Onetopic site format in Moodle

Onetopic is a site format available at UOW that displays one section at a time, in a tabbed navigation at the top of the site. This is the only site format available at UOW that offers a way to organise resources and activities within sections and subsections.

Why?

To assist with navigation and improve student access to content, the Onetopic site format features:

• the ability to organise sections in a horizontal tabbed structure
• hierarchical layout with the ability to add subsections to increase structure
• a single section (or subsection) displayed to the users at any given time
• visually differentiated active tab so the user knows which sections/subsection they are viewing

When a student clicks on a section tab, its subsection tabs (if used) and activities and resources are displayed. In the example pictured below, the 'Assessment Tasks' section has been clicked to display its subsections and then the 'Assessment 1 - Quiz' subsection has been selected to display its content.

How?

Getting familiar with the Onetopic format

To experiment with the Onetopic format without changing your current subject site, Create an empty sandpit site and follow the instructions below to change it to the Onetopic format.

Setting up the Onetopic format

To change a site to the Onetopic format:

1. Select Settings from the Site settings menu.
   
2. Expand the Site format section and select Onetopic format from the Format dropdown menu. The page will reload.
   
   
   Note: The page will reload whenever an option is selected to display format-specific settings.
3. Retain the default settings unless you have specific requirements.  
4. Click the Save and display button.

Your subject site will now be presented in the Onetopic format.

Reordering sections in Onetopic format

1. Ensure Edit mode is on.
   
2. Navigate to the section you would like to move.
3. Select Move left or Move right from the section's Action menu to move one space in that direction.  
   To move the section elsewhere in the site, select Move from the section's Action menu. The Move section window will display with a list of all sections in the site. Select the section you would like to place it after, then refresh your browser to display the changes. 
   
   Note: The first section (i.e. Section 0) cannot be moved.

Making Subsections in Onetopic format

Ensure the intended subsection is currently located to the right of the intended parent section.

1. 1. Ensure Edit mode is on.
   2. Select Edit settings from the section's Action menu.
      
   3. Select Child of previous tab from the Level dropdown menu.
      
   4. Click the Save changes button.

The page will reload displaying the new subsection and included sections resources and activities. The first level tab will display with a down caret icon within the tab heading, as pictured below next to the Weekly Sections heading.

Moving activities between sections and subsections

For guidance on moving activities in your Moodle site, visit the Moving activities and resources article.