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Designing Moodle Themes [Video]

By : Susan Smith Nash
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Designing Moodle Themes [Video]

By: Susan Smith Nash

Overview of this book

<p>Themes in Moodle are plugins that help you to create a different look and feel for your Moodle courses. These themes act as custom “skins” which help you to make your courses stand out from the rest. With your personalized themes, you will enjoy functionality and elevated performance along with a very unique design for your own “brand” of courses.<br /><br />This tutorial offers you a step-by-step guide to building your own customized themes on top of the existing Moodle plugins. <br /><br />This comprehensive video tutorial will introduce you to the process of selecting the Moodle themes that best suit your requirements and then further customizing them to your design needs. You will learn to identify the elements that will make your Moodle course better, followed by ways to achieve superior functionality.<br /><br />You will learn how themes can help you build an exclusive look for your courses and create a positive user experience for your viewers. You will go through a quick tour of pre-installed themes in Moodle, and then learn how to customize the appearance of elements of any theme that you select. If you are working with a Moodle administrator, you’ll learn how to download and install new themes, and to modify their appearance quickly and easily using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). A quick drive through this course and you will be on the road to developing a strong brand identity for all your Moodle courses and programs.</p> <h1>Style and Approach</h1> <p>Packt video courses are designed to cover the breadth of the topic in short, hands-on, task-based videos. Each course is divided into short manageable sections, so you can watch the whole thing or jump to the bit you need. The focus is on practical instructions and screencasts showing you how to get the job done.</p> <p>An easy-to-follow video tutorial to help you design your own Moodle themes; taking the e-learning experience to the next level.</p>
Table of Contents (8 chapters)
5
Using Cascading Style Sheets for Modifying Built-in Themes
Chapter 4
Customizing the Appearance of Resources
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Section 3
Customizing the Appearance of a Link
Avoid unengaging, hard-to-navigate forest of links. - Add URLs, then change the description and the appearance of the description - Change the appearance of the URL - Move the location