What are Blocks?

Blocks are the various content objects which appear to the left of your course homepage (or below if viewing on a mobile screen). They can contain a variety of content but can also become very distracting. 

Required Blocks

Your course must show the following blocks:

• Latest Announcements *required in top left
• ILP Integration
• Administration (not visible to students)

Note: as an instructor, you will always be able to see the Administration block, this is not visible to students.

Editing, moving, and removing Blocks

• Turn Editing On
  
• Remove blocks by selecting the options dropdown and "Delete Named Block"
  
  
  
  
  
• Confirm the Latest Announcements block is at the top of the left-hand column. If it is not, use the following steps:

• Block Settings > Configure Latest Announcements Block
• Update Default Region and Region to:  Side Pre
• Update Default Weight and Weight to:  -10
• Save Changes
  

  

Other useful blocks

See our Adding & Removing Blocks book for more information on moving and configuring blocks.

• Calendar - provides students an overview of their Moodle calendar from their dashboard
• Respondus Lockdown Browser - not visible to students - allows instructor to apply browser lock-down settings to a Quiz
• Text - This is an open block - edit the settings to add your own text of any kind (i.e. links to course resources).