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Configuring the Course Menu block

Along with the Activities block, the Course Menu block is a very useful tool for navigating within a course. You can customise it to contain particular parts of the course that you access regularly, listed in a particular order. You can also use it to organise course topics into chapters and sub-chapters.

Step by step instructions

You add the course menu block in the same way as any other block.

Once the block is added, configure it as follows:

  1. On the course home page, if you are not already in edit mode, click Turn editing on Turn editing On button.
  2. In the Course Menu block, click the Configure dropdown Settings icon drop down button and select Configure Course Menu block.
  3. On the Configuring a Course Menu block page, below Block general settings:
    • Select how you want link text to be trimmed if it exceeds the nominated character length. (When you link to a topic, this block uses the topic summary title as the link text.)
    • Enter the maximum character length for link text in this block.
    • Select whether you want the topics to be formatted as an Expandable Tree. If you select Yes, the expandable tree will be auto-created as you add resources or activities to each course topic/week. A folder icon displays next to the topic link, with a plus sign, which the user clicks to display the list of links to the resources and activities within the topic. In a content-heavy course, this is a fast and easy way for students and staff to access materials without having to scroll.

      Screenshot of step 3
       
  4. If you wish to activate chapter grouping, below Chapters, click Activate Chapter Grouping. The default chapter grouping displays.

    Screenshot of step 4
     
  5. Enter the Number of chapters into which you want the course topics grouped, and click Change.

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  6. A warning message will display. Click OK. The chapter grouping table will display with the nominated number of chapters.

    Screenshot of step 6
     
  7. Move topics from chapter to chapter, if necessary, using the up and down arrows.


     
  1. Below Elements:
    • Click the closed-eye icon Closed eye icon for each element you want to include in the block. The icon will be replaced by an open-eye icon Open eye icon.
    • Click the up or down arrows to change the order in which the elements display.

      Screenshot of step 8
       
  2. If you wish to add custom links, below Links, click Activate Custom Links.

    Screenshot of step 9
     
  3. For each custom link:
    • Enter a link Name.
    • Complete the link URL, including any prefix.
    • Select whether users will view the linked material in the same or a new Window.
    • Select the appropriate Icon to display next to the link.
    • Select the check boxes according to how you want the linked material to display.
    • If necessary, change the Default window width/height.

      Screenshot of step 10
       
  4. Below Where this block appears:
    • Select what page types you want the block to display on.
    • Select the Default weight (position in relation to the other blocks) you want the block to have.

      Screenshot of step 11
       
  5. Below On this page:
    • Select whether you want the block to be Visible on the page where you are creating it.
    • Select the Weight you want the block to have on this page.

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  6. Click Save changes.

    Screenshot of step 13
     

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If you experience technical or other issues, consult the Where to get help page.

 

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