Course Blocks

Activities Block

The Activities block links to the activity categories you have in your course. It's a nice shortcut when you're editing assignments and such.

Blog Menu & Blog Tags

Blogs are currently disabled on PRISM.

Course/Site Description

The Course/Site Description is a variation on the HTML block that automatically imports the summary from your course setup page.

Course categories

The Courses (or My Courses) block changes from "Course Categories" when not logged in to "My Courses" when you are logged in and are enrolled in one or more courses.

Latest News Block

The Latest news block is a very special block, as it is linked to the news forum at the top of your course. Discussion topics entered in your news forum display in the Latest News block, if loaded.

Online Users Block

The Online Users block displays the users in a course over the last 30 minutes.

People Block

The People block displays a Participants link that lets you see the members of a course and their most recent login to the course.

Search Forums Block

The Search Forums block can be handy if you use a lot of forums in your class.

Section Links Block

The Section Links block links to the topical or weekly sections of your course. It could be a valuable tool in courses with lots of weeks or topics.

Student Administration Block

The Student Administration or Hidden Student Member block isn't part of the standard Moodle distribution. It's an exclusive PRISM feature covered in a separate tutorial, Using the Hidden Student Members Feature.

Recent Activity Block

The Recent Activity block can be quite useful if more than one user has teacher rights in the course. It lists the recent activity in the course since your last visit. Recent Activity is only visible to those with Teacher or Non-Editing Teacher rights.

Random Glossary Entry Block

The Random Glossary Entry does just about what you'd think: It displays glossary entries, much like a "word of the day" exercise. But be careful using this one if your glossary contains graphics, as the graphics will display full size.