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:
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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

Moodle 3.9: If you are running Moodle 3.9, it is essential that you use the Moodle 3.9 version of the Tiles plugin. The Moodle 3.7 version is incompatible (following a change to Moodle core) and will cause you problems. You can see which version of 'Tiles' you are running under Site administration > Plugins > Plugins overview > Course Formats > Tiles Format.
Contributors
David Watson (Lead maintainer)
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Thank you,
Alex
With regard to the scrolling down to the tiles which others have mentioned, this is a feature not a bug, but I may add a setting for Site Admin to disable it in a later release
Would it be possible to add color code input with the ready made color options?
This would make branding much easier.
Thank you for your hard work!
I contacted the designer of the external tool and he told me: "Open in new window" is actually not a function supported by moodle itself - I had to use a somewhat creative solution to achieve that. I think it's very possible that Tiles format overwrites that specific part of our code. For opening the Task in a new window, I closely followed the moodle core activity External Tool (mod_lti).
I am not a specialist but I would be surprised if I am the only one having this problem, do you have any suggestions? Our version of moodle is 3.8.7
Thank's a lot.