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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

Exploring themes for personal use


We have already explored these themes earlier in this chapter because there are only two themes available at the time of writing. These themes are Dynamic and Sharp. In order to explore them a little bit more, we will show a screenshot of our Moodle course using Sharp.

Sharp

We explained this theme earlier in this chapter since it is also a theme that can be used for professional and academic use. Therefore, we can take a look at our Moodle course dressed in this theme. In order to change the theme of our Moodle course we need to follow the steps that were described earlier in this chapter, as well as the installation wizard. The Moodle on-premises course looks as shown in the following screenshot: