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Quicksilver theme for TAFE NSW. An extensive settings page allows for complete customisation of page layout, graphics and colours. New courses can inherit settings, or continue to customise.
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Collaborating on a new, more flexible theme for Moodle 2
Theming Moodle
North Coast TAFE Profile
• 17 campuses along the North Coast of New South Wales, Australia
• Diverse age range of learners in Vocational Education and Training, 16 yrs - 60+ yrs
• 700 courses in Moodle 1.9
• 1,341 students online
• Moodle 2 ready for delivery to students, Semester 2 2012
Themes by the dozen!
Why having so many themes is a bad idea• Moodle can assign a theme
per category but on larger Moodle sites this can slow down server performance
• Managing multiple themes requires time
• Manually Synchronising 12 copies of a template will result in errors and omissions
One size doesn’t fit all!
Moodle experience
Novice:
“What’s a link?” Designer:
“Can I apply my own style sheet?”
A Moodle theme is not• Blocks
• Topic Headings and labels
• Activities and Resources within a course
• Course Format e.g. weekly/topic
• Multimedia and word filters
A Moodle theme is• Page width
• Position and size of columns, header and footer
• Position of blocks
• Font, styles and colours
What is a theme?
One Moodle consists of:
• 12 PHP scripts• Around 5 stylesheets • A few dozen images• Thousands of individual CSS
styles
A Moodle theme is tested in
• 50 Moodle PHP pages • 5 operating systems• 5 main browsers • In 3 screen resolutions
• on 3 types of devices .....
And when will it be ready?
• The most important part: Activities and Resources
• These are placed within a course format – The Box
• The Moodle Theme is like the gift wrapping
• The ‘skin’ is like cellophane wrapping over the theme
Your content, gift wrapped
The benefits of inheritance!
Course 57: IT Faculty Branding
Course 52: BusinessFaculty
Branding
Top Level Course: Establishes Institute
Branding
Each new course can inherit settings from a master course AND then make further adjustments. Cascading inheritances maintains branding yet allows for unique design aspects…with no coding required.
To find out more information about North Coast TAFE: northcoast.tafensw.edu.au
For additional information, please contact: [email protected]
@Moodlemuse