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Moodle Theme Development

By : Silvina Paola Hillar
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Moodle Theme Development

By: Silvina Paola Hillar

Overview of this book

Theming is one of the main features of Moodle, and it can be used to customize your online courses and make them look exactly how you want them to,according to your target audience. If you have been looking for a book that will help you develop Moodle themes that you are proud of, and that your students will enjoy, then this is the book for you. We start off by introducing Moodle 3 and explaining what it is, how it works, and what tools you might need to create a stunning Moodle theme. We then show you how to choose and change the pre-installed Moodle themes in detailed steps, and explain what Moodle themes are and how they work. Next, we show you how to change an existing theme and test the changes that you have made. You can not only plan the customization of theme, but also tailor it using advanced Moodle theming processes; this book is your one-stop guide to creating your own personalized Moodle 3 theme.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Moodle Theme Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Dedication
Preface

Chapter 1.  An Introduction to Moodle 3 and MoodleCloud

In this chapter, we will introduce e-learning and virtual learning environments: Moodle and MoodleCloud, explaining their similarities and differences. Apart from that, we will learn and understand screen resolution and aspect ratio, which is the information we need in order to develop Moodle themes in the next chapters. We will also cover sizing the screen resolution, aspect ratio, and use Moodle in different types of devices. Furthermore, we will also deal with images and text. So, in this chapter, we shall learn the following topics:

  • Understanding what e-learning is

  • Learning about virtual learning environments

  • Introducing Moodle and MoodleCloud

  • Learning what Moodle and MoodleCloud are

  • Using Moodle on different devices

  • Sizing the screen resolution

  • Calculating the aspect ratio

  • Learning about sharp and soft images

  • Learning about crisp and sharp text

  • Understanding what anti-aliasing is