The top navigation menu includes entries that are generated by default but you may want to include additional menu entries that are unique to your learning management system (LMS).
The Custom Menu allows you to create your own menu entries, specify their order, and specify which users will be able to see the menu entries based on their permissions.
Background
The Custom menu items text box allows you to add new menu entries; one menu entry per line. To access the custom menu:
- Go to Administration | Site Administration | Appearance | Themes | Dual Code | Custom Menu.
can be customized. It's very important to understand however that once you customize it, any further modifications that Dual Code may make to the menu will no longer apply to your system. In other words, if Dual Code releases a new report for Supervisors and adds it to the "My Team" section of the top menu, this link will appear for learning environment that use the default menu, but it will not appear automatically if you're customized the menu
Step-by-step Guide
To customize the menu:
- Go to Site Administration > Appearance > Themes > English (or French) > Settings
- Go to the "Other" tab
- Define your own custom menu (see the "Structure of the Menu Entries" below).
- Click on the "Save changes" button at the bottom of the page
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Structure of the Menu EntriesEach line consists of required and optional parameters separated by the pipe “|” character. The parameters include: |
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Following is an example of a menu entry with all available options. FAQ|/our-lms-faq |FAQ|en|local/dualcode:authenticated In this example, a menu entry |
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named "FAQ" will display HTML page called “our-lms-faq” when the site is viewed in English and the user is logged in. Creating SubmenusSubmenu entries are created by putting a dash “-“ at the start of the line. For example: FAQ
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Restricting Access to a Menu
The Custom menus can be created so that they are only accessible to a specific group of users such as registered users. You add this parameter as the last option on a menu entry to restrict access to specific user groups. Some common access restrictions are:
| User Group | Menu Option |
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| Logged in users only | local/dualcode:authenticated |
| Non-logged in users only | local/dualcode:notauthenticated |
| Anyone with editing privileges on the site | local/pages:manage |
| Everyone | no option is required |
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Creating Submenus
Submenu entries are created by putting a dash “-“ at the start of the line. For example:
FAQ
-Standard Topics|/standard_topics
-Special Topics|/special_topics
In this case FAQ would be the main menu entry and “Standard Topics” and “Special Topics” would appear in the drop-down menu when you click FAQ. items will be visible to all users, including users who haven't logged in, unless you restrict access to them by specifying required capabilities.
A common requirement is to show different menus to authenticated users and non-authenticated users. To facilitate this requirement, you should be aware of the following common capabilities:
User Group | Capability |
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Everyone (including users who are not yet logged in) | No option is required to show a menu item to everyone |
All logged in users | local/dualcode:authenticated |
System Administrators | local/serverhealth:view |
Supervisors & System Administrators | moodle/site:viewreports |
Default Menu
The following is the default menu installed on your system as a reference. Note that this menu may vary depending on your version of the software.
Course Catalogue|#|Course Catalogue|en
-By title (A to Z)|/local/coursecatalog/index.php?catalog=1|By title (A to Z)|en
-By topic|/local/coursecatalog/index.php?catalog=2|By topic|en
-By format|/local/coursecatalog/index.php?catalog=3|By format|en
-By date|/local/coursecatalog/index.php?catalog=4|By date|en
-By keyword|/local/coursecatalog/index.php?catalog=5|By keyword|en
-OCI Marketplace|/local/oci/marketplace.php|OCI Marketplace|en|local/ocihub:viewCatalogue de cours|#|Catalogue de cours|fr_ca
-Par titre (A à Z)|/local/coursecatalog/index.php?catalog=1|Par titre (A à Z)|fr_ca
-Par sujet|/local/coursecatalog/index.php?catalog=2|Par sujet|fr_ca
-Par modalité|/local/coursecatalog/index.php?catalog=3|Par modalité|fr_ca
-Par date|/local/coursecatalog/index.php?catalog=4|Par date|fr_ca
-Par mot clé|/local/coursecatalog/index.php?catalog=5|Par mot clé|fr_ca
-Marché OCI|/local/oci/marketplace.php|Marché OCI|fr_ca|local/ocihub:viewCompliance Overview|/local/program/progressreport.php|Compliance Overview|en|local/dualcode:authenticated
Aperçu de la conformité|/local/program/progressreport.php|Aperçu de la conformité|fr_ca|local/dualcode:authenticated
[[mycourses]]
My Team|#|My Team|en|report/compliance:view
-Compliance Summary|/report/compliance/summary.php|Compliance Summary|en|report/compliance:view
-Program Completion|/local/program/report.php|Program Completion|en|report/courses:viewreport
-Learning Records|/report/lrsdata/index.php|Learning Records|en|local/lrsdata:view
-Performance Appraisals|/local/appraisal/appraisal/index.php|Performance Appraisals|en|local/appraisal:appraiseusers
-Epic Systems|#|Epic Systems|en|local/epic:view
--Training Tracks > Registrations|/report/epic_trainingtracks/report.php|Registrations|en|report/epic_trainingtracks:view
--Training Tracks > Change Requests|/report/epic_trainingtracks/requests.php|Change Requests|en|report/epic_trainingtracks:managerequests
--Completion|/report/epic_completion/index.php|Completion|en|report/epic_completion:view
--Class Registration Rates|/report/epic_registrationrate/index.php|Class Registration Rates|en|report/epic_registrationrate:view
Mon équipe|#|Mon équipe|fr_ca|report/compliance:view
-Sommaire de la conformité|/report/compliance/summary.php|Sommaire de la conformité|fr_ca|report/compliance:view
-Achèvement des programmes|/local/program/report.php|Achèvement des programmes|fr_ca|report/courses:viewreport
-Records d'apprentissages|/report/lrsdata/index.php|Records d'apprentissages|fr_ca|local/lrsdata:view
-Évaluations du rendement|/local/appraisal/appraisal/index.php|Évaluations du rendement|fr_ca|local/appraisal:appraiseusers
-Epic Systems|#|Epic Systems|fr_ca|local/epic:view
--Programmes > Enregistrements|/report/epic_trainingtracks/report.php|Enregistrements|fr_ca|report/epic_trainingtracks:view
--Programmes > Requêtes de changements|/report/epic_trainingtracks/requests.php|Requêtes de changements|fr_ca|report/epic_trainingtracks:managerequests
--Achèvement|/report/epic_completion/index.php|Achèvement|fr_ca|report/epic_completion:view
--Taux d'enregistrement des classes|/report/epic_registrationrate/index.php|Taux d'enregistrement des classes|fr_ca|report/epic_registrationrate:viewContact Us|/contactus|Contact Us|en
Nous joindre|/contactus|Nous joindre|fr_ca