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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

Customizing the footer in Moodle on-premises Essential theme


We can add a footnote to the footer in Moodle on-premises. Whatever we write as a footnote appears throughout the Moodle course, so we need to choose a message or a slogan that represents the profile of the Moodle site. In this example, we are going to add a message, as we have already done in MoodleCloud. So we enter Moodle on-premises and follow these steps:

  1. Under Administration, click on Site administration | Appearance | Themes | Essential | Footer.

  2. Complete the Copyright block by writing the name of the organization.

  3. Add an image in the Footer block. Go to the following website: https://icons8.com/web-app/for/ios7/school .

  4. Click on the desired icon, as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. The selected icon appears in the right-hand margin, as shown in the previous screenshot.

  6. A menu appears on the icon. The icon can be customized if desired.

  7. After customizing the icon, click on Generate HTML. A window pops up, showing the code.

  8. Highlight...