Is there anyway in the backend code to rename the "Site home" to something like "Course Catalog" on the front page?
Mary,
I stumbled across your exchange with Doc Mac about renaming while looking for a way to rename blocks myself. I'd like to create a block which I would call Teacher Resources in which I would place tests, lessons, etc., and make it accessible only to teachers. I still haven't found a way to do that.
I also have another "Block problem": the content (menu items) on the Main Menu block changes according to the page it's on, although I don't want it to.
Your advice to Doc Mac yield an unexpected benefit: I discovered how to add Chinese to my language pack. Thanks! I look forward to hearing any solutions you can offer on the other "Block Problems".
Timothy Beach
Taichung, Taiwan
Making a teachers-only block is simple. Add an HTML block, access it's settings, and click Permissions in the Admin block. For the view block capability click the X next to any roles you don't want to see it.
Blocks don't contain resources so they'll need to be located in a course and linked into the HTML block. You could create a course in which only teachers are enrolled to house the resources. Or use an existing course to which all teachers have access, add an extra section at the bottom of the course, add the resources, then remove the section. In either scenario, copy the resource urls into your HTML block.
Keep in mind this works just for access, not for teachers to reuse these resources in their courses.
You can use the same principle to create an static "Main Menu" block. Create an HTML block and copy in the urls of links you want it to contain.