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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

Editing an emulated device


There are many mobile devices on the market, therefore, we may customize our simulator for a specific device or we may explore all the options to check how the theme looks. Besides, we may need to make some improvements or change the look and feel according to the way it looks on certain mobile devices.

Follow these steps in order to customize a device:

  1. Run Google Chrome.

  2. Run MoodleCloud or Moodle on-premises and log in.

  3. Press the F12 key.

  4. Once you have enabled Toggle device toolbar, go to the left-hand side of the screen where we can find the simulated device.

  5. Click on the downwards arrow next to Responsive, as shown in the following screenshot:

  6. A pop-up menu will appear, as shown in the previous screenshot.

  7. Click on Edit....

  8. On the right-hand side, a list of emulated devices will appear, as shown in the following screenshot:

  9. Then a list of mobile devices will appear.

  10. Scroll downwards and a list of ticked mobile devices (left screenshot) will appear which are the same...