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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

Uploading a logo in a description section


In Chapter 3, Setting Up Logos in Moodle Themes, we dealt with logos in Moodle. Therefore, as an example, our Moodle course has its own logo. So, we will use the same logo and add it to the description of a section. It is very attractive to start the section of a course with a logo that previews the topics that the students are going to deal with. We can also add a combination of images to create a new image, to define the section of a course.

To add a logo to our section, follow these steps:

  1. Enter the Moodle course and log in.

  2. Click on Turn editing off.

  3. Click on Edit | Edit section, as shown in the following screenshot:

  4. Complete the Section Name, and untick the block that reads Use default section name [General].

  5. In the Summary block, click on insert an image, and upload the logo or the desired image to be inserted in the section.

  6. Complete the necessary blocks and click on Save image, as shown in the following screenshot:

  7. The logo appears in the Summary...