Here you can set a news ticker to run across the of your Moodle site.
  It is intended as a less intrusive alternative to the slider taking up very little space.
  To setup your ticker simply enter a paragraph list and include any hyperlinks you need to in that text.
  <strong>Note:</strong> If your ticker does not load properly switch to HTML view and ensure you have only p tags:
  <pre>
  &lt;p&gt;News item one.....&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;News item two.....&lt;/p&gt;
  </pre>