Grid Format – eCreators Customer Support

A Grid format will give you several options that will help you to customise the look. The below table gives you a description about the options.

Options	Description
Number of sections	Allows you to set the number of sections
Hidden sections	This setting determines whether hidden sections are displayed to students in collapsed form or are completely hidden.
Course Layout	Course Layout field allows you to choose if you want all sections to be displayed in one page or have them split over several pages.
Set the image container alignment	This field allows to set the image container alignment to left centre or right
Set the image container width	This field allows you to set the image container width to one of the available options
Set the image container ratio relative to the width	This field allows you to set the image container ration to one of the available options
Set the image resize method	This field will allow to decide whether the image needs to be cropped or scaled to fit the container
Set the border colour	Border color can be set in hexadecimal values. Eg. Hexadecimal code the color Red is FF0000
Set the border width	This field allows you to set the border width between 1 and 10
Set the border radius on / off	This field will allow you to set the border radius to Yes / No. It allows you to round the corners.
Set the image container background colour	Sets the background color of the image container in hexadecimal values.
Set the current selected section colour	Sets the color for the currently selected section in hexadecimal values.
Set the current selected image container text colour	Sets the text color of the currently selected image container in hexadecimal values.
Set the current selected image container colour	Sets the currently selected image containers color in hexadecimal values.
Hide section title option	You can choose to hide or display the section title. You can choose either Yes / No from the list box.
Section title grid length option	Allows you to select the maximum length of the section title. Enter 0 if you do not want to provide any limit.
Section title box position option	You can choose the position of the section title. It has two options, Inside and Outside. Inside will place the section title to be within the grid box and Outside will place the section title outside of the gridbox
Section title box position when 'Inside' option	If, Section title box position option was selected to be Inside, then this field allows you to choose if the title should be on the top,bottom or middle.
Section title box height	Allows you to set the title box height in pixels. This field works only when Section title box position option is selected to be Inside
Section title box opacity	Allows you to set the opacity of Section title box between 0 and 1. You can select the value from the listbox.
Section title font size	Allows you to set the Section title font size between 12 and 24. If you want to inherit the font size from the theme or any CSS, select 0 from the list.
Section title alignment	Allows you to align the Section title to centre,right or left.
Section title text colour when 'Inside' option	Allows you to select the text color of the Section title when Section title box position option is set to Inside. It accepts hexadecimal value or choose the color from the color box that is next to the field.
Section title background colour when 'Inside' option	Allows you to select the background color of the Section title when Section title box position option is set to Inside. It accepts hexadecimal value or choose the color from the color box that is next to the field.
Show section title summary on hover option	You can choose whether to display or not display the title summary when hovered over the gridbox.
Set the section title summary on hover position option	Allows you to set the position for the title summary when hovering over the grid box. Select the position (Top, Bottom, Left or Right) from the list
Set the section title summary maximum length on hover	Allows you to set the length of the title summary text when hovering over the gridbox. Enter 0 if you do not want to set any length.
Set the section title summary text colour on hover	Allows you to set the section title summary color when hovering over the gridbox. You can enter hexadecimal values or choose the color from the color box that is next to the field.
Set the section title summary background colour on hover	Allows you to set the section title summary background color when hovering over the gridbox. You can enter hexadecimal values or choose the color from the color box that is next to the field.
Set the section title summary background opacity on hover	Allows you to set the opacity of section title background summary between 0 and 1. You can select the value from the listbox.
Show new activity notification image	Allows you to choose whether the new notification image must be displayed or not when a new activity or resource is added to the section
Fit the section popup to the window	If “Yes” is selected for this field, the popup box of contents with the contents of the section will fit to the size of the window and scroll inside if necessary. If “No” is selected the entire page will scroll instead.
Grey out unavailable	Allows you to choose if you want to grey out / disable unavailable sections and have it unlinked.
Section 0 on its own page when out of the grid and on a single section page	Allows you choose if you want to have Section 0 on its own page when out of the grid and Course Layout is set to “One Section per page”

With Grid Format, the Site Administrator can set up a format with default values that will be applied to any course created using Grid Format. These changes can also be edited at Course level.

To set up a Grid format with default values

Step 1. Login as an administrator and select Administration.