How to add/remove Moodle blocks on your frontpage

Using a Boost-based Moodle theme, you can add/remove Moodle blocks on your frontpage as well. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to do that.

The screenshots used in this tutorial are taken from Boost-based Moodle theme Maker.

Add a Block

Log into your Moodle site as an administrator and go to your site’s frontpage (site home). Turn editing on as shown in the screenshot below.

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Open Moodle’s navigation drawer and you should see the “Add a block” option listed as the last menu item.

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Click “Add a block” and you can select your desired block from the popup window.

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Remove a Block

To remove a block, you need to turn editing on first. Click the cog icon next to the block title and select the delete option.

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