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Moodle Theme Development

By : Silvina Paola Hillar
Book Image

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 2.  Themes in Moodle 3 on-premises and MoodleCloud

In this chapter, we will cover the main aspects of Moodle theming of both Moodle and MoodleCloud. We will also change a theme, browse, select, and download it. We will also list the available themes in Moodle 3 on-premises at the time of the writing. We will work and understand how the Moodle theme More works with HTML tags. Afterwards, we will install the chosen theme. We can also create our themes from scratch in later chapters of the book, therefore it is necessary to understand what a theme is and how to change them. We shall learn the following topics in this chapter:

  • Understanding what a Moodle theme is

  • Learning about Moodle themes in MoodleCloud

  • Using HTML tags to define colors

  • Customizing Moodle or MoodleCloud's theme More using HTML to define colors

  • Understanding types of Moodle and MoodleCloud themes

  • Locating Moodle theme directory

  • Selecting and download a Moodle theme for Moodle 3 on-premises

  • Installing a Moodle theme