1. TAFE NSW - Customising Moodle themesNatalie DenmeadeMoodle Administrator/Learning Resource Development Officer 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW North Coast Institute

2. - Seeding new approachesTAFE NSW Customising Moodle Rene Lance Lead Designer TAFE eLearning Hub 2011 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 3. TAFE NSW Customising Moodle 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 4. TAFE NSW Customising MoodleQuicksilver Moodle theme Designing Moodle from the frontend In most peoples vocabularies, design means veneer.Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.Fortune By Steve Jobs January 24, 2000 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 5. TAFE NSW Customising Moodle What do we have to work with Page Page - headerHeader Page - content region-main-box region-pre region-main-wrap region-post-box region-mainregion-content region-contentregion-content course-contentPage - footerFooter 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 6. TAFE NSW Customising Moodle Desktop zone 1 Desktop zone 2LeftZone 1 (Top strip) RightZone 2 (Bottom strip)LeftZone 3 (upper toolbar) RightLeftZone 4 (lower toolbar)Right Main content background (region under course material)Column 1 (Pre)TopicsColumn 2 Post LeftFooter MiddleRight 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 7. TAFE NSW Customising MoodleQuicksilver featurescourse overrides, layout, custom designWe made the buttons on the screen look so good youll want to lick them. Fortune magazine Steve Jobs January 4, 2000 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 8. TAFE NSW Customising MoodleTop Level Course:Establishes Institute Branding Course 57: IT Faculty Course 52:BrandingBusiness Faculty Branding 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 9. TAFE NSW Customising MoodleQuicksilver benefitsmultiple designs, theme consolidation, savingsDesign is thinking made visualSaul Bass 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 10. TAFE NSW Customising Moodle Lessons design for your audience! Switch on designers mode / purge cacheDecide what is critical content (usability)Users / audience - Levels of technical ability (coders /non coders/ ICT phobics)Planning your design before you implement - decide what is going to be global Re-useable graphics and codeDont use tables unless basic and content is structure semanticallyKeep design detail away from crucial content or make it subtleDesign best practice not too may styles of design elements Banner sizes recommended no more than 200px Good example ABC Prioritise content - Main content should not sit at the bottom of the page Structure your style sheet with a TOC 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 11. TAFE NSW Customising MoodleWhats the next stepbug fixes, default skins, simplified settings page"Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. Isaac Bashevis Singer 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 12. TAFE NSW Customising Moodle User contribution Hi Im Natalie Moodle QueenNatalieMark FionaNorth CoastHunter Western 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 13. To see North Coast Institute implementation visit: moodle.northcoast.tafensw.edu.auor additional help, contact Natalie on twitter: @moodlemuse 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW North Coast Institute 14. TAFE NSW Customising Moodle Visit us at:contact me: renee.lance@tafensw.edu.au ecommunities.tafensw.edu.auwww.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 15. TAFE NSW Customising Moodle ResourcesStephen Anderson http://www.webdirections.org/resources/stephen-p-anderson-keynote-sustaining-passionate-users/Six Circles UX design Frameworkhttp://uxmag.com/resources/six-circles---an-experience-design-framework Love markswww.lovemarks.com 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au 16. TAFE NSW Customising MoodleLike to make a commenthttp://www.facebook.com/pages/TAFE-NSW- Interface/193650504047324 2012 Department of Education and Communities, TAFE NSW eLearning Hub | www.ehub.tafensw.edu.au