User:Derek Chirnside

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A PERSONAL WISH LIST

Admin: Cloning items DONE

Coming soon in 2.1, I think.

1. http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=21234&parent=102367 (Old: 2005)
2. http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=67185#p450794 (2007)

Admin: e-mail admin when manual account created by someone

If you create an account, then you have to send a second message to tell the user of the account information. Needed: e-mail sent to user on manual account creation with their account details. There is debate over the best way to communicate this information.

1. Tracker: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-19390
2. Discussion with code: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=85333
3. Docs: https://docs.moodle.org/en/Manual_accounts

Also: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-19851 :Messaging: Allow for personalization of message by using ##field## similar to database or [[filtertext]]"

Admin: Bulk course create with CSV

1. Tracker item with code: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-13114
2. Contrib code: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/CONTRIB-605

Bulk delete, add, indent of items

Tracker item with code: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-20213

Teacher: Notification of first time visits/enrolment in a course

Two separate issues:

1. Notification of first tme visits to a course
2. Notification of when a student self enrols in a course.

If we had (1), (2) would betaken care of.

• Tracker item: Generate Email Notification to Teachers upon Student Enrollment in a Course http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-20647
• Tracker item with code: Notify self-enrol by email http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-20290
• Wrk around using groups

Teach: E-mail to course members

Override forum setting. "Send this post out to everyone regardless of Forum Setting"

1. Tracker item:
2. Form Posts:

Teach: Provide a quick 1<>1 forum/dialogue in core Moodle

Tracker: Convenience/usability: provide a simple way to provide teachers a 1<>1 conference, journal, conversation, dialogue forum with students. http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-27223 Similar idea: Autocreate a group for each student in the course and the group name set to the first and last name http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-21000

MEDIA MANAGEMENT, LINK/UPLOAD SIMPLIFICATIONS

Forum posts

1. Resize video

To follow up: CSS to fix size of media: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=177107#p777043

Navigation problems with media:

GROUPS

Groups Self enrolment

Rationale: for a student centred/constructivist LMS to have no self signup for groups is a bit of a pity.

http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-13962

http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-1310

SORTED Site wide groups

Now called cohorts

Groups: CSV creation of cohorts

Tracker: Add ability to upload to a cohort via Upload users http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-26965

BLOGS

Blogs: blogs visible at course level only

Tracker: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-25347

Forum Posts:

SORTED Book module and 2.0

https://docs.moodle.org/en/Book_module#Books_and_Moodle_2.0

But still not in the core I note there is a request for the book module to be in the core. http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/CONTRIB-283 But it does not have a fix version indicated. Does that mean the request is not considered significant to be included in 2.0??

THE MOODLE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Just some thoughts, largley unfinished at the moment - "We aim for a transparent and open development process that invites the whole user community to contribute. We welcome PHP programmers of course, but you can also contribute through discussions, testing, feedback and documentation" - from http://moodle.org/development/

1. The process: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Process (This is the latest version, there are others)
2. Slightly orphaned talk Page: https://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Development_talk:Process
3. Discussion on the process: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=174082

The process is still bedding down at the moment, and various developers have their perspectives: the phrases "I hope", "I'd like" and "Maybe" appear regularly in substantive discussions. I'm not convinced that it is working well at the moment. I'm sure it can be improved.

To be continued.