{"id":354,"date":"2017-06-20T09:52:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T21:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/?page_id=354"},"modified":"2023-01-12T14:55:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T01:55:43","slug":"blocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/general-information\/blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Blocks are items which appear to the right-hand side of your screen in Moodle. They can contain features like messages, forums, teaching staff details, event calendars (timetables) and much more. Staff can add, remove and re-order blocks within their course to suit their students&#8217; needs.<\/p>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.moodle.org\/401\/en\/Blocks\">Blocks<\/a> (Moodle.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NX9iq1E9ksk\">Video: What are blocks?<\/a> (Youtube.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Managing your blocks<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to Moodle and navigate to your course.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure\u00a0<em>Edit mode<\/em> is turned on (toggle switch in top right of window).<\/li>\n<li>If you can&#8217;t see your blocks, open the <em>block drawer<\/em> by clicking the left-pointing arrow in the top right corner.<\/li>\n<li>From here you can add, remove and re-order the block in your course.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1038 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-12-at-2.47.13-PM-188x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-12-at-2.47.13-PM-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-12-at-2.47.13-PM.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>To re-order a block, grab the \u2723 icon and drag the block to its place.<\/li>\n<li>To remove a block, click the &#x2699; icon and select\u00a0<em>delete<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Related Pages<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Blocks are items which appear to the right-hand side of your screen in Moodle. They can contain features like messages, forums, teaching staff details, event calendars (timetables) and much more. Staff can add, remove and re-order blocks within their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-354","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/354\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}