Slideshow

A block that inserts a slideshow in the header of the front page or course page. Features include customizable background colors, transition types, speeds, and size.
This is a new block which creates a slideshow in the header of a site or course page.  It uses jquery/cycle to handle the image transitions. Jquery is also used to manipulate the DOM to reposition the block’s node into the heading div of the page.
Since this is dependent on using moodle’s built in jquery functions, it is not available for versions prior to 2.5.
It works with all core Moodle Themes except “Clean” due to an issue with the theme’s ability to load Jquery correctly ( MDL-41516 )
Update: This block will work with the Clean theme on Moodle version 2.5.2 where  MDL-41516 has been fixed.
Tested with:
Afterburner
Anomaly
Arialist
Binarius
Boxxie
Brick
Formal White
FormFactor
Fusion
Leatherbound
Magazine
Nimble
Nonzero
Overlay