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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

Adding footnotes in MoodleCloud


We will customize the footer in MoodleCloud; we can add both text and an image using the HTML editor. We can also embed them using some code if desired. So, according to the profile of the Moodle course, we will add a footnote. It will appear throughout the course. It is different from a logo, which appears on two pages only.

In order to add a footnote, these are the steps that we have to follow:

  1. Enter the Moodle course in MoodleCloud.

  2. Click on Appearance | Themes | MoodleCloud (which is the theme to customize).

  3. Scroll down the page and fill in the Footnote block, as shown in the following screenshot:

  4. Click on the show more buttons icon to customize the HTML code. The following HTML editor appears:

  5. Click on the HTML icon to customize the style of the letters.

  6. Open a new tab and go to the following website: http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp . There is a guide on working with HTML code; try it online before working in the editor.

  7. In the left-hand margin...