Projects for new developers
Latest news: Moodle will be taking part in the Google Summer of Code for our fifth year in 2011!
If you're thinking of applying to work with Moodle for GSOC 2011, please check the information on Applying to work with Moodle for GSOC and join our gsoc2011 jabber chat!
This evolving page lists possible Moodle projects for new developers derived from community suggestions.
If you have any ideas for new features in Moodle which might be suitable as projects for new developers, please see Development:New feature ideas.
Moodle for Windows
Develop a new Windows package to replace the official ones at download.moodle.org/windows
The current one is build automatically for a variety of versions by Linux scripts that automatically combine a stripped version of XAMPP with a CVS checkout of Moodle. The new one should also do this.
In addition, the new version should also allow the user to upgrade their Moodle via a native Windows control application. This should make a backup of the site, then download the latest code from a CVS mirror (or the primary git repository) and then start the upgrade. If the upgrade fails it should be possible to "roll back" code, database and files to the version before the upgrade.
- Skills required: Windows, .NET?
- Difficulty level: Medium
- Mentor: We can't help much with Windows programming, but we can help with specs.
Video/audio capture repository plugin
A new repository plugin can be developed to allow the user to speak directly into the Moodle 2.0 filepicker via their microphone, and have the audio file saved securely as an MP3 into the correct current filearea.
Flash would be ideal but Java might be required because of Flash's server requirements (but this should all be examined again to be sure). One possibility might be to develop a single public server at xxx.moodle.org to act as a service for Moodle sites around the world.
Poodll would be a good thing to look at, as ell as nanogong and this previous project which used riffly.com: MDL-18341
- Skills required: PHP, Javascript, Flash?, Java?
- Difficulty level: Medium
- Mentor:
SCORM Test Harness
Write a Test harness to automatically run the SCORM ADL tests on the latest Moodle code.
- Skills required: PHP, Javascript
- Difficulty level: Medium
- Mentor: Dan Marsden
For further details see:
- Tracker issue MDL-26912
Workflow support in the Database activity module
Add the ability to control the state of a database record, permissions at different state levels and email notifications.
- Skills required: PHP and understanding UML syntax of state diagrams, workflow principles
- Difficulty level: Medium
- Mentors: David Mudrák
For further details see:
- Using Moodle Workflow support forum discussion
- Tracker issue MDL-18572
- Student projects/Workflow Support
Improved spam detector
Improve Moodle's current Spam cleaner tool.
- Skills required: PHP
- Difficulty level: Medium
- Mentors: To be confirmed
For further details see:
- Using Moodle Improved SPAM detector forum discussion
More projects to be added soon! Please check back in a day or so!
See also
- GSOC - describing Moodle's involvement with Google in their Summer of Code program
- Talk:Projects for new developers for 2008 project ideas which have not yet been implemented
