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Blocks

Owned by Anastasia Leyva (Unlicensed)

Last updated: Aug 10, 2023 by Sonja Grussendorf

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1 Why use them?
2 Step 1: Add a Block
3 Step 2: Move a block
4 Remove a block
5 List of available blocks

Why use them?

Blocks can be added to the side of course pages to display additional information or to include additional features to be used in your course. They are displayed in a ‘drawer’ on the right hand side, that any course participant can expand or collapse.

Blocks can be moved around or deleted.

Step 1: Add a Block

Go to the course page and switch on EDITING MODE

On the right side is your blocks drawer. Open by clicking on the < arrow icon. Then click Add a Block… then select the name of the block you want to add from the pop up menu list.

Blocks drawer - collapsed

Blocks drawer - expanded

Step 2: Move a block

In Edit Mode:

To move a block, click and hold the drag and drop icon on the right top corner of the block and drag the block to a new position.

Remove a block

In Edit Mode:

To remove a block, click the cog icon on the right top corner of the block and from the drop-down click Delete block.

List of available blocks

Block	Description	Useful links

Block	Description	Useful links
Activities	Quickly access activities in a Moodle course. This block lists all activities in your course grouped by type of activity (Forums, Assignments, Quizzes and so forth).	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Activities_block
Administration	No longer necessary! We now have a QUICK NAVIGATION MENU at the top of each course.
Attendance	Works in conjuction with an attendance activity.	https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/Attendance_activity
Blog menu	Quickly access and/or enter course blog entries.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Blog_menu_block
Blog tags	Displays a list of a course blogs. A bigger font-size indicates the most frequently used blogs.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Blog_tags_block
Calendar	Displays course and site events in a calendar such as assignment deadlines.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Calendar_block
Compile discussions	This block will list all the forums and open forums in a course, in two drop-down menus. Selecting a forum from the menu will display all discussions in that forum, in a nested layout, on a single page. This is useful for exporting or printing forum discussions.	Moodle Plugins directory: Compile discussions
Completion Progress	Displays the activities/resources of a course that has been (or not yet) completed by a student.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Completion_Progress_block

Course/site summary	Displays the course description.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Course/site_summary_block
Courses	It lists links to all courses in which the user is enrolled.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Courses_block
Global search	Enables site-wide text searches in Moodle, to easily find specific content in all Moodle pages.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Global_search_block
Guides finder	Allows users to quick search for any Moodle or lecture recording guides available from the Eden Centre.
HTML	As a course editor, use this block to to add custom text, multimedia or widgets.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/HTML_block
Latest announcements	Displays recent announcements posted form an announcement forum in a course.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Latest_announcements_block
Latest badges	Displays the users earned badges.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Latest_badges_block
Learning plans	Quickly access learning plans.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Learning_plans_block
Library search	Searches items from the library catalogue.
Logged in user	Displays the profile of the user who is currently logged in Moodle.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Logged_in_user_block
Navigation	Provides navigation links to navigate Moodle’s site and course pages.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Navigation_block
Quickmail	Provides selective, bulk emailing within courses.	https://moodle.org/plugins/block_quickmail
Recent activity	Displays participants updates since they last accessed the course.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Recent_activity_block
Remote RSS feeds	Enables RSS feeds from external websites to be displayed within Moodle. As the information on the other site (for example, news headlines or recently added documents) is changed the block will update to show the latest information.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Remote_RSS_feeds_block
Search forums	Enables text-searches in a course forums.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Search_forums_block
Section links	Quickly navigate to a particular topic/week section of the course.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Section_links_block
Social activities	Enables additional activities to be added to a course using the social course format.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Social_activities_block
Upcoming events	Lists upcoming events from the Calendar.	https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Upcoming_events_block

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Calendar (Moodle How-Tos)
- calendar
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How to log in and find your way around Moodle (Moodle How-Tos)
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Blocks (Moodle How-Tos)
- blocks

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