Moodle Tip: How to remove messaging

• 7th June, 2018

By default, Moodle allows users to message each other. However, some organisations might want to prevent students from messaging each other. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to disable your Moodle site’s messaging system. Step 1 – Disable Messaging …

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Moodle Course Tip: How to add full-width responsive videos in Moodle Boost or Boost-based themes

• 5th June, 2018

Moodle’s core theme Boost is built on the latest Bootstrap 4 framework. If you are using Boost or a Boost-based theme (eg. Moove, Fordson) you can take advantage of the Bootstrap 4 “embed” utility to add responsive Youtube/Vimeo videos in …

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Moodle Theme Maker – How to customise the frontpage section order

• 4th June, 2018

Our latest Moodle theme Maker is a Boost-based Moodle theme so it’s very easy to change the order of the frontpage sections by editing the related theme template files. In this tutorial we will show you how to make the …

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Moodle Course Tip: How to Quickly Enrol Users in Boost Theme

• 7th May, 2018

If you are using Boost or a Boost-based theme for your Moodle site, enrolling users to your course has become really straightforward. Instead of navigating to the “Enrolled Users” option via the course administration page, the course teacher can quickly …

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How to show your Moodle course’s progress on the dashboard

• 6th May, 2018

From Moodle 3.3+ it’s possible to show donut charts in the dashboard as a visual way to let your students keep track of their course progress. However, by default this feature is not enabled in Moodle. In this tutorial we …

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Top 3 Boost-based Moodle Themes for Your Site

• 24th April, 2018

Since Moodle 3.2, Boost became Moodle’s new core theme. It’s designed to improve the overall user experience of Moodle across desktop and mobile devices and it comes with a new navigation system, course layout and convenient editing options. Moodle has …

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How to make useful Moodle course layout/component templates available to your teachers in Moodle’s text editor

• 23rd April, 2018

Want to provide predefined and preformatted course layout/component templates such as tables, cards, badges and buttons for your teachers to easily drop into courses they are creating? We’ve found the perfect solution for you – you can install a Moodle …

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How to make your Moodle’s text editor go fullscreen

• 21st April, 2018

When creating course content in Moodle, it’s nice to have the option to make Moodle’s text editor go fullscreen so you have more screen space to work with the content. This is particularly useful when your content is long or …

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How to install a new Moodle theme in Moodle 3.x

• 17th April, 2018

There are two ways of installing a new Moodle theme in Moodle 3.x. In this tutorial we will show you the two methods by installing one of our premium Moodle themes, Maker. Method 1 – Upload the theme folder to …

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Moodle Theme Maker – How to customise the theme to use your brand’s colour scheme

• 17th April, 2018

In our latest Boost-based Moodle theme Maker, changing the default colour scheme to meet your own branding needs has never been easier. You just need to pick your brand colours in the theme settings page. It only takes seconds to …

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Selling online courses? – Learn how to set up paid Moodle courses with Stripe and PayPal payment gateways

• 12th April, 2018

Do you want to sell your courses online and take payment via Stripe or PayPal? Moodle could be the perfect learning platform for you to set up and manage your paid courses. In this tutorial we will show you how …

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How to add pages to Moodle using the Static Pages Plugin

• 11th April, 2018

Unlike WordPress, you can’t add “Pages” in Moodle as it only allows you to add “Courses”. Luckily, there is a brilliant Moodle third party plugin called “Static Pages” which can help you add HTML pages to your Moodle site with …

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