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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 10.  Extending Moodle Theming to Specific Sections

In this chapter, we will put together many pieces of the theming puzzle. We will take advantage of all the features that we have already dealt with and we will enhance them a little bit more by adding special elements or ingredients. Once the theme is set, we can develop its content taking into account all the elements that we have changed throughout the book. Said elements are tips which help us to organize course content, and adding blocks to enhance a theme, among others. Overall, this chapter will help you to create a more effective Moodle course.

We will extend Moodle theming by giving some tips, once we have made the necessary changes to the theme in the Moodle course. These changes are important to bear in mind when designing a Moodle course or while theming a Moodle course. Therefore, we will go over each of the chapters and we will add another element or ingredient to our Moodle course. That is to say, we will combine...