A course format for Moodle that has a large "hero" image in the course.
This is a good course format for courses with only small amounts of content. It can be used instead of the single activity format where you want to include some additional data.
It has configurable sections that allow for easy display of course summary information.
Each course section (topic) is displayed on its own page.
The side of the page (left or right) that the hero image appears on can be set in the format settings.
This plugin currently supports Moodle:
| Moodle version | Branch |
|---|---|
| Moodle 3.8 to 3.11 | MOODLE_38_STABLE |
| Moodle 4.0 to 4.1 | MOODLE_400_STABLE |
| Moodle 4.2 to 4.3 | MOODLE_402_STABLE |
| Moodle 4.4+ | MOODLE_404_STABLE |
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Install the plugin the same as any standard moodle plugin either via the Moodle plugin directory, or you can use git to clone it into your source:
git clone git@github.com:catalyst/moodle-format_hero.git course/format/hero
Or install via the Moodle plugin directory:
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Then run the Moodle upgrade either via the command line of Moodle UI.
There are course settings in this course format that apply to the course images There are course settings in this course format that apply to the course images.
This course format supports multiple course images. This course format supports multiple course images. If there is only one course image, this is used. This is so one image can be used for the course image and another for course header and section header images. If there are more than one then the second image is used.
This is so one image can be used for the course image and another by the two col format for a header image. The settings:
- Heading image
- Heading image format
Control the course front page header image settings.
The settings:
- Section image
- Section image format
NOTE: By default Moodle only allows 1 course image. For the above functionality to work this needs to be changed to 2. Control the course front page header image settings
NOTE: By default Moodle only allows 1 course image. For this functionality to work this needs to be changed to 3.
This is done be increasing the Course image files limit setting at Site administration > Appearance > Courses
This is done be increasing the Course image files limit setting at Site administration > Appearance > Courses
A background color can be used instead of course header and section header images. This can is also displayed "behind" images in case the images are transparent and/or don't fully cover the header area.
You can choose from the course settings how the course image is displayed when rendered from the course settings. You can choose from the course settings how the course and section images are displayed when rendered from the course settings. There are three options for formatting the display of the header image:
- Contain: Scales the image as large as possible without cropping or stretching the image.
- Contain Left: Sam as contain but the image is left aligned.
- Cover: Scales the image (while preserving its ratio) to the smallest possible size to fill, leaving no empty space. Image may be cropped.
- Auto: Scales the background image in the corresponding direction such that its intrinsic proportions are maintained.';
This plugin was developed by Catalyst IT Australia:
Issues, and pull requests using github are welcome and encouraged!
https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-format_hero/issues
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