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Documentation: Course formats and Course FAQ
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List of discussions. Showing 100 of 2453 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	* Edit post * Report this post * Reply with quote Different groups with same ... Locked	Ali Bhimani 24 Dec 2009	Ali Bhimani 24 Dec 2009	2
	access directly to enrolled courses Locked	Mehdi Hanafi 22 May 2019	Jon Bolton 22 May 2019	1
	assign student or teacher to course Locked	Elham Babaee 30 Nov 2009	Mary Cooch (personal account) 1 Dec 2009	4
	Following Topic only be available to students after concluding the previous one - Drip Topic ... Locked	A D'Silva 11 Aug 2015	A D'Silva 12 Aug 2015	4
	forcing a speific course path Locked	DeWayne Demland 20 May 2015	DeWayne Demland 21 May 2015	2
	Ordered Lists - Faulty??? Locked	Mark Dickinson 29 May 2014	Mark Dickinson 30 May 2014	3
	'editable' box in sidebar Locked	Jon Bolton 19 Mar 2004	Ger Tielemans 30 Mar 2004	3
	'My Courses' not listing all the courses Locked	Ain Roesley 17 Oct 2018	Melanie Scott 17 Oct 2018	2
	'Number of sections' missing while editing course area Locked	Naomi Mifsud 14 Nov 2022	Naomi Mifsud 15 Nov 2022	2
	'Restrict Access' between entire COURSES Locked	Edgar Garcia 28 Feb 2014	Uchendu Nwachukwu 12 Oct 2016	10
	'Select Topic' drop-down missing in moodle 2.5 Locked	Ian Dickinson 29 Aug 2013	Gareth Barnard 29 Aug 2013	1
	'Show Topics' box has disappeared in moodle 2.5? Locked	Ian Dickinson 29 Aug 2013	Gareth Barnard 29 Aug 2013	1
	'Topic with tracking' course format hack Locked	Jamie Pratt 10 Aug 2005	David Brighton 17 Feb 2006	19
	"Calculate the end date from the number of sections" field Locked	Selma GÜZEL 29 Sept 2022	Gareth Barnard 16 Dec 2022	2
	"Collapsed Topics course format plugin" questions,... Locked	Steve Ambro v3.8 16 June 2016	Rick Jerz 8 July 2016	41
	"Course files" plugin Locked	Kacper Rokicki 24 Aug 2022	Karl Nortkons 29 Aug 2022	2
	"Course Layout" in 2.3 Locked	Derek Chirnside 30 July 2012	Gareth Barnard 10 Aug 2012	17
	"Course Template" Plugin Locked	Edwin Jeffords 4 Dec 2020	Edwin Jeffords 4 Dec 2020	2
	"Courses" to another name Locked	Lee Fishburn 11 May 2007	Lee Fishburn 11 May 2007	0
	"Current Week" - hacks when you have Custom topics before the first week starts Locked	Justin Ible 25 Oct 2024	Daniel Thies 21 Nov 2024	2
	"Editing On" Hack? Locked	Todd Carney 15 Jan 2011	Emma Richardson 16 May 2012	10
	"Endless" Moodle gives bad impression Locked	Jeff Forssell 21 Apr 2006	Anuprita Kulkarni 20 Aug 2008	85
	"GIT"ting Collapsed Topics Locked	Rick Jerz 4 Dec 2015	Rick Jerz 6 Dec 2015	5
	"Jump to current week " has disappeared Locked	Ileana Bladé Mendoza 20 Apr 2023	Ileana Bladé Mendoza 25 Apr 2023	3
	"My Courses" list not showing all enrolled courses Locked	Kate Rhodes 17 Aug 2020	Zoran Jančić 19 Apr 2021	5
	"My profile" link Locked	Gustav W Delius 6 Jan 2004	Gustav W Delius 6 Jan 2004	0
	"No toggle section x" option in Collapsed Topics Locked	Tim Allen 15 Nov 2013	Tim Allen 21 Nov 2013	4
	"Show only this section" toggle squares gone missing Locked	Stephen Overall 19 June 2013	Gareth Barnard 25 Aug 2013	11
	"Tiles" course format	David Watson 4 Jan 2019	PAULINA ANDREA CANDIA 29 Aug 2025	78
	"Tiles" course format new version - now with "Photo tiles" Locked	David Watson 28 May 2019	David Watson 28 May 2019	0
	"topic 1", "topic 2" etc.allow them to be changed to a custom title for the topic Locked	Mihir J 6 Nov 2010	Gareth Barnard 10 Nov 2010	3
	"Upload courses" feature: available for Moodle 2.4? Locked	Eder dos Santos 11 Apr 2014	Eder dos Santos 14 Apr 2014	6
	[3.5]Why is this course in 'in Progress' on dashboard? Locked	Richard van Iwaarden 24 Jan 2019	Gareth Barnard 24 June 2019	13
	[3.7] Are shortnames supposed to be unique or not? Locked	tim st.clair 24 Sept 2019	Randy Thornton 16 Oct 2019	3
	[3.9] Where do I find mdl_coursect_cousec_uix? Locked	Richard van Iwaarden 26 Mar 2021	Rick Jerz 27 Mar 2021	9
	[4.5]Course start date is 0	Richard van Iwaarden 1 Feb 2025	Richard van Iwaarden 1 Feb 2025	3
	[Information] Documentation about Collapsed Topics Format [Moodle 2.x] Locked	Luiggi Sansonetti 25 May 2012	Gareth Barnard 26 May 2012	1
	[Moodle 2.1.2] Coding error with Collapsed Topics Locked	Luiggi Sansonetti 14 May 2012	Gareth Barnard 15 May 2012	4
	[Moodle 5.0.2 + format_grid + Trema] “Bulk actions” does not show selection boxes	Instituto Romanó 26 Aug 2025	Gareth Barnard 27 Aug 2025	2
	[New Plugin] Letstudy Course Formats: 10 Modern Layouts in One!	Letstudy Group 6 Mar 2026	Marion Bret 9 Mar 2026	1
	[RESOLVED] Course summaries not showing on front page for logged in unenrolled students Locked	Vic Jenkins 14 Oct 2014	Vic Jenkins 17 Oct 2014	2
	[RESOLVED] Grid Format - Next Section - Issue Locked	Jona Turner 25 Feb 2015	Jona Turner 26 Feb 2015	1
	[RESOLVED] Grid Format. Problem when you change image in section Locked	José Jardines 28 Mar 2015	José Jardines 31 Mar 2015	7
	[Solved] Restored Course disappears after login Locked	Ron Raney 4 Dec 2014	Gareth Barnard 4 Dec 2014	2
	/lib/formslib.php on line 2253 error Locked	Halim Asa 31 May 2021	Halim Asa 10 June 2021	2
	% on progress bar now working properly ? Locked	Nishant Pandya 29 Sept 2015	Nishant Pandya 30 Sept 2015	7
	$course passed to moodle_page::set_course does not look like a proper course object. Locked	Sanjay Singh 30 Oct 2014	Sanjay Singh 31 Oct 2014	6
	1 course, different groups to manage Locked	Jorge A. Villa 10 Mar 2005	Timothy Takemoto 15 Oct 2005	1
	1 day courses Locked	PA Leimbach 13 July 2010	E. L. Cooper 6 Sept 2010	6
	1.8 - problem moving topics around in course Locked	jayne morgan 18 July 2007	Kathrin Gaißer 28 Apr 2009	3
	1.9 to 2.2/2.7 - Incorrect display of courses Locked	Leszek Gruszka 4 June 2014	Leszek Gruszka 6 June 2014	11
	2.0 lost ability to paste formatted word table into topic outline!?! Locked	Joshua Caditz 3 Sept 2011	Melinda Rice 11 Jan 2013	5
	2.3.1 Course Layout option not working for me in some themes Locked	Derek Chirnside 30 July 2012	Derek Chirnside 31 July 2012	2
	2.5.2 - topic reverse order Locked	eda karacelebi 4 Apr 2014	Gareth Barnard 8 Apr 2014	7
	2.8 Changing to single activity format and then changing back Locked	Doug Moody 2 Sept 2015	Mary Cooch (personal account) 3 Sept 2015	3
	3.3.1 Topics Course Format Issue Locked	Shenonso Fuzita 29 July 2017	Brigitte Bramer 13 Oct 2017	12
	4.1 Topics Format Locked	Blair F. 10 Feb 2023	Bob Gilmore 10 Mar 2023	3
	4.4. Renaming course formats Locked	Ralf Hilgenstock 6 Apr 2024	Visvanath Ratnaweera 8 Apr 2024	5
	6 new course formats! Locked	Marty Jacobs 4 Aug 2008	Jeff White 24 May 2013	68
	8 Week Course Starting Any Time Locked	Tom Wootton 13 Dec 2011	Colin Fraser 20 Apr 2012	7
	A 'new' collapsible hybrid course format for Moodle 1.9.x Locked	Frankie Kam 9 Jan 2012	Frankie Kam 15 Jan 2012	14
	a (reasonable and convenient) mix of the "topics" and the "social" format Locked	daniel ginerman 19 Dec 2006	daniel ginerman 20 Dec 2006	2
	A block to list available courses with a "Enroll me now button" Locked	Roman Gavrilov 14 Jan 2018	Roman Gavrilov 14 Jan 2018	0
	A class that can start anytime and completed leisurely Locked	Brian Reinicke 22 June 2016	Richard Oelmann 22 June 2016	1
	A course as an activity Locked	piersante sestini 18 June 2005	W Page 18 June 2005	1
	A course belong to multiple categories Locked	Karishma Tiwari 10 May 2022	Mary Cooch (personal account) 11 May 2022	3
	A Course duplication feature Locked	Loren Winfrey 9 Mar 2003	Rob Butner 30 Apr 2003	6
	A course freeze flag as mentioned by Martin D Locked	Marcus Green 13 Oct 2015	Mary Evans 28 June 2016	4
	a difficult question, perhaps - course format Locked	David Mack 30 Mar 2004	David Mack 8 June 2004	2
	A kind of file configuration for every course in my moodle Locked	Abel Pau 24 Mar 2006	Abel Pau 24 Mar 2006	0
	a limit to number of metacourses you can link to a course? Locked	Kimball Martin 20 Apr 2006	Kimball Martin 26 Apr 2006	2
	A menu block for each course Locked	Mark Davies 22 June 2005	Mark Davies 22 June 2005	0
	A monthly format needed... Locked	Shevchenko Dmitry 1 Aug 2007	Anthony Borrow 14 Nov 2008	12
	A New Course Format? Locked	Tranquil Earth 26 May 2003	Przemyslaw Stencel 10 Dec 2003	5
	A non syncronous format Locked	Norbert Kaspar 22 Mar 2003	Charles Libby 13 Sept 2003	3
	A teacher for each student Locked	Алексей Сидоров 21 Mar 2022	Алексей Сидоров 2 Apr 2022	4
	A twist on course creation, new LMS Versal Locked	Joseph Thibault 16 July 2013	Gareth Barnard 16 July 2013	3
	A way to get rid of the Debug message in Grid Format: Locked	John Provasnik 16 Apr 2016	Gareth Barnard 17 Apr 2016	4
	AArdvark Post-It Section names Locked	Michelle Eames 18 May 2012	Mary Evans 29 May 2012	3
	Ability to Limit the number of Topics? Locked	Yaoting Ke 3 Dec 2007	Yaoting Ke 4 Dec 2007	2
	Ability to use Stealth activities with all content types Locked	Beverley Owens 23 Jan 2018	Jim Judges 24 July 2018	8
	About Re-current Trainings	Onur UCKALELER 26 Dec 2024	Shirley Gregorczyk 30 Dec 2024	1
	Access restriction on topic/weekly sections Locked	Amjad Al-Tobi 10 Dec 2011	Mary Cooch (personal account) 10 Dec 2011	1
	Access to create groups in participants in a course	amal zribi 22 Aug 2025	amal zribi 25 Aug 2025	4
	Accessibility improvements in the Grid format - CONTRIB-3240 Locked	Gareth Barnard 6 Sept 2013	Gareth Barnard 6 Sept 2013	1
	Accessible hidden courses Locked	Charlie Oliver Ng 12 Feb 2014	Charlie Oliver Ng 25 Feb 2014	6
	Accessing Course Files via PHP and MySQL Locked	Frank Troglauer 17 Nov 2017	Jeremy Paul Herrera 2 Jan 2018	11
	Accessing courses through metacourse only Locked	Matt Campbell 22 May 2006	Matt Campbell 22 May 2006	0
	Accordian generating errors in 1.8 Locked	Julian Ridden 3 Apr 2007	Bruce Comerford 2 Feb 2009	5
	Accordion Format Locked	Chardelle Busch 29 Apr 2006	Gordon Brooks 28 July 2010	68
	Accordion format - [[nameaacordion]] Locked	Robert Richmond 25 June 2009	Dewi Jones 8 July 2009	4
	Accordion Menus in Books or Course Format? Yui? CSS? Ideas? Locked	Brian Merritt 27 Jan 2014	Gareth Barnard 28 Jan 2014	3
	Activate Course Completion AFTER course has started Locked	Barbara S. 9 Mar 2015	Barbara S. 11 Mar 2015	3
	Activate past courses for a user when he's enrolled in a new one Locked	Iren Siamo 7 July 2018	Iren Siamo 9 July 2018	6
	Activities in multiple topics Locked	walter burrough 28 July 2013	Richard Oelmann 28 July 2013	1
	Activities timing out in topics format class Locked	David Dalton 19 Feb 2006	David Dalton 19 Feb 2006	0
	Activity Completion Filter Locked	Dorian C 7 Nov 2019	Dorian C 7 Nov 2019	0
	Activity completion progress percentage colours Locked	Patricia Hilbert 14 May 2024	Luiggi Sansonetti 16 May 2024	1
	Activity completion settings not showing for front page activities Locked	shivshankar kesha 4 Apr 2018	Asma MECHERGUI 13 Apr 2018	3
	Activity completion/course completion issues 4.1.3+ Locked	Melanie Scott 12 Dec 2023	Melanie Scott 13 Dec 2023	4