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DRAFT DOCUMENT

Many of the pages below are incomplete or obsolete.

These guidelines were produced as part of a student project in 2009, and are not yet official Moodle guidelines.

These guidelines are to be used as a UI reference library by Moodle developers when creating user interfaces.

It does not catalogue all the elements in use in Moodle, but is intended a reference of reusable elements sharing that common Moodle style. We aim to update this reference as new common practices appear. More...

Help requested: comment on these guidelines

Moodle basics

Moodle UI library

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

Elements

Big Select List

Interaction Styles

Wizard
Help Popups (See Linking to help for now)
Feedback page
Form (incomplete)
- Radio button
- Checkbox
- Dropdown lists (incomplete)

General design guidelines

Relevant guidelines from other sites

Design Patterns Library & Code Standards by Fellowship technologies

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 ==Moodle basics==
-* Hierarchy of a Moodle site ([http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=115620 one attempt])
 * [[Page structure and types|Page structure and different page types]]
-* [[Roles and capabilities]]
+* [https://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Roles_and_capabilities Roles and capabilities]
 * [[Groups]]
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 === Elements ===
 * [[Big Select List|Big Select List]]
-* Hierarchy Browsing List
 * [[Tooltip|Tooltip]]
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 * [http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/principles-direct-manipulation.html.en Provide Direct Manipulation]
+* [http://developer.fellowshipone.com/patterns/ Design Patterns Library & Code Standards] by Fellowship technologies
 == See also ==
-Talk page: [[Development_talk:Moodle_User_Interface_Guidelines]]
+* Further development on Talk page: [[Talk:Moodle_User_Interface_Guidelines]]
+* '''[https://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Using_Moodle_book Using Moodle book]'''
-'''[[Using Moodle book]]'''
 === Usability in Moodle ===
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 * UI coding: [[Interface_guidelines]]
-== Todo ==
-* [[Moodle User Interface Guidelines:Problem-Solution Summary Table|Problem-Solution Summary Table]] (See [http://www.hillside.net/index.php/a-pattern-language-for-pattern-writing#E.1.1])
-* [[Moodle User Interface Guidelines:Glossary|Glossary]] (See [http://www.hillside.net/index.php/a-pattern-language-for-pattern-writing#E.5])
-[[Category:User Interface Guidelines]]
 [[Category:Developer tools|User Interface Guidelines]]
 [[Category:Usability|User Interface Guidelines]]
 [[Category:Moodle User Interface Guidelines]]

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