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Tip: It is possible to force a block column to assume a specific width. This format allows you to decide what you want in the centre, and where you want the blocks, left or right. The Administrator decides which blocks should appear on the front page and moves all of them to the left or right side. The site administrator can change this basic format by simply deleting or hiding blocks that can be seen by users. The standard Moodle page format of Blocks on the left and blocks on the right is not always appropriate or considered pretty. The issue is always the same, actually, what looks good.

Mediawiki create new page full#

This is a major decision, what is it you want in the centre of your front page? You can have a list of categories, a list of categories and courses, or neither, a label with a table full of images works just as well. See Front page FAQ for some ideas on customising your front page. Depending upon the changes, this can be a simple or a more complex process. For example, if 'topic' is checked in the front page settings, you can add a Quiz module activity.Ī Moodle site's front page can be reconfigured from the default standard to give it a different look and or change how it functions. The Question bank is accessible from the Front Page. You can backup the front page, similar to a Course backup.Īs in a course, you can Restore a backed up version of the front page. It is possible to upload users as students in the front page with a csv file using the site short name as 'course1' field, student in 'role1' field (and, if needed, chosen group name in 'group1' field.) As a security issue, usually only admins can modify the front page, other users do not. Note this is different from the default Authenticated User on Front Page role found in front page settings.

It should not be set to Guest.Īs in a course, you can assign users roles just in the context of this page. It is recommended that it is set to 'Authenticated user on frontpage'. See 'How do I enable logged-in users to participate in front page activities?' in Front page FAQ for more details. The default front page role enables logged-in users to participate in front page activities. The number of comments displayed at any time is set here.

This setting only applies if the front page is set to display news items or if you are using the Latest announcements block.Įach course may include a Comments block which allows the display of user comments. Note: The label resource can be used to add text and/or an image to the centre-top of the front page. When editing is turned on, resources and/or activities can be added to the topic section using the dropdown menus, in the same way as on a course page. This adds a topic section to the centre-top of the front page. Maximum number of courses to be displayed on the site's front page in course listings. Deeper level categories will appear as links and user can expand them with AJAX request. This specifies the maximum depth of child categories expanded when displaying categories or combo list.

There are two combination boxes.Īn alternative option for logged-in users is their dashboard (can be set in Site administration > Appearance > Navigation) It is possible to create one setting for anyone who gets to the front page without logging in to the Moodle site, and another look for only those who have logged into the Moodle site. The order is determined by a combination box. The centre of the front page can display any combination of the following: news items, a list of courses, a list of enrolled courses, a list of course categories, a list of categories and courses, a course search box or none. This is not generally seen by users, but can be useful for search engines that index the page.įront page and Front page items when logged in The summary is also used as the HTML metadata description in some themes, for the front page of the site. This summary can be displayed on the left or right of the front page using the course/site summary block. The short name appears at the beginning of the navigation bar as a link back to your site front page. Front page full site name Short name for site