Moodle Tip – Finding Themes


Problem – The themes that come with Moodle aren’t that great. Where can I find more?

Solution –
There are several places to find free Moodle themes. Here are some that I’ve used successfully:

  1. Moodle’ Web Site
  2. ThemZa Moodle Themes – I love this site, it has tons of education friendly themes. Many thanks to the ThemZa folks!
  3. Foodle Theme – A specific theme that purports to look like Facebook. It doesn’t exactly, but is nice nonetheless…I’m using this one in several sites for it’s simple look.
  4. Brightly Colored Themes – “brightly colored themes based on standard themes”
  5. New School Themes – Here are the free ones they offer:
    Anomaly Theme
    Simplicity Theme
  6. The Haley eLearning Center specializes in elearning consulting, training and development and has published 7 great themes for Moodle 1.9 available for download.
    The theme names are Indonesian (as are the developers) and they are:


If you ever decide to make your own themes–a task I’m not up to yet and may never be–here are some places to start for online tutorials:

And, some Moodle sites that have themes in place that I like and I’m envious of:

Finally, check out the Moodle Tip Roundup, Moodle Habitudes, and Moodle Mambo!



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4 comments

  1. Please be aware that Themza's free templates contain codes that link back to their site. This includes a pair of logos inserted in each footer, which need to be removed. Go to moodle.org, search for themza in the forums and you will find instructions for removal, and the reasons why you should do it. Brian, Milano

  2. Please be aware that Themza's free templates contain codes that link back to their site. This includes a pair of logos inserted in each footer, which need to be removed. Go to moodle.org, search for themza in the forums and you will find instructions for removal, and the reasons why you should do it. Brian, Milano

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