Hello Moodlers
I have tried all kinds of course layouts. Some of them work better than others. What I usually find is that course layout plugin ABC displays 2 out of 3 courses correctly. And course plugin XYZ displays another 2 out of 3 courses correctly. The only thing that I have found so far that seems to work reliably across the board is the standard Moodle “Topics Format. It is not the prettiest thing in the world but I like the way it functions:
a) I have a page where I can see an overview of the topics
b) I can get to the topics on the left hand side using the menu.
c) I can move from topic to topic with left/right arrows
d) I have a little drop down menu at the bottom that lets me jump as well
If you look at the first screen shot it shows the course broken into modules.
I set this up here:
Home / ▶︎ Sample 01 / ▶︎ Edit settings
Under “Course format” by selecting “Format” = “Topics Format”
And under “Course layout” I have it set to “Show one selection per page”
If I understand this “Show one selection per page” per page correctly it will only show the top block.
In my case in I have the course broken in to sections each consisting of a “Video Block” & “Text Block”
Using the “Show one selection per page” method I can either:
Only show a Video preview or a text preview on the course overview page?
Is my reasoning correct?
Sure I can switch to “Show all sections on one page” and see everything all the time.
All I have to do is a lot of scrolling which is fine for 2/3 sections but what if I have 20-30 sections!
“Show one selection per page” is definitely what I want.
But I am concerned that:
If I only have the videos on the overview page some people might not realise that there is a description.
If I only have the text on the overview page some people might not realise that there is a video.
Am I being paranoid or is there some way to make it clearer that there is more to this that either text or video...
Maybe a “Read More” button or similar?
Preview thumbnails that only shows on the course overview page?
Some thing that screams there is more than just text/video here?
The second screen shot shows how the sections look with Video & Text.
(Actually
I would prefer the text under the video. But have it set up this way as
I am assuming that I can have the first block on the preview page! And
if this is the case I would rather have the text on the preview page)
For that matter anything at all that makes the formatting on the course overview page a little more intuitive and dare I say funkier?!?
http://www.finalbug.net/courses-fcpx-and-related-post-production-tools
Any thoughts or tips would be greatly appreciated!
thanks in advance
Paul
