NED – Sidebar

Allows the functionality of the Site main menu block to work within courses.
This plugin works by associating a course section with a sidebar block
instance. This is done by mirroring the contents of an “orphaned”
section. Here’s an example:
Let’s assume that a course has 10 sections
When you create a Sidebar block, this block will automatically
be associated with section 11, which is hidden (orphaned)
You can now add resources and activities directory to this
Sidebar block. Note that these objects will actually get created in
section 11, but they are also shown in the Sidebar block. Any changed
made in the Sidebar block will be applied to section 11, and vice-versa.
You can create multiple Sidebar blocks. Each instance will be associated with a different orphaned section. You can also manually select the orphaned section , if needed.
All resources and activities within a block can be edited and
moved around just like normal activities when editing is turned on.
Adding label resources allows you to add text to the blocks as well.
In a sense, this block combines the main menu block functions and
HTML block functions into a single block that can be used in a course
Credits: This block was originally conceived and created by Fernando
Oliveira, Justin Filip and Mike Churchward. Prior to 2016, this plugin was maintained
by Justin Filip, who was also the lead hand behind the code. This plugin is now