Add & Remove Blocks in Moodle

The columns on each side of a Moodle page contain Blocks. TheNavigation and Administration blocks are required, but others are optional. New Moodle courses start out with a set of default blocks. You can add additional blocks, remove blocks, or rearrange the blocks in the sidebars.

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. Turn on Edit Mode, which is a toggle located on the top right of your main course page.

2. If your Navigation tray is collapsed, select the Navigation tray toggle (hamburger menu , top left), and the Navigation tray will expand.

   

3. Scroll down to locate Add a block. 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.Note: By default our themes have three columns, but if you want a wider area for course content, you can move all the blocks to one side (recommended only for courses that use very few blocks).  We do not recommend rearranging the Navigation or Administration blocks as they are used across courses and people expect them to be in their standard locations.

1. On your course page, click Turn editing on  pencil icon ✎, top right).
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. On your course page, click Turn editing on (pencil icon ✎, top right).
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).