Left navigation format

The Left navigation course format is a contributed code module. It creates the sections on the left-hand side of the course whereas the modules of left navigation such as Participants, Grades Overview, Manage badges, etc. as a tab on the top bar of the course.

At any time, only course overview which has course details and image will be visible. The topic/section panel will be in collapsed mode by default. The user can view the content by clicking on the corresponding topics/sections.

Usage

• When creating a new course, select ‘ Left navigation format ‘ in the ‘ Course format ‘ drop-down menu.
• To select the format, simply choose it from the list of course formats in the course settings.

A new empty course

• A new, empty course in the left navigation format will show the course overview on the left side and course mage and its detail on the right side in full width.
• The Topics will be added by clicking the Add topics button which is on the left panel

• The image below shows the settings used to create the topics:

Populating the sections inside your course

• When you build content inside a topic you have to click on the “+” icon beside the topic name.
• And each course section will be displayed on the left side of the course and in collapsed form.

Using top tabs inside your course

• Top tabs of the course will give you quick access to the corresponding module
• Add new tabs as per your requirement by clicking on the Add tabs link
• Add important content, gamification, classroom training, feedback, social learning, and different tools in the top panel of the course