Scottish Moodle User Group (SMUG): Moodle Theme Design
Channel: ColDevNet
Date: 10/03/2022

Presentation delivered by Rebecca Rumble, Dumfries & Galloway College at a SMUG Meet event on 4th March, 2022.

An overview of my experience of building a new theme for Moodle incorporating the new College branding. Some key outcomes we focused on were:

 - meeting accessible standards;
 - maximising space for staff and students; 
 - keeping it as simple as possible (KISS).

Useful references mentioned in the presentation:

LINKS
 - Moodle Developer Documentation: https://docs.moodle.org
 - Moodle Forums: https://moodle.org
 - Web Accessibility Initiative: https://www.w3.org/WAI/
 - Navigating by Keyboard Video: https://youtu.be/yV_ENQZq3fs
 - Navigating iPhone or iPad using VoiceOver: https://youtu.be/qDm7GiKra28 
 - Navigate iPhone or iPad using VoiceControl: https://youtu.be/eg22JaZWAgs

TOOLS
 - WAVE Browser Tools: https://wave.webaim.org/extension/
 - Silktide Browser Plugin: https://silktide.com/resources/toolbar/
 - Google Lighthouse: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse
 - Colour Contrast Checker: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ 

COURSES
 - Moodle Academy Development Path: https://moodle.academy
 - Introduction to Web Accessibility: https://www.edx.org/course/web-accessibility-introduction


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