Featured Courses

Blocks ::: block_featuredcourses
Maintained by Daniel Neis Araujo
This blocks allow to select some courses to be displayed on front page. It is also possible to set sort order.
Latest release:
421 sites
126 downloads
66 fans
Current versions available: 4

With this block you can select a set of courses to be displayed on frontpage.

For each course, the block will show it's name with a link to course page, it's summary and summary files.

The following steps should get you up and running:

  • DO NOT PANIC!

  • Put these files at moodle/blocks/featuredcourses/

  • Log in in your Moodle as Admin and got to admin/index

  • Follow the instructions to install the block

  • This block is only visible on site front page and Dashboard

  • To select featured courses, add the block to front page, got to edit settings, click on the link on the settings screen.

  • The order of the courses displayed by the block is defined by the "sortorder" field. It is an integer field that the records are ordered by.

Good luck!

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  • Daniel Neis Araujo
    Thu, 22 July 2021, 1:38 AM
    Hello, Mariuxi

    I just release a new version with this fixed.
    Let me know if it works for you.

    Best,
    Daniel
  • Mariuxi Bermeo
    Thu, 22 July 2021, 8:20 AM
    Gracias Daniel, tengo un problema y necesito tu ayuda. Debido a que con el plugin anterior se me presentaron los errores que cité en mensajes anteriores decidí desinstalarlo, pero desde el administrador de moodle no fue posible y se me cayó mi plataforma sin tener acceso a ninguna pantalla, entonces eliminé el plugin manualmente de mi sitio, es decir, fui al directorio de moodle y eliminé a su vez el directorio: futuredcourses/, luego ingresé a la base de datos y también borré manualmente la tabla mdl_block_futuredcourses.

    Ahora, he descargado la nueva versión y la instalé, pero se me presenta el siguiente mensaje: "Error al leer de la base de datos", he verificado en la base de datos y no se ha creado la tabla que corresponde al plugin, interpreto que es la razón del mensaje, no se creó la tabla en la base de datos. Y de la instalación anterior, dejé cargado el bloque anterior en la pagina de inicio con el error y no logré eliminar el bloque (solo lo que hice manualmente). Por favor algún procedimiento que deba realizar para solucionar esta situación. Saludos y gracias.
  • Daniel Neis Araujo
    Thu, 22 July 2021, 9:31 PM
    Olá, Mariuxi
    Você deve ir em Administração do site / Plugins / Visão geral dos plugins e "Desinstalar" o bloco.
    Depois disso você não deve remover o código do plugin, mas seguir a interface e fazer a reinstalação.
    Isso deve resolver.
  • Mariuxi Bermeo
    Fri, 23 July 2021, 1:46 AM
    Hola Daniel, he logrado resolverlo, muchas gracias, la complicación que se me presentó fue con la instalación del plugin anterior. Ahora todo está correcto y funcionando bien, el bloque se encuentra añadido a la derecha de la plataforma moodle. Adicional, quería consultar si es posible con algun código corto colocar el plugin en el centro de la página de inicio de tal manera que se muestre de forma horizontal. es posible hacerlo de alguna manera? algo similar a como se muestra en la captura de pantalla de este plugin. Agradezco nuevamente.
  • Daniel Neis Araujo
    Fri, 23 July 2021, 6:03 AM
    Olá, Mariuxi
    As áreas de blocos são definidas no tema, então isso vai depender do seu tema.
    Infelizmente não tenho um código CSS que deixe o plugin com aquela cara, mas sei que não precisa de muita coisa.
    Se você definir a imagem do curso é possível que ele mostre ali também.
  • Moses M. Mwebaze
    Sat, 14 Aug 2021, 9:04 PM

    Daniel, thanks for this plugin. Is it possible to feature the course in a horizontal bottom and not vertical-left/right?
  • Daniel Neis Araujo
    Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 2:49 AM
    Hi, Moses
    It depends on your theme layout/css and block regions.
  • Param k
    Wed, 22 Sept 2021, 1:16 PM
    Can we put featured courses in dashboard after user logs in?
  • Alexis Morand
    Wed, 22 Dec 2021, 9:08 PM
    Hi Daniel !
    Thanks for the plugin. Any chance it could be available later for the Moove theme ?
    Have a nice day smile
  • Daniel Neis Araujo
    Fri, 14 Jan 2022, 1:47 AM
    Hi, Alexis
    It can be added to any block area in any theme.
    Best,
    Daniel
  • P H
    Fri, 16 Dec 2022, 6:21 PM
    Hello. Will there be a new version of this plugin for Moodle 4.1? Regards.
  • Daniel Neis Araujo
    Fri, 13 Jan 2023, 2:22 AM
    Hello,
    The block was already compatible with 4.x
    I've realeased a new version and mad it explicit here.
  • tatiana castrillon
    Mon, 16 Jan 2023, 9:36 PM
    Hola, por qué el bloque se muestra como lista y no como recuadros. Los cursos son un listado de vínculos y no como la imagen que ponen en el plugin.
  • Kristian Ringer
    Sat, 8 July 2023, 2:19 PM
    Thanks for this plugin. Some basic css to get the courses to be horizontal is below. Should be an option in the block config

    .card-text .container-fluid.coursebox{
    padding-left: 2rem;
    padding-right: 2rem;
    }
    .card-text.content {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: space-between;
    }
  • Sreekanth Chakravarthy
    Sun, 1 Oct 2023, 12:35 AM
    Hi, I am using this with Adaptable theme and Moodle 4.2.2+ version. I am getting the courses vertically and not horizontally on my dashboard. Any way to resolve that? I added the code shared by Kristian in Custom CSS of Adaptable theme settings, but it didn't work.
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