Course formats 
Course format plugins allow different layouts and structures for course activities.
Join the discussions about course formats in the Courses and course formats forum.
format_grid
A modular and visual course format. Hides all topics and creates a grid of icons (one for each topic) with short titles. Clicking on an icon brings up the content from the corresponding topic.
5422 sites
2k downloads
122
Latest release: Thursday, November 21, 2019, 1:24 AM
format_topcoll
An interchangeable topic or week based format that solves the issue of the 'Scroll of Death' when a course has many topics.
4701 sites
2k downloads
111
Latest release: Sunday, November 17, 2019, 8:27 PM
format_onetopic
Format to course that allows showing each topic in a tab, keeping the current tab between calls to resources, in such a way that when it returns from a module as the blog or the glossary it returns to tab from where you started. This format is based on the Moodle standard format: “Topics”. It accepts edition by AJAX.
4462 sites
1k downloads
101
Latest release: Monday, December 16, 2019, 4:24 PM
format_tiles
A course format which displays course topics as "Tiles", in a grid rather than as a list. When clicked, tile content is displayed under the tile with an animated transition. The layout adapts to different screen sizes and orientations. Within each tile, activities can also be set to display as "sub-tiles". For each tile, the teacher can pick an icon from a predefined set, or upload a background photo.
2354 sites
1k downloads
98
Latest release: Monday, August 26, 2019, 8:08 PM
format_socialwall
The Moodle Socialwall will transform your Moodle course into a social learning platform. This includes a familiar post interface, timeline of posts, filtering of the timeline, and integration with Moodle's activities and resources. A social learning format allows teachers to pick up the tool and begin using it right away.
435 sites
145 downloads
70
Latest release: Friday, March 23, 2018, 8:09 PM
format_flexsections
Organises course content in any number of sections that can be nested. Each section can be displayed expanded or collapsed
1422 sites
281 downloads
60
Latest release: Friday, October 27, 2017, 12:23 PM
format_etask
eTask topics format is based on the topics format and includes grading table (above or below the course sections) with aditional functionality such as a highlighting of grading values, grade to pass settings, motivational progress charts and much more.
325 sites
251 downloads
59
Latest release: Sunday, November 17, 2019, 6:58 PM
format_board
"Board" (Grids and Blocks) is a course format in grid for Moodle 2.8 or later with full flexibility between sections and columns.
You can choose quantity and width of columns and quantity of sections in each column.
844 sites
256 downloads
52
Latest release: Thursday, December 7, 2017, 10:10 PM
format_mindmap
Mindmap Course Format allows Moodle users using courses through interactive, personalized mindmap.
Additionally, it provides features unavailable in standard Moodle, which are: graphical presentation of conditional dependencies and distinction of modules where student have problems (and which are near deadline).
324 sites
271 downloads
50
Latest release: Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 9:02 PM
format_periods
This course format allows to set duration for each section (period) in days, weeks, months or years. Each individual section (period) may override this duration.
The course settings allow automatically collapse or hide past or future periods.
230 sites
37 downloads
37
Latest release: Friday, October 27, 2017, 2:59 PM
format_collapsibletopics
The collapsible topics format is a clone of the core topics format that adds collapsing behaviour to sections in order to reduce page size.
595 sites
624 downloads
29
Latest release: Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 6:28 PM
format_masonry
This course format displays all sections like a masonry build brick wall. Every section can have a different background and is dynamically placed into a fluent style page.
300 sites
161 downloads
27
Latest release: Monday, November 18, 2019, 12:58 AM
format_gps
The course format „GPS Format“ allows e-learning content to be displayed according to the geo coordinates of the learner. This enables location-based mobile learning.
47 sites
76 downloads
18
Latest release: Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 6:49 PM
format_flexpage
Moodlerooms is proud to release Flexpage, a course format that provides a teacher with complete control over how educational materials and assessments are presented to a student.
88 sites
29 downloads
17
Latest release: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 10:18 PM
format_remuiformat
Let your students focus on what matters - learning, with the all-new and intuitive Edwiser Course Formats plugin! Choose from unique course formats like Card and List.
1193 sites
1k downloads
13
Latest release: Friday, December 6, 2019, 2:38 PM
format_calendar
This course format displays a course in a calendar format.
60 sites
24 downloads
13
Latest release: Thursday, April 3, 2014, 7:17 AM
format_collapsibleweeks
The collapsible weeks format is a clone of the core topics format that adds collapsing behaviour to sections in order to reduce page size.
122 sites
121 downloads
11
Latest release: Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 6:32 PM
format_folderview
Blackboard Open Source is proud to release Folder View, a course format that displays activities and resources within a folder that is expandable or collapsible.
64 sites
36 downloads
11
Latest release: Thursday, September 20, 2018, 11:42 PM
format_days
Modified version of Weekly format that displays sections by day rather than week.
20 sites
8 downloads
10
Latest release: Monday, December 31, 2012, 7:08 AM
format_forumtopic
Topic Forums course format adds forums below the topic sections of the Onetopic course format. Each topic has its own discussion forum.
3 sites
12 downloads
10
Released: Thursday, October 6, 2011, 6:03 AM
format_multitopic
Shows multiple topics per page, with tabbed navigation between pages. Topics are collapsible, and can optionally be timed.
70 sites
424 downloads
9
Latest release: Thursday, January 16, 2020, 8:51 AM
format_softcourse
Softcourse is a course format that display sections with only an image and an optional text on the course homepage. Users don’t see the detail of the section, for instance, resources or activities.
2 sites
98 downloads
8
Latest release: Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 7:18 PM
format_event
The course format "Event" is intended to be used for short training events. Upon course creation, it creates a corresponding calendar event.
21 sites
38 downloads
8
Latest release: Monday, April 15, 2019, 10:38 AM
format_flexible
The Flexible course format is based on Grid adding better mobile support, responsiveness, completion tracking and the ability to make sections collapsable.
91 sites
496 downloads
7
Latest release: Thursday, October 17, 2019, 11:15 PM
format_kickstart
Create better courses with ready made course templates.
69 sites
323 downloads
6
Latest release: Friday, January 3, 2020, 12:45 AM
format_scormcloud
Provides a SCORM Cloud course format. (superseded by the new Single activity course format plugin)
7 sites
12 downloads
6
Latest release: Saturday, September 3, 2011, 5:31 AM
format_weekcoll
A week based format that solves the issue of the 'Scroll of Death' when a course has many weeks.
6 sites
8 downloads
4
Latest release: Friday, March 23, 2012, 12:30 AM
format_singleactivity
Allows to create course that consists of only one activity
3 sites
10 downloads
2
Latest release: Monday, June 24, 2013, 1:31 PM