What course formats are available? MOODLE DOCUMENTATION A course format describes how the resources and activities you provide your students will be organized in the middle column of your course page. Moodle allows you to switch between course formats, so feel free to experiment to find which format you prefer. There are several different ways that your course content can be organized:
Topics Format: Here your course will be formatted into a number of topic groups that you specify. You then add resources and activities to each topic section. This format is a good choice if your course is concept-oriented, where students will work through a series of topics but not necessarily according to a fixed weekly schedule. This is the default setting for a new course in Moodle.
Weekly Format: Here your course will be formatted chronologically by week. You will need to specify the start date and number of weeks the course will run and Moodle will create a section for each week of your course. The current week will be highlighted for students. This is a good choice if you will provide resources and activities in a particular sequence, and you want to encourage students to work on the same material at the same time.
Weekly Format – CSS/No tables : This is the same as Weekly Format above, but uses more efficient Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) instead of (older) HTML tables to control the layout. We recommend that you choose this setting over Weekly Format.