Add & Remove Blocks in Moodle

The column on the right side of a Moodle page contain Blocks. You can add blocks, remove blocks, or rearrange the blocks in the sidebars. This “drawer” of blocks can be collapsed so it might be best to not have the most essential information live there.

How Blocks Work

• Most blocks update themselves automatically with information about the course. For example, blocks such as Calendar and Upcoming events update themselves as date-based activities are added to the course.
• Which blocks are displayed depends on your location in Moodle. Not all blocks displayed on your course homepage are displayed when viewing an assignment or forum page.
• Which blocks you see can also depend on your Role in the course. For example, Teachers may see blocks (such as Quickmail) that Students don't see.

Add a Block

1. Ensure the drawer is open. Hit the arrow icon in the top right corner if a right-hand column does not appear.
2. Turn on Edit Mode, which is a toggle located on the top right of your main course page.
3. Scroll down to locate Add a block on the bottom of the right hand column. Click Add a block and select a block to add from the new window.  Note: There can only be one instance of most blocks in a course. Depending on which blocks are already used in your course, the list will change to show only available blocks.
4. Once you have selected the type of block to add, the page will re-load and your new block will be added at the bottom of the right column.

Move a Block

You can move a block to rearrange the order in which your blocks are arranged in the sidebars.

1. Turn on Edit Mode, which is a toggle located on the top right of your main course page.
2. Click the Move icon (✥) at the top right of the block. Drag the block to its desired location in the left or right column in your course. A shadow of the block will appear to show its resulting location if you drop it.

Remove a Block

1. Turn on Edit Mode, which is a toggle located on the top right of your main course page.
2. Find the block you wish to remove and click the Actions menu (︎) and from the drop-down menu, select Delete (). A Confirmation page will open asking, "Are you sure you want to remove this block titled..."
3. On the Confirmation Page, click Yes. The page will refresh and the block will be removed from the course.

Note: You can re-add a removed block; however, you may need to reconfigure any settings made. To preserve all settings you can hide the block instead (see below).