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Moodle Tip: How to remove messaging

Updated on January 11th, 2021

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 …

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

Posted on June 5th, 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 reorder the frontpage theme sections

Updated on September 13th, 2022

Our premium 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 file(s). In this tutorial we will show you how to make the …

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

Updated on January 11th, 2021

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 …

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

Updated on May 21st, 2019

In the latest Moodle you can show progress bars on the dashboard page 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 …

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

Updated on March 23rd, 2022

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

Posted on April 21st, 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 …

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

Updated on March 29th, 2022

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 …

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

Updated on September 27th, 2020

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 …

How to add pages to Moodle using the Static Pages Plugin

Updated on June 8th, 2023

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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Moodle Theme Maker – How to add course thumbnail/header image and excerpt

Updated on March 29th, 2022

In our latest Moodle theme Maker, it’s possible to display your course thumbnail image and course excerpt on the frontpage course list as shown in the figure below. You can also check out our theme demo here for an example. …