Designer course format for Moodle

The Designer course format is a course builder — teachers can choose different layouts for each section in order to display activities and resources in a more meaningful and beautiful way. Moodle provides robust activities for effective learning and teaching, but the course home page often lacks visual appeal and teachers are overwhelmed to create a beautiful course with core tools.

Documentation

The official documenation can be found at https://docs.moodle.org/en/Designer
See also http://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_plugins for details on installing Moodle plugins
If you want to learn more about using course formats in Moodle in general, please see https://docs.moodle.org/en/Course_formats.

Theme support

This plugin is developed and tested on Moodle Core's Boost theme.
It should also work with Boost child themes, including Moodle Core's Classic theme. However, we can't support any other theme than Boost.

Plugin repositories

This plugin will be published and regularly updated in the Moodle plugins repository: https://moodle.org/plugins/format_designer
The latest development version can be found on Github: https://github.com/bdecentgmbh/moodle-format_designer

Bug and problem reports / Support requests

This plugin is carefully developed and thoroughly tested, but bugs and problems can always appear.
Please report bugs and problems on Github: https://github.com/bdecentgmbh/moodle-format_designer/issues
We will do our best to solve your problems, but please note that due to limited resources we can't always provide per-case support.

Feature proposals

Please issue feature proposals on Github: https://github.com/bdecentgmbh/moodle-format_designer/issues
Please create pull requests on Github: https://github.com/bdecentgmbh/moodle-format_designer/issues
We are always interested to read about your feature proposals or even get a pull request from you, but please accept that we can handle your issues only as feature proposals and not as feature requests.

Moodle release support

This plugin is maintained for the two most recent major releases of Moodle as well as the most recent LTS release of Moodle.
If you are running a legacy version of Moodle, but want or need to run the latest version of this plugin, you can get the latest version of the plugin, remove the line starting with $plugin->requires from version.php and use this latest plugin version then on your legacy Moodle. However, please note that you will run this setup completely at your own risk. We can't support this approach in any way and there is an undeniable risk for erratic behavior.

Translating this plugin

This Moodle plugin is shipped with an english language pack only. All translations into other languages must be managed through AMOS (https://lang.moodle.org) by what they will become part of Moodle's official language pack.

Copyright

bdecent gmbh
bdecent.de

FREE

• DES-866 Improvement: Add global default for section layout


• DES-802 Improvement: Differentiate completion badge by completion date


• DES-804 Improvement: Add the section layout toggle to the section settings menu in 4.3


• DES-774 Improvement: Adjust defaults


• DES-672 Improvement: Support popup navigation (1.5)


• DES-702 Improvement: Display sections as tiles by default (1.5)


• DES-671 Improvement: Configure flow size (1.5)


• DES-740 Improvement: Add class to body on single section pages (1.5)


• DES-689 Improvement: Activity description trim length configuration (1.5)


• DES-892 Improvement: Delete no longer used options from database (1.6 R2)


• DES-912 Improvement: Improved compatibility with Moodle 4.5 (1.6 R3)

PRO

• DES-857 Improvement: Use separate string for course node added on all course pages


• DES-856 Improvement: Add capability to order prerequisite courses


• DES-855 Improvement: Link e-Mail address in course header


• DES-799 Improvement: Show checkmark instead of 100% setting


• DES-801 Improvement: Ensure compatibility with mod_poster


• DES-795 New feature: Section cards display content options


• DES-668 Improvement: Enhance settings


• DES-796 New feature: Purposes


• DES-703 Improvement: Course progress improvements


• DES-791 Improvement: Support mod_subcourse


• DES-664 New feature: Course backgrounds (1.5)


• DES-658 New feature: Course header (1.5)


• DES-681 Improvement: Support for Video Time 1.8 label mode (1.5)


• DES-682 Improvement: Support for Video Time 1.8 preview mode (1.5)


• DES-889 Improvement: Manual enrolments in prerequisite courses are suspended (1.6 R2)

Moodle compatibility: 4.4 - 4.5

FREE

• DES-866 Improvement: Add global default for section layout


• DES-802 Improvement: Differentiate completion badge by completion date


• DES-804 Improvement: Add the section layout toggle to the section settings menu in 4.3


• DES-774 Improvement: Adjust defaults


• DES-672 Improvement: Support popup navigation (1.5)


• DES-702 Improvement: Display sections as tiles by default (1.5)


• DES-671 Improvement: Configure flow size (1.5)


• DES-740 Improvement: Add class to body on single section pages (1.5)


• DES-689 Improvement: Activity description trim length configuration (1.5)


• DES-892 Improvement: Delete no longer used options from database (1.6 R2)

PRO

• DES-857 Improvement: Use separate string for course node added on all course pages


• DES-856 Improvement: Add capability to order prerequisite courses


• DES-855 Improvement: Link e-Mail address in course header


• DES-799 Improvement: Show checkmark instead of 100% setting


• DES-801 Improvement: Ensure compatibility with mod_poster


• DES-795 New feature: Section cards display content options


• DES-668 Improvement: Enhance settings


• DES-796 New feature: Purposes


• DES-703 Improvement: Course progress improvements


• DES-791 Improvement: Support mod_subcourse


• DES-664 New feature: Course backgrounds (1.5)


• DES-658 New feature: Course header (1.5)


• DES-681 Improvement: Support for Video Time 1.8 label mode (1.5)


• DES-682 Improvement: Support for Video Time 1.8 preview mode (1.5)


• DES-889 Improvement: Manual enrolments in prerequisite courses are suspended (1.6 R2)

Moodle compatibility: 4.4

NOTE: Designer 1.6 is a significant upgrade from previous versions. For this reason, we've marked it as "Release candidate" here, although we've tested it thoroughly. If no issues occur, we will change it to "Stable" in September

FREE

• DES-866 Improvement: Add global default for section layout


• DES-802 Improvement: Differentiate completion badge by completion date


• DES-804 Improvement: Add the section layout toggle to the section settings menu in 4.3


• DES-774 Improvement: Adjust defaults


• DES-672 Improvement: Support popup navigation (1.5)


• DES-702 Improvement: Display sections as tiles by default (1.5)


• DES-671 Improvement: Configure flow size (1.5)


• DES-740 Improvement: Add class to body on single section pages (1.5)


• DES-689 Improvement: Activity description trim length configuration (1.5)


• DES-892 Improvement: Delete no longer used options from database (1.6 R2)

PRO

• DES-857 Improvement: Use separate string for course node added on all course pages


• DES-856 Improvement: Add capability to order prerequisite courses


• DES-855 Improvement: Link e-Mail address in course header


• DES-799 Improvement: Show checkmark instead of 100% setting


• DES-801 Improvement: Ensure compatibility with mod_poster


• DES-795 New feature: Section cards display content options


• DES-668 Improvement: Enhance settings


• DES-796 New feature: Purposes


• DES-703 Improvement: Course progress improvements


• DES-791 Improvement: Support mod_subcourse


• DES-664 New feature: Course backgrounds (1.5)


• DES-658 New feature: Course header (1.5)


• DES-681 Improvement: Support for Video Time 1.8 label mode (1.5)


• DES-682 Improvement: Support for Video Time 1.8 preview mode (1.5)


• DES-889 Improvement: Manual enrolments in prerequisite courses are suspended (1.6 R2)

Moodle compatibility: 4.0 - 4.3

FREE

• Improvment: Text links layout now supports columns


• Improvement: Show staff in course header


• New feature: Hero activity


• Improvement: More consistent secondary navigation


• Fix: Video Time titles are no longer capitalized

PRO

• Enhanced course progress (supports lesson progress)


• New feature: Course prerequesistes

Compatibility with Moodle 4.2 is not yet implemented — a separate new version will come soon.

FREE

• Improvment: Text links layout now supports columns


• Improvement: Show staff in course header


• Fix: Video Time titles are no longer capitalized

PRO

• Enhanced course progress (supports lesson progress)


• New feature: Course prerequesistes

Free

• Display activities in a modal (requires https://moodle.org/plugins/format_popups by Daniel Thies)


• Improved course settings page


• Option to show/hide the course index


• Introduction of "course types"


• New course type: Collapsible sections


• New course type: Kanban board


• New course type: Flow


• Options to show/hide/remove/show on hover/hide on hover for all activity information elements

Pro

• Global settings: default values for (almost) all settings


• Global settings: enables the admin to mark settings as "advanced" (which will hide them until the teacher clicks on "more")


• New section layout: horizontal circles


• Video Time integration (requires https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_videotime)


• Time Management integration (requires https://bdecent.de/product/learning-tools-time-management/)


• Activity masks


• Section masks


• Section widths for course page (desktop/tablet/mobile)


• Min heights for sections


• Min heights for activities


• Configuration settings for background images (for sections and activities)

Free

• Display activities in a modal (requires https://moodle.org/plugins/format_popups by Daniel Thies)


• Improved course settings page


• Introduction of "course types"


• New course type: Collapsible sections


• New course type: Kanban board


• New course type: Flow


• Options to show/hide/remove/show on hover/hide on hover for all activity information elements

Pro

• Global settings: default values for (almost) all settings


• Global settings: enables the admin to mark settings as "advanced" (which will hide them until the teacher clicks on "more")


• New section layout: horizontal circles


• Video Time integration (requires https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_videotime)


• Time Management integration (requires https://bdecent.de/product/learning-tools-time-management/)


• Activity masks


• Section masks


• Section widths for course page (desktop/tablet/mobile)


• Min heights for sections


• Min heights for activities


• Configuration settings for background images (for sections and activities)

This is a release candidate — please do not use on production sites — released for testing purposes

Free

• Display activities in a modal (requires https://moodle.org/plugins/format_popups by Daniel Thies)


• Improved course settings page


• Option to show/hide the course index


• Introduction of "course types"


• New course type: Collapsible sections


• New course type: Kanban board


• New course type: Flow


• Options to show/hide/remove/show on hover/hide on hover for all activity information elements

Pro

• Global settings: default values for (almost) all settings


• Global settings: enables the admin to mark settings as "advanced" (which will hide them until the teacher clicks on "more")


• New section layout: horizontal circles


• Video Time integration (requires https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_videotime)


• Time Management integration (requires https://bdecent.de/product/learning-tools-time-management/)


• Activity masks


• Section masks


• Section widths for course page (desktop/tablet/mobile)


• Min heights for sections


• Min heights for activities


• Configuration settings for background images (for sections and activities)

This is a release candidate — please do not use on production sites — released for testing purposes

Free

• Display activities in a modal (requires https://moodle.org/plugins/format_popups by Daniel Thies)


• Improved course settings page


• Introduction of "course types"


• New course type: Collapsible sections


• New course type: Kanban board


• New course type: Flow


• Options to show/hide/remove/show on hover/hide on hover for all activity information elements

Pro

• Global settings: default values for (almost) all settings


• Global settings: enables the admin to mark settings as "advanced" (which will hide them until the teacher clicks on "more")


• New section layout: horizontal circles


• Video Time integration (requires https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_videotime)


• Time Management integration (requires https://bdecent.de/product/learning-tools-time-management/)


• Activity masks


• Section masks


• Section widths for course page (desktop/tablet/mobile)


• Min heights for sections


• Min heights for activities


• Configuration settings for background images (for sections and activities)

• Section progress


• Collapsible sections


• Improved card layout


• Improved list layout


• Improved links layout

Designer course format for Moodle

The Designer course format is a course builder — teachers can choose different layouts for each section in order to display activities and resources in a more meaningful and beautiful way. Moodle provides robust activities for effective learning and teaching, but the course home page often lacks visual appeal and teachers are overwhelmed to create a beautiful course with core tools.

Documentation

The official documenation can be found at https://docs.moodle.org/en/Designer
See also http://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_plugins for details on installing Moodle plugins
If you want to learn more about using course formats in Moodle in general, please see https://docs.moodle.org/en/Course_formats.

Theme support

This plugin is developed and tested on Moodle Core's Boost theme.
It should also work with Boost child themes, including Moodle Core's Classic theme. However, we can't support any other theme than Boost.

Plugin repositories

This plugin will be published and regularly updated in the Moodle plugins repository: https://moodle.org/plugins/format_designer
The latest development version can be found on Github: https://github.com/bdecentgmbh/moodle-format_designer

Bug and problem reports / Support requests

This plugin is carefully developed and thoroughly tested, but bugs and problems can always appear.
Please report bugs and problems on Github: https://github.com/bdecentgmbh/moodle-format_designer/issues
We will do our best to solve your problems, but please note that due to limited resources we can't always provide per-case support.

Feature proposals

Please issue feature proposals on Github: https://github.com/bdecentgmbh/moodle-format_designer/issues
Please create pull requests on Github: https://github.com/bdecentgmbh/moodle-format_designer/issues
We are always interested to read about your feature proposals or even get a pull request from you, but please accept that we can handle your issues only as feature proposals and not as feature requests.

Moodle release support

This plugin is maintained for the two most recent major releases of Moodle as well as the most recent LTS release of Moodle.
If you are running a legacy version of Moodle, but want or need to run the latest version of this plugin, you can get the latest version of the plugin, remove the line starting with $plugin->requires from version.php and use this latest plugin version then on your legacy Moodle. However, please note that you will run this setup completely at your own risk. We can't support this approach in any way and there is an undeniable risk for erratic behavior.

Translating this plugin

This Moodle plugin is shipped with an english language pack only. All translations into other languages must be managed through AMOS (https://lang.moodle.org) by what they will become part of Moodle's official language pack.

Copyright

bdecent gmbh
bdecent.de