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field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Block Drawer is an expandable section, located at the right-hand side of all Moodle course pages. It houses small 'blocks' of content, which provide additional information such as instructor details or completion progress to course pages.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sections field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2 > <a class="toc--1" id="Add-a-block-to-the-Moodle-course main-page"> Add a block to the Moodle course </a> </h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Academics can add, edit, or remove blocks when editing their course. Blocks are added to pages via the blocks drawer and will only display on the current page type by default.</p> <p>For example, a block added to an assignment page will only appear on all assignment pages in the course.</p> <blockquote> <div class="unsw-note">Click '<em>Get Started'</em> to view the step-by-step guide.</div> </blockquote> <p><iframe allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="640" src="https://scribehow.com/embed/Add_a_block_to_Moodle_courses__0VVconx1SOqWLa94iUvpxQ?removeLogo=true" width="100%"></iframe></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2 > <a class="toc--1" id="Manage-existing-course-blocks"> Manage existing course blocks </a> </h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Blocks can be configured and reordered in the block drawer. It is important to configure blocks after they are added to configure what content is shown in the block.</p> <blockquote> <div class="unsw-note">Click '<em>Get Started'</em> to view the step-by-step guide.</div> </blockquote> <p><iframe allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="640" src="https://scribehow.com/embed/Move_and_configure_blocks__HdgTdR2wR1mTItiQe_FQAw?removeLogo=true" width="100%"></iframe></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2 > <a class="toc--1" id="Common-Moodle-blocks"> Common Moodle blocks </a> </h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Commonly used blocks include the course contacts, calendar, and activity completion blocks. These blocks provide unique features to benefit course navigation and the display of content.</p> <p>To view a comprehensive list of all blocks, visit the <a href="https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/Blocks" target="_blank">Moodle Docs Block</a> page.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h3 > <a class="toc--2" id="Activities"> Activities </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The ‘Activities’ block provides links to all the Moodle Activity types. Allowing staff and students to quickly access the list of individual activity types.</p> <img alt="Activities block" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="56c3d988-1aa4-46c7-9170-7229ab58867c" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Activities%20block.png" class="align-center"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h3 > <a class="toc--2" id="Calendar"> Calendar </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The ‘Calendar’ block displays key dates in the blocks drawer and can be used to add personal events to keep track of. Teaching staff can also add their own events for groups or the whole course which will then be displayed on the student's calendar.</p> <img alt="Calendar block" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0cbc7ff8-c06c-42fa-86b9-c12c81a89601" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Calendar%20block.png" class="align-center"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h3 > <a class="toc--2" id="Completion-progress"> Completion progress </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Completion progress is an important block when using activity completion.</p> <p>It provides students with a visual progress bar for their activity completion and provides direct links to content that needs to be completed. For activities to be seen in the 'completion progress' block, teaching staff must enable 'Activity completion' in the settings of certain activities.</p> <p>The expected completion date can also be set within the 'Activity completion' tab when developing content to add a due date. </p> <img alt="Completion Progress Block" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2674ac51-897d-473b-a3d1-abb3c2440902" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Completion%20Progress.png" class="align-center"> <p class="text-align-right"><a class="button--arrow" href="https://www.teaching.unsw.edu.au/configuring-completion-progress-block" id="Learn-More-Completion-Progress-block" name="Learn-More-Completion-Progress-block" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h3 > <a class="toc--2" id="Course-contacts"> Course contacts </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The 'Course contacts' block provides contact and profile information of staff in the course. Different roles such as Instructor and Tutor can be shown depending on what is configured in the block settings.</p> <p>This is commonly used to allow students to find the email addresses of tutors or instructors.</p> <img alt="Course contact block" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="356f4a53-9365-4b90-aec7-3bc6a84737de" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Course%20contacts%20block.png" class="align-center"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h3 > <a class="toc--2" id="Latest-announcements"> Latest announcements </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The ‘Latest announcement’ block is used to add and display topics from the course announcements forum. Use announcements for important course updates or to remind students of due activities.</p> <img alt="Latest annoucements" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="623ddd6e-90fe-4872-86ef-47693d9778c1" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Latest%20announcements.png" class="align-center"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h3 > <a class="toc--2" id="Sharing-cart"> Sharing cart </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The 'Sharing cart' is used to copy and paste course content over to other courses. This is particularly useful if teaching staff want to move content between courses or save a copy of the content to reuse.</p> <img alt="Sharing Cart block" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="67f2c8de-c3db-4b95-b096-a68bb02c7f58" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Sharing%20Cart%20block.png" class="align-center"> <p>.</p> <p class="text-align-right"><a class="button--arrow" href="https://www.teaching.unsw.edu.au/sharing-cart-block" id="Learn-More-Sharing-Cart-block" name="Learn-More-Sharing-Cart-block" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h3 > <a class="toc--2" id="Settings"> Settings </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Whilst the settings are now located in the course administration bar after the Moodle Enhance update. Teaching staff who find the old layout to be more comfortable may add the ‘settings’ block to their course which closely resembles the older layout.</p> <img alt="Settings block" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5894ed88-2909-4702-a507-78bcce6b002c" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Settings%20block.png" class="align-center"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h3 > <a class="toc--2" id="Text"> Text </a> </h3> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The 'Text' block is one of the most flexible blocks. Academics can add any text or media content into the block via the text editor.</p> <p>This is commonly used instead of the course contacts block to manually add a picture, name, and email address of the course instructor. This allows the details to stand out more and provides academics with complete control of how the details look.<br> </p> <img alt="Text block" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="20472555-3d67-43d6-8049-cbd1a3a2d1ff" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Text%20Block.png" class="align-center"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2 > <a class="toc--1" id="FAQ"> FAQ </a> </h2> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Question" class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default" data-aria-accordion data-transition > <h3 itemprop="name" data-aria-accordion-heading> How to remove / delete a block? </h3> <div itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer" data-aria-accordion-panel> <div itemprop="text"> <div class="paragraph-accordion-group"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-accordion-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Block can be removed by clicking the cog icon when in editing mode and selecting Delete option from the dropdown menu.</p> <p><img alt="image-20230705100530-1" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="552cc616-2388-4e3b-920b-51e33f82ea1f" height="215" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/image-20230705100530-1.png" width="206" loading="lazy"></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Question" class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default" data-aria-accordion data-transition > <h3 itemprop="name" data-aria-accordion-heading> How to unhide a block? </h3> <div itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer" data-aria-accordion-panel> <div itemprop="text"> <div class="paragraph-accordion-group"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-accordion-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>When the block is hidden it will not display to students or staff in the course. 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