Moodle Theme Development

Key Features

• Leverage the power of Moodle 3 to create interactive and engaging themes for your courses
• Experience and integrate the power of Bootstrap and CSS into your Moodle app
• Implement your plans with illustrative examples to become a top notch designer

Book Description

Theming is one of the main features of Moodle, and it can be used to customize your online courses and make them look exactly how you want them to. If you have been looking for a book that will help you develop Moodle Themes that you are proud of, and that your students would enjoy, then this is the book for you.

We start off by introducing Moodle 3, explaining what it is, how it works, and what tools you might need to create a stunning Moodle theme. We then show you how to choose and change pre-installed Moodle theme in detailed steps, and explain what Moodle themes are and how they work. Next we show you how to change an existing theme and test the changes that you have made.

From planning theme creation through to slicing and dicing and more advanced Moodle theming processes, this book is your one-stop guide to creating your own Moodle 3 theme.

What you will learn

• Plan a Moodle theme from scratch
• Install a Moodle theme in different OS and change Moodle’s theme settings
• Add your own customized logo and test your changes in several web browsers
• Customize the Moodle site to fit in with other elements of your website
• Create a design mock-up using graphics software
• Slice and dice your design mock-up and create your graphic elements
• Create themes that you can share with the Moodle community

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. An Introduction to Moodle 3 and MoodleCloud
Chapter 2. Themes in Moodle 3 on-premises and MoodleCloud
Chapter 3. Setting Up Logos in Moodle Themes
Chapter 4. Customizing the Header and the Footer
Chapter 5. Customizing Elements with CSS
Chapter 6. Locating, Editing, and Using New Icons
Chapter 7. Optimizing Themes for Mobile Devices
Chapter 8. Exploring Layouts
Chapter 9. Course Formats
Chapter 10. Extending Moodle Theming to Specific Sections