Blocks

Overview
Add a Block
Create a Custom Block
Remove a Block

Overview

Moodle has many different blocks that you can add to your course home page.

Common course blocks and descriptions are below.

• Participants - Clicking on Participants in the People block shows the names of all of the students in the course.
  
  
• Activities - The Activities block contains all of the activities in the course organized by type.
  
  
  
• Calendar - The Calendar block shows due dates for assignments and quizzes along with other course events that you create.
  
  
  
• Recent Activity - The Recent Activity block shows any changes to the course that have occurred since the last time you logged in.
  
  
  
• Latest News - The Latest News block shows recent posts that have been made in the course News forum.
  
  
  
• Upcoming Events - The Upcoming Events block shows upcoming due dates and other events from the course calendar.
  
  

Add a Block

1. Click on the Turn editing on button in the upper-right corner of your course home page.
2. In the Blocks block, shown below, click on the Add... down arrow and select the desired block.
   
   

Create a Custom Block

1. Click on the Turn editing on button in the upper-right corner of your course home page.
2. In the Blocks block, click on the Add... down arrow and select HTML.
   
   
3. Click on the block's Configuration tool.
   
   
4. Enter the desired content.
   
   Note: To insert a picture, click on the Insert Image button. Then, click on the Browse button, select the desired picture file, click on the Upload button, click on the picture's file name in the File Browser area, enter an alternative text description of the picture in the alternate text field, and click on the OK button.
5. Click on the Save changes button at the bottom of the page.

Remove a Block

1. Click on the Turn editing on button in the upper-right corner of your course home page.
2. Click on the block's Delete tool.