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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

Understanding what a Moodle theme is


In order to work and deal with Moodle themes, we need to have access to the server, if we are to have Moodle 3 on-premises and are not using MoodleCloud hosted services. In the event that we want to change Moodle themes in MoodleCloud, we need to have access as an administrator. An important element to take into account is that when we need to change the themes in MoodleCloud, there happens to be more restrictions than when dealing with an already installed Moodle platform.

A Moodle theme changes the look and feel of Moodle, that is to say, it is a template that controls the way Moodle looks. An administrator can change Moodle themes through the administrative interface of Moodle. The theme does not change Moodle but it changes the way it looks. It can be useful to change the look of a Moodle site according to the place that the Moodle course is being used, not only just to see it in a different way but also in order to cope with the place that it represents...