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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

Exploring miscellaneous themes


There are several themes that can be used to change the look and feel of our Moodle course according to what we need; therefore, we will explore miscellaneous themes, which have several categories and might be interesting when designing a specific course. The themes are listed hereinafter, and there is a short description of each one.

Archaius

Archaius can be downloaded from the following website: https://moodle.org/plugins/theme_archaius . It has several options to customize, such as social icons, uploading a logo, and the background image, among others. We can also customize the color of the current block tab and the current item in the custom menu. There are other features that can be customized as well, including CSS and JavaScript in the footer. It is available for Moodle 3 and earlier Moodle versions.

Bootstrap

The Bootstrap theme does not have much of a description, but it says that it is based on the Bootstrap CSS framework, and it has minimal styling...