{"id":287,"date":"2015-08-06T14:46:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T18:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/?p=287"},"modified":"2015-08-06T14:59:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T18:59:33","slug":"collapsed-topics-will-change-your-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/2015\/08\/06\/collapsed-topics-will-change-your-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Collapsed Topics Will Change Your View!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Collapsed<\/a>\u00a0Does the \u201cScroll of Death\u201d have you down? Is \u201cTopics View\u201d keeping you from reaching organizational nirvana?<\/p>\n

Never fear, Moodle Renovation is here to help you achieve your course layout dreams. Introducing \u201cCollapsed Topics!\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking through the lens of an Instructional Designer, I can attest that \u201cCollapsed Topics\u201d has changed my Moodle life. I can now \u00a0organize my \u00a0course materials in a more visually appealing and functional format. Collapsed topics can provide the student a more \u00a0intuitive path through your \u00a0course materials.<\/p>\n

A Closer Look at Collapsed Topics Collapsed Topics allows you to display course materials in sections that expand and collapse at the \u00a0user\u2019s \u00a0discretion. With \u201cCollapsed Topics\u201d you can:<\/p>\n

\u25cf Use section titles to create a more effective advanced organizer for the course.
\n\u25cf \u00a0Leverage the flexibility of collapsed sections to chunk and organize your materials.
\n\u25cf Conquer the \u201cScroll of Death\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Change one of your existing courses today and change your Moodle life! Just go to course settings and choose \u201cCollapsed Topics\u201d from the \u201cCourse Format\u201d pulldown menu. It is just that easy.<\/p>\n

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Elesia Yoon works in the Center for Academic Technology as the Senior Instructional Designer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August 5, 2015   \u00a0Does the \u201cScroll of Death\u201d have you down? Is \u201cTopics View\u201d keeping you from reaching organizational nirvana? Never fear, Moodle Renovation is here to help you achieve your course layout dreams. Introducing \u201cCollapsed Topics!\u201d Looking through the lens of an Instructional Designer, I can attest that \u201cCollapsed Topics\u201d has changed my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2922,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280761,280748,280749,1],"tags":[280791,280792],"class_list":{"0":"post-287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-best-practices-strategies","7":"category-functionality","8":"category-look-and-feel","9":"category-uncategorized","10":"tag-collapsed","11":"tag-topics","12":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/moodleevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}