Handbook for version 2.0+

One topic format configuration

Programa Integración de Tecnologías a la Docencia

Universidad de Antioquia

This format allows you to view the topics of the course by tabs. To select this format type you must go to Settings block, click on Course administration, and then click on Edit settings (See figure 1).

Figure 1. Settings

A new screen appears, and in the Format option you must select Onetopic format (See figure 2). Do not forget to save changes.

Figure 2. Select format

When you select Onetopic format, every topic is displayed in an independent tab (See figure 3).

Figure 3. Independent tabs

You can view all your resources in the Navigation block too, so you can access each of them by clicking on it (See figure 4).

Figure 4. “Navigation” block

The Jump to… menu, placed on the bottom of the page is another way to access the topics (See figure 5).

Figure 5. “Jump to…” menu

Every tab displays a default name (“Topic 0”, “Topic 1”…), if you want to customize  tabs names you must turn the editing of the course on by clicking on Turn editing on button placed on the right top of the screen (See figure 6).

Figure 6. Turn editing on

When you turn editing on, an icon is displayed on the left top of the topic (See figure 7); this icon allows you to edit the title and the description of each topic.

Figure 7. “Edit topic” icon

When you click on the Edit topic icon, a new page is opened in which you can write the title of the topic. Additionally, in the HTML editor, you can write a short text describing the topic (See figure 8). Finally click on Save changes button.

Figure 8. Configuring topic

The appearance of the edited topic is shown in the figure 9. Notice that the title of the topic is used as the tab name.

Figure 9. Appearance of the topic