Overview 

After the introduction of Moodle 4.0 and the removal of unlimited intendtation there is a need to review the over all course hierarchy and look towards long term improvements in how it is structured.  

Objectives

• Revisit the number of levels of hierarchy that is considered to be needed
• Examine if changes to course hierarchies could have on reducting page scrolling for students
• Look to see if changes can reduce the need for the current number of course formats to reduce over all system complexity
• Investigate styling changes to help make the hierarchy clearer to students.

Updates

Extensive user testing has been conducted over the past several months.  Prototype mockups and testing instructions used are at the link below.  Feedback to date has been very positive. Please note that these are not pixel perfect mockups by any means and are illustrative only.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17UCHiyMTgvpl29_tigwYaXrFkVz1gae-lb_RO4Z_KS8/edit 

02/01/2024

  This work is progressing well and the fundametal structrures for sub-sections has been mostly implemented.  Some of this work will be merged but not visible in Moodle 4.4 with Moodle 4.5  targeted for the first release of this functionality.  Additional research is being conducted on several other usability aspects related to course hierachy.

16/05/2024

Sub-sections work still progressing well. integation into core will start this increment. 

07/10/2024

Subsections have been delivered in the Moodle 4.5 release.  Further refinements will be added over the 5.0 and subsequent releases but the bulk has been delivered.  

Further work will also be done to validate the usage of additional course formats but no decision has been made at this time