Tiles format

Maintained by David Watson
A course format which displays course topics as "Tiles", in a grid rather than as a list. When clicked, tile content is displayed under the tile with an animated transition. The layout adapts to different screen sizes and orientations. Within each tile, activities can also be set to display as "sub-tiles". For each tile, the teacher can pick an icon from a predefined set, or upload a background photo.
Price option: Free

Supports Moodle 3.3-5.1 See all versions
Latest release: 7 months ago
Installations: 22908
Downloads (last 90 days): 7910

Frankenstyle name: format_tiles
Course formats

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Hi, I'm just planning my 4.0 upgrade. Not to put pressure on, but do you have a projected date yet?
Can you update for Moodle 4.0 please
Hello. I have a problem. The home page shows the message "Click here if the page fails to load." I always need to click to open, but I would like the course to open directly. How do I fix this problem?
Hello, I am having a problem with the images of the tiles.
I have a Moodle version 3.8.2+ (Build: 20200408) and I have this plugin installed in version 3.9.0.13
2020080613. The problem arises when loading an image for the tiles, they randomly disappear after a while. The system does not throw any error message. Any recommendation to solve this problem?
Hi David! I have a problem trying changing the color per tile in a course.
Tried using #tile-2 border-top-color: to change the color for my second tile and everything works fine but if i try to change another one, doesn't work.
Nous avons présentement un bug suite à l'installation de la version 3.11.5 de Moodle. Sur iPad/Chrome, la tuile se referme instantanément après l'ouverture sans possibilité d'accès au contenu. Nous n'avons pas ce problème sur iPad/Safari ou sur PC/Chrome ou Mac/Chrome. Est-il possible d'apporter un correctif lors de la prochaine mise à jour, svp ? Merci !
Is it possible with Tiles to open each section up in a screen of its own, similar to how "Show one section per page" works instead of as a modal window inside the course page? I couldn't find an option too do so.
Like many other people here, we are also recieving negative feedback on the automatic scrolling to tiles upon page-load.
I managed to disable it by commenting out line 678-684 and line 977 in tiles/amd/src/course.js:
Line 678-684:
// if (openTile !== 0) {
// tileFitter.init(courseId, openTile, fitTilesToWidth, false);
// } else {
// // Set focus to the first tile (not section zero).
// $(Selector.TILEID + "1").focus();
// tileFitter.init(courseId, null, fitTilesToWidth, false);
// }
Line 977:
// $("ul.tiles .tile").first().focus();
You will have to compile a new .min.js version for tiles/amd/build, or replace the min.js version with the modified version from tiles/amd/src.
This is probably not a good fix for this problem, and it will have to be done manually after upgrading the plugin etc., but without the option within the plugin to disable the automatic scroll, it is a must for us, to do it like this for now.
Will this plugin be available for Moodle 4.0?
Hi there, my organisation, OPENCOLLAB, supports client Moodle environments. Many of our clients love the Tiles course format that you have developed.
One of our clients has requested that we adjust the Tiles course format to prevent it from navigating to the tiles section of the course page upon landing. We attempted turning off JavaScript navigation but then noticed some visual artifacts.
Please advise whether the above could be achieved easily. The client specifically requested that the user lands at the top of the page so that they can see the course title and description area.
Is there a way to get the topics page to open on a new page instead of below the tiles?
Hi. We're running version 3.9.0.5 of Tiles format and it doesn't appear to work with the Blackboard Ally accessibility tool. The 'Alternative Formats' button doesn't appear alongside tiles that contain documents etc. Any idea if this has been fixed in a later version?
Is there a way to made the "all courses" page in tiles like inside independent course?
Hi David,
For the External Tool activity, the LTI opens correct in a new window when a users clicks on the activity on the cours page (as configured).
But as a result, the course page changes to the LTI activity page, while the existing tab should still contain the course page.
Starting situation: on a course page ~ https:///course/view.php?id=xx
Action: users clicks on External Tool-activity
Expected result:
LTI opens in a new window/new tab (as configured)
& the course page stays displayed in the existing tab
Actual result (NOK, only partly OK) :
OK : LTI opens in a new window/new tab (as configured)
NOK : on the existing tab/window, the course page is no longer displayed, but the lti-activity page is displayed ~ https:///mod/lti/view.php?id=yyyy)
Cheers,
Koen
Hi David, thanks for developing this great plugin. Do you have any plans to implement support for the Moodle App?