
+{{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 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}}
+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.
-==Block types==
+==Standard blocks==
-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.
+Available blocks include:
+{|-
-===Pull down===
+|[[Activities block|Activities]]
-Each course has an add block pull down menu.
+|-
-{| border="0"
+|[[Activity results block|Activity results]]
-| |
+|-
-{| border="2";"
+|[[Admin bookmarks block|Admin bookmarks]]
-|[[Blogs|Blogs - Tags and Menu]] (from 1.6 onwards)
+|-
+|[[Administration block|Administration]]
+|-
+|[[Blog menu block|Blog menu]]
+|-
+|[[Blog tags block|Blog tags]]
 |-
 |[[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]]
+|-
+|[[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]]
+|-
+| [[Private files_block|Private files]]
+|-
+|[[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]]
+|-
+|[[Search forums block|Search forums]]
+|-
+|[[Section links block|Section links]]
 |-
-|[[HTML block|HTML]]
+|[[Self completion block|Self completion]]
 |-
-|[[Loan Calculator]] (from 1.6 onwards)
+|[[Social activities block|Social activities]]
 |-
-|[[Mentees block]] (from 1.8 onwards)
+|[[Starred courses block|Starred courses]]
 |-
-|[[Messages block|Messages]]
+|[[Tags block|Tags]]
 |-
-|[[Online Users block|Online Users]]
+|[[Text block|Text]]
 |-
-|[[Quiz Results]]
+|[[Timeline block|Timeline]]
 |-
-|[[Random Glossary Entry]]
+|[[Upcoming events block|Upcoming events]]
 |-
-|[[Remote RSS Feeds]]
+|[[Youtube block|Youtube]]
 |-
-|[[Section Links]]
-|}
-| style="width:100px" |
-|[[Image:Block add dropdown list teacher 1 8.JPG]]
 |}
+There are also many contributed blocks available for download from the [https://moodle.org/plugins/ Moodle plugins directory].
-===Other blocks===
-*[[Activities block|Activities]] A block used by teachers to add activities
-*[[Administration block|Administration]] Course Administration
-*[[Courses block|Courses]] Lists student's courses
-*[[Course/Site Description block|Course/Site Description]] Teacher's description of course
-*[[Latest News block|Latest News]]
-*[[Recent Activity block|Recent Activity]]
-*[[Search Forums block|Search Forums]]
-*[[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming Events]]
-==Course page block arrangement==
-[[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.
-==Adding blocks to activities==
-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.
-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==
+* [[Managing blocks]] - for administrators
-* [[Blocks administration]]
+* [[Blocks FAQ]]
+* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=227772 Moodle forum discussion about ''which Moodle blocks are the most useful for teaching'']
-[[Category:Teacher]]
 [[Category:Block]]
+[[de:Blöcke]]
-[[fr:Blocs (enseignant)]]
+[[es:Bloques]]
+[[eu:Irakaslearen_blokeak]]
+[[fr:Blocs]]
+[[it:Blocchi]]
+[[ja:ブロック]]

Documentation

Blocks: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 20:02, 22 September 2022

Standard blocks

See also