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Create content guide

Overview of the popular resource types that you can create to present content to students.

About Label

Labels are text, images or multimedia that are embedded directly on the module page. There are two types of Labels available in Moodle - Label and Label (Bootstrap). Use Label to:

  1. Add structure and organisation to a long section by adding subheadings.
  2. Display a short embedded sound file or video directly in the Introductory topic. 

In Moodle 4, Labels do not display in the Module index for students, so limit your use of Labels when:

  1. Providing instructions for resources or activities on your module.
    • Instead add the information to the content description and select to display description on the module page.
  2. Providing learning content.
    • Instead add the content to a Page resource.

Create Label

  1. Turn Edit Mode on.
  2. Open the section where you want to display your label.
  3. Scroll down to the end of the section and select Add an activity or resource. Select Label from the Resources tab.
  4. Add the content to the Label text field. You can use the text editor features to add formatting and images to your Label.
  5. Select Save and return to course.

Development has stopped on Label (Bootstrap). While this resource type currently works in Moodle 4, we recommend limiting your use of Label (Bootstrap) and use Label instead when you want to add in sub-headings to long sections.

  1. Turn Edit Mode on.
  2. Open the section where you want to display the Label.
  3. Scroll down to the end of the section and select Add an activity or resource. Select Label (Bootstrap) from the Resources tab.
  4. Add a Title and Content to your label. You can use the text editor features to add formatting to your label.   
  5. Label displaying as button with text in overlay when button selectedThe Text-type drop-down controls how your label displays.
    • Modal: Title displays as a selectable button. Content displays in a pop-up window when selected. Do not use the Modal type if you are not adding content into the pop-up window.
    • Toggle: Title displays as a collapsed heading. Content opens on module page when you select the title.

    • Enhanced: Label Title and Content displays on the module page.Label with icon, heading and text
    • Blockquote: A Blockquote can be applied to a piece of text that is a quotation. The Blockquote displays: Label Title and Content on the module page. Content is indented.   

                                                                                                                   

  1. You can choose to add an Icon to your label. Select the Icon field and choose the icon that you want to use alongside the title of your Label.
  2. You can input a search term in the Type to filter field to display the most relevant icons e.g. play.

  1. Select Save and return to module.
  1. Turn Edit Mode on.
  2. Open the section where the content is located.
  3. Select the three dots alongside the content to open the menu.
  4. Select Edit settings.
  5. Make your changes and select Save and return to course.

When you add new content to a section it defaults to the bottom of the section.

  1. Turn Edit Mode on.
  2. Open the section where the content is located.
  3. Open the section to where you want to move the content. 
  4. Ensure all other sections of the module are closed.
  5. Using your mouse, hover over the content until your cursor changes to an arrow icon . 
  6. Drag the content to its new position by holding down the left mouse button.
  7. Drop the content into its new position, by releasing your mouse.

You can also move content using module index.

  1. Switch Edit mode on.
  2. Open module index on the left of the screen.
  3. Using the left button on your mouse, click and hold the content on module index, then drag and release it to the section you wish to move it to.
  1. Turn Edit Mode on.
  2. Open the section where the content is located.
  3. Select the three dots to the right of the Label to open the menu.
  4. Select Edit Settings.
  5. Select Delete from the menu.
  6. Select Yes to confirm.
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