Sage-Tips

How do I improve my Moodle appearance?

Making Moodle Look Good (Without affecting performance)

1. #1 Creating an Engaging Homepage or Pre-login Experience.
2. #2 Improving Post Login Experience.
3. #3 Modifying Colours and Fonts.
4. #4 Using Better Course Formats.
5. #5 Using the Right Theme.

Can you use CSS in Moodle?

It is possible in Moodle to add CSS stylesheets to all plugins (including core plugins). Moodle always looks for a styles. css file within your plugins directory, and it also looks for a styles_themename. css where themename is the name of the currect theme being used.

How do you add HTML to Moodle?

Add a Page

1. In the menu bar at the top of your course page, select Turn editing on (green pencil icon.
2. Locate the Section where you want the link to the page to appear.
3. At the bottom of the section, click + Add an activity or resource.
4. (Optional) On the Page tile, for information, click the Information icon ( ).

Can you customize Moodle?

Did you know Moodle gives educators the ability to customise their course layout? Using the course layout feature, educators can control how their Moodle course appears to students.

What is HTML editor on Moodle?

Moodle has a standard toolbar that serves as an HTML interface. Many of the icons on the tool bar can be found on most text editing (word processing) programs. This page will cover some of the icons/tools which may not be as familiar to a new user of Moodle.

How do I embed a website in Moodle?

Embedding External Websites into Moodle

1. Login to your Moodle-course with an instructor account .
2. Inside the course panel click the “Turn editing On” button .
3. Click on “Add a Resource” and select “Link to a file or website” from the dropdown menu .
4. Give the external site a Name .

How do you create a Moodle account?

Create Users in Moodle

1. Log into the Moodle Dashboard.
2. In the Site Administration section on the left in the Settings section, navigate to Users > Accounts, click Add a new user.
3. On the next page, fill out the required fields.

How do I change the view in Moodle?

To Switch Your Role:

1. Log on to Moodle and select the course.
2. Select the “Switch role to…” option under the Administration Block.
3. Select Student.
4. Your course front page will now change to the view that your students see.

Where do I put CSS in Moodles?

Hopefully as we convert more and more of Moodles interfaces to use elements we should see less general CSS. In any case nothing has changed in regards to the location of general CSS. If your theme is using standard CSS then it must be located within the style directory of your theme and should be in logically separated files.

What will I learn in the Moodle course?

You will learn how to import content from a Word document as clean HTML into Moodle. You will also learn how to make templates and use HTML and CSS to quickly make changes to your content and make it much easier to manage and create quality looking and highly functional content.

Is it possible to add a CSS stylesheet to a plugin?

It is possible in Moodle to add CSS stylesheets to all plugins (including core plugins). Moodle always looks for a styles.css file within your plugins directory, and it also looks for a styles_themename.css where themename is the name of the currect theme being used. For instance the following could be added to the forum module:

Why is my content in Moodle not responsive?

Many Moodle themes are designed to be more responsive but sometimes the content that is created inside Moodle is far from responsive and suffers mainly because content developers are not taught the different ways they can develop content for Moodle. During the course you will discover tips and hints to create better content for Moodle.