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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

Adding the logo to MoodleCloud in the More theme


Once the logo has been created, we can replace the Moodle logo with our own. Every organization has a logo that represents it, as Moodle has its own, which is shown in the Moodle course. We have already created a logo or copied the logo of the organization that we belong to from their website.

Now, there are some steps that we need to follow in order to upload the logo to MoodleCloud. A key factor that we need to take into account is that the logo should be in .png format. These are the steps to follow:

  1. Log in to MoodleCloud.

  2. Click on Site administration| Appearance | Themes | More (in this case, it is the theme for MoodleCloud).

  3. Scroll down the site and a logo block appears.

  4. The maximum size of the file is 167.2 MB, so we check the size before uploading it to MoodleCloud. We can also check the pixels to customize the logo before uploading it. This is shown in the following screenshot:

    1. Click on the file and both the pixels and the size are shown...