Adding Resources

Resource types enable almost any kind of web content to be inserted into the course.

  • Book is a multi-page resource in a book-like format, with chapters and subchapters, useful for displaying lengthy information. 
  • File provide a downloadable Word document, a PDF, an Excel spreadsheet or PowerPoint slides as a course resource.
  • Heading enables text and optional icons to be inserted among activities on the course page.
  • Label enables text and multimedia to be inserted into the course page between links to other resources and activities.
  • Page can display text, images, sound, video, web links and embedded code, such as Google maps. 
  • Subpage no longer available to add. Existing subpages are still visible in courses on the site.
  • URL The URL module enables a teacher to provide a web link as a course resource.


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1. Add a book

1.1. Formatting a Moodle book page

You will need to ensure you keep the styling of content consistently formatted in Moodle book, so keep a list of useful/regularly used html formatting tags to copy and paste.

The Atto editor for formatting

Moodle book uses Moodle’s standard Atto editor for formatting of content on each page in the book.

To read more about Atto, please visit ‘Atto editor’.

Clicking the arrow on the top-left of the Atto editor menu reveals more options, including HTML mode.

The Atto editor includes buttons for various formatting functions.

Top line: Paragraph styles, Formatting, Subscript/superscript, Block quote, Font family/size, Unordered/ordered list, Horizontal rule. 

Middle line: Link/unlink, Prevent auto-link, Insert/edit image, Insert image description, Embed media, Align, Outdent/indent, Undo/redo. 

Bottom line: Insert equation, Insert character, Table, Font colour, More font background colours, Clear formatting, HTML, Accessibility checker, Screenreader helper.

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