Tiles format

Course formats ::: format_tiles
Maintained by David Watson
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.
Latest release:
19679 sites
5k downloads
447 fans
Current versions available: 9
Key features
  • Tiles are used to show course topics and activities
  • Animation is used to expand tiles to reveal content
  • Icons or photos on each tile increase visual appeal
  • Modal windows (animated pop ups) to show content
  • Colours for tiles are customisable
  • Theme compatibility is broad (Boost, Clean, Essential, Moove and Adaptable).
  • Easy to switch into Tiles from other formats (e.g. Topics, Grid) without changing course content
  • User friendly (e.g. tile icons are provided and don't need to be uploaded)
  • Mobile responsive (adapts to different screen sizes and orientations)
  • Progress shown on tile with % in a circle, or as a fraction
 
 
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  • José Luis Rodríguez García
    wt., 7 sty 2025, 09:09

    Hello. I am currently using the plugin and have the newly updated version, but the issue persists. The error message is 'A required parameter (sesskey) was missing. ' and it occurs when I try to replace the icon of any of the tiles with an image.
  • Daniel Caixeta Queiroz Garcia
    niedz., 12 sty 2025, 02:28
    Dear Community,

    I am reaching out to seek assistance with a persistent issue I've been experiencing with the Tiles Format plugin. After updating to version 4.2.1.19 (2024121221), I've noticed that upon clicking a tile, the screen turns gray, and I am required to scroll upwards on my mobile device to display the content within that particular tile. This issue has been consistent despite testing on different themes, and it appears to be directly related to the plugin.

    I'm currently using Moodle version 4.2.11, and the problem persists across various themes. I've included a link to a video illustrating the issue:

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PJYc99_PvFx1pGDfZi4gn4CBgVWEmFXd/view?usp=drivesdk
    .

    Has anyone else encountered this problem, and if so, how did you resolve it? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you for your assistance!
  • Tamara Sanchez
    wt., 14 sty 2025, 00:15
    Hello,
    When opening the Unilabel activity windows, we can no longer scroll down the content, neither with the mouse wheel nor with the arrow keys, and there is no scrollbar available.

    To read the entire content, we have to first open the desired section, then close it, and reopen it: scrolling down then works.

    This issue was not present in version 4.1.1.18, but it appears in the latest version for Moodle 4.1 (4.1.1.22).

    Thank you for your assistance!
  • Clemens Arnold
    śr., 15 sty 2025, 06:06
    Hello,

    I found out that there is a problem with the visibility of hidden sections. In the theme format, you can adjust whether a student can see or not hidden sections in the left hand list (and also in the mobile app). The options for the teacher to choose are a) only hide the content / make the access impossible but see that there is a section or b) hide everything completely.

    The tiles format behaves according to these settings in the theme format. So a teacher from my school asked me why the pupils could see sometimes the hidden sections an in other courses not. It would be much better if there was an option in the settings of the tiles format that allows that choice as well, otherwise it's quite complicated and at the end as well too difficult to handle.

    To show the problem I've made a video - sorry, the writings are in german, I hope you see what I mean: https://cloud.arcoworld.de/s/LaPo8xb9fL5G2DB

    I've tried it out in different Moodle branches until 4.5 and the corresponding tiles format plugin versions.

    Thanks a lot for your work and assistance!
  • HEB MATH
    niedz., 19 sty 2025, 23:06
    hi,
    there is a problem with the subsections in the course index , when we click in the course index on any subsection the main page turn gray and not showing the subsection but it close any opened tile or if there is nothing open only grays the surrounding (animated navigation enabled).
  • Nyasha Mukura
    wt., 21 sty 2025, 13:18
    It looks like the plugin is messing with the sesskey which causes Moodle (ver 4.4 and 4.5) to loop on this error message: "Error loading content. Your session may have expired. Try refreshing this page. CANCEL/REFRESH." Has anyone else encountered this problem?
  • Richard Newton
    śr., 22 sty 2025, 03:57
    Hey Nyasha, we've been getting the same problem too. Started off with a couple of users who couldn't access one specific course, but today I've had a user say they can't access any course because of the message you quoted above.
    It looked like it was a VPN that was causing issues for the first two. They had to completely remove it from their device - not just disable it - for some reason.

    The user today has removed it but I'm not sure if he's recieving the messages still. He did say that it's working on another device so I'm pretty confident it's something on his machine that's causing it.
  • Dácil Blanco Francisco
    czw., 27 lut 2025, 17:01
    There is a maximum number of sections that can be created in a course. I have 80 sections created and it does not allow me to add another one.
    Moodle 4.1.11 and php 8.1
  • Ihor Katerniak
    sob., 8 mar 2025, 03:20

    Could you please advise if it’s possible to adjust the layout so that there are three tiles per row instead of four, making them slightly larger? I need to add steps from 1 to 6 in my course and label them, for example, Step 1. Challenge and Objectives. However, this text is quite long and currently appears on two lines.
  • Alan Barrett
    czw., 10 kwi 2025, 02:56
    Hello David, we are using the tiles plugin and the new subsections option with Moodle 4.5, however, we have an issue. When we try to pull a complete report on a course participant, it doesn't show or include the activities/assignments within the subsections, This appears to be an issue with the plugin as we have tested pulling this report on two different test servers, not utilizing the tiles plugin.
  • brian banks
    wt., 29 kwi 2025, 18:01
    Hello, when i am using this and trying to use numbers as the tile icon, the '1' link shows up a sa selection but it is a broken link when saved? Does anyone have any ideas? i am hesitant to go into the server or do changes like that from a sustainability POV
  • Gareth Harris
    czw., 15 maj 2025, 18:02
    The tiles work really well and look great, the issue I have is with the word 'icon' appearing where activity and resources icons should be. For example a Folder icon etc. Is there a setting I need to check?
  • miguel rojas
    czw., 15 maj 2025, 23:54
    Hola David, lo primer es felicitarte por tu gran contribución. Luego te comento mi problema, cuando el formato de curso "Mosaico" está activado, no es posible acceder a los recursos del curso (como archivos PDF, enlaces, tareas, etc.) haciendo clic directamente sobre ellos después de haber ingresado a un mosaico (sección del curso). Al intentar abrir un recurso, el sistema redirige inmediatamente a la vista principal de mosaicos del curso, impidiendo el acceso al contenido.

    Es importante destacar que sí es posible acceder a todos los recursos sin ningún problema utilizando el índice del curso que se muestra en el panel lateral izquierdo. El problema ocurre exclusivamente al intentar navegar a través de los mosaicos. Detalles del Entorno:

    Versión de Moodle: 4.3.3
    Versión del Formato Mosaico (Tiles Format): 4.3.0.64
    Versión del Tema: Universe 1.5.8
  • miguel rojas
    pt., 16 maj 2025, 00:08
    Hi David, first, congratulations on your great contribution. Then, let me tell you about my problem: when the "Tiles" course format is enabled, it's not possible to access course resources (such as PDFs, links, assignments, etc.) by clicking directly on them after entering a tile (course section). When trying to open a resource, the system immediately redirects to the main course tile view, preventing access to the content.

    It's important to note that all resources can be accessed without any issues using the course index displayed in the left sidebar. The problem occurs exclusively when trying to navigate through the tiles. Environment Details:

    Moodle Version: 4.3.3
    Tiles Format Version: 4.3.0.64
    Theme Version: Universe 1.5.8
  • Monika Jenkins
    pt., 16 maj 2025, 05:00
    Amazing plugin! Is there any plan to do sub-topics? We have some courses that have a lot of content, and while we love our first course page/landing page to have 4 main tiles, user guides, course modules, exam, certificate, we have a need for course modules to have sub-topics under them, and then activities. So basically one more layer, Tile>Sub-tile>Activity. Is that possible? We are not yet on Moodle 4.5, but if we did upgrade, is there any way to have sub-sections also show up as tiles instead of how they are noted here: https://demo.evolutioncode.uk/course/view.php?id=5#module-214? And until we upgrade, is that an option currently? I really don't want to switch to another course format, this one is perfect. Thanks so much!
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