The Section links block helps the learner or Trainer to quickly navigate to a particular topic/week section of the course (depending on the course format).
Settings
As well as the common settings found on all blocks, within the Section links block you can also find the settings below. These allow you to set how many sections are displayed and whether to use numbers of topic titles.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Number of sections | Once the number of sections in the course reaches this number then the increment by value is used. |
Increase by | This is the value the section is incremented each time a section link is displayed, starting at 1. |
Alternative number of sections | Once the number of sections in the course reaches this number then the alternative increment by value is used. |
Alternative increase by | This is the value the section is incremented each time a section link is displayed, starting at 1. |
Title display as | Decide whether to display as:
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Examples
Below are examples of what the sections link block (top left block in each screenshot) would look like with different Title display as settings.
Number only

Title only

Title and number

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