LearnR

Maintained by Chris Kenniburg

LearnR is a Boost Union child theme for Moodle 4+.. Made for learners and focused on providing unique features to enhance management and delivery of instruction. The LearnR theme builds on the new layouts and user experiences introduced in Moodle 4 and provides a variety of enhancements to core features and styles. The LearnR theme is focused on students going from "login to learning" quickly and easily.

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Supports Moodle 4.0-5.1 See all versions

Latest release: 3 months ago

Installations: 1734

Downloads (last 90 days): 499

Frankenstyle name: theme_learnr

Themes

Important Notice:

Currently LearnR is a fork/copy of Boost Union with added features. This was not ideal. The CTL-Version 1 release of LearnR will require Boost Union be installed because LearnR will be an add-on to Boost Union as a true child theme. This means most of your configurations and settings will be inherited from Boost Union.

Do not upgrade unless you uninstall LearnR, install Boost Union, and then re-install LearnR CTL-version 1 (2024021300). Discussion on this is in the Theme Forum here.

Introducing LearnR

LearnR is almost entirely based on the core foundation of the Boost Union Theme. If you have not seen the Boost Union theme you are missing out! We like to think of LearnR as an enhanced version of Boost Union that is very focused on styling, integrations with other plugins, and we have carried over some of the most popular features from all of our previous themes like Fordson and Evolve-D.

My Courses Page in Moodle

Recommended Plugins:

User bulk enrolment https://moodle.org/plugins/local_bulkenrol
Easy Enrollment https://moodle.org/plugins/enrol_easy
MISTAR Gradebook (Proprietary Michigan K12 SIS Integration)

LearnR adds the following features to Boost Union:

Teacher Course Management Dashboard
Section Style Chooser
Course Progress Bar
Latest Course Drop Down
Icon Navigation Menu System for Home, MyCourses, and Dashboard pages
Course Activity List Drop Down
Default Image on My Courses Page
Additional Color Choosers
Hide Login Form (If using SSO like Google login)
Tweaks to default installation settings to enhance styling out of the box
Move Secondary Menu above or below the course header image

Features Core to Boost Union:

Page Width Settings
Logo Uploads
Fav Icon
Background, Course Header, and other Image Uploads
Variety of Core Color Choosers
Course Header Images with customizations
Custom Fonts
Font Awesome Updates
Hide Primary Nav Menu Items
Back To Top button
Scroll Spy
Activity Navigation
Huge Selection of Additional Block Layouts
Custom Pages
Custom Alerts and Info Banners
Custom Advertisement Tiles
Course Related Hints for Teachers Check out the Boost Union theme: https://moodle.org/plugins/theme_boost_union

All of these features can be toggled on or off and mixed and matched for a more personalized user experience. The choice is up to you to define what is best for your learners.

Special Thanks

Elements and certain functionality of LearnR would not be possible without the following users and plugins:

Richard Oelmann -Header Images - https://moodle.org/plugins/theme_waxed
Gareth J Barnard - Theme Essential feature display courses by last access - https://moodle.org/plugins/theme_essential

Requirements

This theme requires Moodle 4.0+ and Boost Union be installed.

Installation

Install the theme like any other theme to folder /theme/learnr

See http://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_plugins for details on installing Moodle plugins

Update/Conversion

If you have previously installed LearnR please do the following:

Install Boost Union
Transfer your LearnR settings to Boost Union. Things like adverts, notices, etc should have corresponding settings in Boost Union. Transfer or copy these things over PRIOR to the next step of uninstalling LearnR.
Uninstall LearnR
Install LearnR - version =2024021300 which is currently the latest release 2/14/24
Choose the LearnR theme in Site Admin theme chooser.