{"id":644,"date":"2024-07-12T15:55:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T15:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/changing-topic-titles\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T20:18:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:18:49","slug":"changing-topic-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/2024\/07\/12\/changing-topic-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Topic Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Moodle names your topics with a sequential numbering system (topic 1, topic 2, etc.) These topics may\u00a0be customized. For example:\u00a0Chapter 1, Week 1, Introduction to Pottery, etc.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To change a topic title:<\/p>\n<p>1. Make sure editing is on by clicking the <strong>Turn Editing On<\/strong> button located in the top right corner of your course page.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-618\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/turn_editing_on-933.png\" width=\"154\" height=\"59\" loading=\"lazy\" data-path=\"local-images:\/New Theme 4.1\/turn_editing_on.png\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2. Navigate to the topic you wish to change, and click on the <strong>pencil<\/strong><strong>\u00a0icon<\/strong> that is located to the right of the topic title.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-642\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/topics-ea9.png\" width=\"757\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" data-path=\"local-images:\/New Theme 4.1\/topics.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/topics-ea9.png 822w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/topics-ea9-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/topics-ea9-768x365.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>3. Type your desired title into the text box, then hit <strong>Enter or Return\u00a0<\/strong>on your keyboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-643\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/change_topic_title-301.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"83\" loading=\"lazy\" data-path=\"local-images:\/New Theme 4.1\/change_topic_title.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/change_topic_title-301.png 399w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/change_topic_title-301-300x62.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You should now see the topic reflect the title you provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Moodle names your topics with a sequential numbering system (topic 1, topic 2, etc.) These topics may\u00a0be customized. For example:\u00a0Chapter 1, Week 1, Introduction to Pottery, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[112,41],"class_list":["post-644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-course-content","tag-changing-topic-titles","tag-moodle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1349,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions\/1349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}