Time for action — making our course page look more like a web page
Let's learn how to make our Moodle course page look prettier, and more like a web page.
1. In the Settings block, under the Course administration heading, click on Edit settings.
2. Change the number of topics to 0.
3. Save your changes.
Done! Forget the coffee! Crack open the champagne!
What just happened?
We performed a massive con trick! We linked all our resources in sections 1 to 4 into Topic 0. We then got Moodle to display only Topic 0 and keep the others out of sight. But just because we set the course to display only one topic, it doesn't mean that the others are gone forever. Our efforts over nine chapters can't be deleted that easily. They're just hiding, and waiting to be made available for use, but actually not on the page. Do you see that if you have your editing turned on, you see the words Orphaned activities? This is to remind you that the activities under that heading are not visible to the students, but easily...