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Filters can be used to add links, insert multimedia players, convert Mathematical expressions or emoticons into images and more.


Filters allow for the automatic transformation of entered text into different, often more complex forms. For example the titles of [[Resources|resources]] can automatically become hyperlinks that take you to the relevant resource, URLs pointing to [[mp3]] files can become [[Flash]] controls embedded in the web page that let you pause and rewind the audio. The possibilities are endless and there are a number of standard filters included with Moodle and many more specialized filters available from the Moodle.org [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=6009 Modules and plugins database].
A filter may be enabled at the site level and then removed as needed at the course or activity level. Thus a teacher can disable glossary auto-linking in a quiz for example.
 
 
==Enabling filters==
[[Image:filters admin.png|thumb|Filters administration in Moodle 1.8]]
To enable a filter:
#Access Administration > Modules > Filters.
#On the filters administration page, click the eye icon opposite the filter you want to enable, so that it changes to an open eye.
#Use the up/down arrow icons to arrange the filters in the order in which they should be applied.
 
Certain filters have additional settings, which can be accessed via the links in the settings column.
 
==Common settings==
 
Note: Prior to Moodle 1.9, common filter settings can be found in ''Administration > Appearance > Filter settings''.
 
===Text cache lifetime===
 
Text filters can take a lot of processor power to analyze. If you have a large number of courses, the filters may slow your system. The text cache lifetime determines how often the filters run. If you set them to run too frequently, your system may
slow down. If you set them to run too infrequently, analyzing new content will take too long and users will notice. You should experiment to find the correct amount of time for your server.
 
===Filter uploaded files===
 
This setting enables uploaded files (HTML and text only) to be processed by the filters system. You can choose to have none, only HTML or all files filtered.
 
===Filter match once per page===
 
This setting effects the glossary, activity and resource linking filters. If set to yes, only the first match on the complete page will be converted to a link. All others will be ignored.
 
===Filter match once per text===
 
This setting effects the glossary, activity and resource linking filters. If set to yes, only the first match in a discrete block of text will be converted to a link. All others in that text block will be ignored.
 
===Filter all strings===
 
If checked, headings and titles can be displayed in different languages using the [[Multi language content|multi-language filter]].


==Standard filters==
==Standard filters==


Filters included in the standard download are:
Filters in Moodle include:
 
*Activity Names Auto-linking - This scans text for activity titles that exist in the same course and creates a link.
*[[Algebra filter|Algebra]] - This filter will convert algebra code into GIF images. It requires the tex filter to be installed ([[#TeX notation|see below]]). Note also that your system must also include the following Perl module: HTML::Entities.pm
*Database auto-linking - As the name suggests, this filter enables automatic linking of [[Database module]] entries.
*Email Protection - This filter scans the text for any email addresses. Where found they are changed (obfuscated) to reduce the chance of being added to a spammers list. However, as this filter may be switched off by default, the site administrator may wish to enable this filter before importing user's email addresses.
*Glossary auto-linking - As the name suggests, this filter enables automatic linking of [[Glossary module]] entries. In addition to this filter, individual glossary entries should have the "This entry should be automatically linked" box checked.
*[[Multi language content]] - This filter enables resources to be created in multiple languages. It looks for <span lang="xx" class="multilang">...</span> tags which indicate that a text contains multiple languages. Then it selects and outputs the best language for the current user. The language of the resource will change when the user changes their selected Moodle language. Please note: going to the past, the multilang filter supported the <lang> tag. Then, officially, we changed it to the standard HTML <span> tag and the <lang> solution is now deprecated.
*[[Multimedia plugins]]
*Resource Names Auto-linking - The titles of [[Resources]] can automatically become hyperlinks that take you to the relevant resource within the same course.
*[[TeX filter|TeX notation]]
*Tidy - This filter checks whether HTML code is XHTML compliant, tidying where necessary. To make this filter work you need to have PHP compiled with the libtidy option; see http://www.php.net/tidy. The Using Moodle discussion [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=28418 Tidy Filter for Moodle 1.5] contains more details.
*Wiki Page Auto-linking
*[[Word censorship]] - This filter "blacks out" words found on a list.
 
==Non-standard filters==
 
Filters are one of Moodle's pluggable resources and may be added or removed simply by using a file manager to add or remove them from the ''/filters'' directory.  Moodle detects those that are present and makes them available to use. 


* [[Jmol filter|Jmol]] - for interactive 3D viewing of molecular structures
*[[Activity names auto-linking filter|Activity names auto-linking]] - This scans text for activity titles that exist in the same course and creates a link
* [[Code Syntax Highlighting]] - for more readable excerpts of programming languages including [[PHP]], [[HTML]], [[CSS]], and XML amongst many others
*[[Algebra filter|Algebra notation]] - This filter will convert algebra code into GIF images
* [[HiddenText filter|HiddenText]] - for teachers who want to provide "hints" to students where the information is initially hidden but can easily be revealed by student in any time when he need.
*[[Convert URLs into links filter|Convert URLs into links]] - This filter converts URLs in selected formats, such as Moodle auto-format, to click-able links
*[[Database auto-linking filter|Database auto-linking]] - As the name suggests, this filter enables automatic linking of [[Database module]] entries
*[[Display emoticons as images filter|Display emoticons as images]] - This converts emoticon (smiley) characters into images
*[[Email protection filter|Email protection]] - This obfuscates email address links to make them more difficult for spammers to harvest
*[[Glossary auto-linking filter|Glossary auto-linking]]
*[[Multimedia plugins filter|Multimedia plugins]] - This finds a link in text that points to a multimedia resource and replaces the link with an appropriate multimedia player code which can play the resource
*[[Multi-language content filter|Multi-language content]] - This filter enables resources to be created in multiple languages
*[[TeX notation filter|TeX notation]]
*[[Word censorship]] - This filter "blacks out" words found on a list


==See also==
==See also==


*[[Filters used on the Moodle.org forums]]
*[[Managing filters]]
*[[Development:Filters]]
*[[Filter settings|Common filter settings]] for the site
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=rL1FVNewG7I Video demonstrating the set-up and use of filters in Moodle]
*[[Filters FAQ]]
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=76206 Filter Demo's now online] forum discussion


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Latest revision as of 10:58, 14 October 2011

Filters can be used to add links, insert multimedia players, convert Mathematical expressions or emoticons into images and more.

A filter may be enabled at the site level and then removed as needed at the course or activity level. Thus a teacher can disable glossary auto-linking in a quiz for example.

Standard filters

Filters in Moodle include:

See also