Moodle User Interface Guidelines

Note: This page is a work-in-progress. Feedback and suggested improvements are welcome. Please join the discussion on moodle.org or use the page comments.

The greatest risk of this effort is that developers may not find it when they need it, while designing parts of Moodle. Please help: look at what is here already now, and comment: How could it serve your development work better? What aspects of user interface design would you need clear guidelines on? If there is any reason you might not use the guidelines, please tell me about it in the developer forum thread. See also: Introduction

• Introduction
• Guideline template

Moodle basics

• Hierarchy of a Moodle site one attempt
• Page types and structure
• Roles
• Groups

Moodle UI library

UIs are built of Elements and Interaction Styles (bigger wholes, which are built of Elements).

Elements

• Big Select List
• Hierarchy Browsing List
• Data Listing

• Tabs
• Jump Navigation
• Tooltip
• Links and Buttons
• Switch (or Toggle?)

• Command Popup Menu
• Dialog
• Popup Window

Interaction Styles

• Wizard (or Assistant?)
• Form (will be covered in some way but may be divided in smaller pieces)
• Search (will be covered in some way but may be divided in smaller pieces)
• Editing modes (will be covered in some way but may be divided in smaller pieces)
• Blocks (not a technical guide but a guideline how what to take into account when using a block as a part of a design)
• Filters
• Modules (not a technical guide but a guideline how what to take into account when using a module as a part of a design)
• Help

Proposed

• Quick Inline Help ([1] for now)

General design guidelines

• Progressive Disclosure
• User Data Always (Always) Safe
• Feedback

See also

• Usability
• Usability FAQ
• Major usability issues in Moodle (separate design projects)

Implementation advice

• Developer documentation
• UI coding: Interface_guidelines

Todo

• Problem-Solution Summary Table (TODO: See [2])
• Glossary