How to make Moodle™ look good? Customizing Moodle™ to transform your LMS

Trying to make Moodle™ look aesthetic? Every Moodle™ user’s journey in transforming the look and feel of their LMS is unique. And there are many ways to achieve the transformation.

Moodle™’s open-source framework lets you tailor your LMS to your elearning and branding needs.

Ways to make Moodle™ look good

There are Moodle™ themes and around 17,000 plugins in Moodle™ for you to pick and configure to get a visually appealing Moodle™ site. For better-customized functionality, you can also directly make necessary alterations to the core code of Moodle™. But how effectively you can make code-level changes to get your ideal LMS, depends on your Moodle™ expertise and skills.

For basic customization, you can quickly switch things up on your LMS to get a modern appearance using the open source themes for Moodle™. However, to revamp Moodle™’s outer appearance and functionality, it’s recommended to use a far more powerful theme.

Here’s a quick overview of how you can use the Edwiser RemUI theme for both visual and functionality customization of Moodle™.

#1 Define your own page layouts

Readymade page designs are great but for enhanced customization, you would want to build your own Moodle™ pages. But how can you create pages from scratch without any code?

Edwiser RemUI gives you the flexibility to create and customize your Moodle™ page layouts with the drag-and-drop page builder. This way you can maintain a certain level of consistency when it comes to customizing individual pages of your LMS.

In addition to making them visually pleasing, you can even emphasize on your branding more and have a flexible structure for your pages that can be easily modified with changing requirements.

Here’s a guide to building custom pages in Moodle™

#2 Customize your Homepage and login page

Your LMS Homepage and the main login page are the key interaction checkpoints for your students. So, it’s important to ensure you offer the best user experience here.

If your Moodle™ Home Page is done right, you have won half the branding battle on your LMS since it’s a great touchpoint for your students to connect with your elearning brand.

Although the custom page builder can be used to design layouts of your choice for any Moodle™ page, including the Homepage. Edwiser RemUI has a dedicated drag and drop homepage builder with multiple custom styling elements.

A personalized login environment is effective in amping up the engagement factor.

Edwiser RemUI lets you customize the default login page in Moodle™. Your login page is the entryway to your valuable courses. It’s always better that they quickly move on to discover the value your LMS provides.

So, it’s crucial to influence the intent of your students to log in by designing a simple, modern, and professional-looking login page.

You can creatively use the theme to make your brand more visible on the login page, add the right colors, logos, and a nudge for your learners to quickly make the next move.

#3 Create an LMS aligned with your elearning brand

Don’t miss the chance to shape your students’ perception of your elearning brand.

Your elearning brand sets you apart and makes your Moodle™ LMS memorable. Your logo, the theme of colors used across the Moodle™ site, and the font and styling impact the overall user experience. Primarily these elements are crucial for building credibility and helping with brand recognition.

Therefore, the theme you pick should ideally help you lend a coherent design to your LMS that intuitively resonates with your students.

Edwiser RemUI is equipped with a live customizer to modify the interface in real-time and preview them as well. You can easily customize the colors used, typography, button styles, header layouts, and much more, on the go.

#4 Use appropriate visual elements for your courses

Last but not least, a well-designed Moodle™ interior is as important as its exterior. You must ensure the same level of engagement persists when your students discover and explore the courses in greater detail.

The navigation menu in Edwiser RemUI simplifies the discoverability of courses and speeds up access to them. Once your learners are inside a particular course, it’s crucial that they look well-organized. You can use different course formats to achieve an attractive course presentation for better visualization of your elearning content. Edwiser RemUI supports all course formats in Moodle™ and also offers two additional ones for a more polished course structure.

The theme also comes with course star ratings and reviews (a new feature recently added) to provide new students with a comprehensive view of the quality of courses on your LMS.

Explore these Moodle™ customization and page designing tips for better course engagement.

Check out a quick review of Edwiser RemUI below.

Conclusion

The theme is compatible with the latest version of Moodle™ (Moodle™ 4.0.2). Also, it is regularly updated for design improvements to keep up with the changing times and the dynamic Moodle™ elearning landscape.

For more information, feel free to explore Edwiser RemUI to see how it transforms your Moodle™ interface and can best fit your Moodle™ elearning needs