User:Derek Chirnside

A PERSONAL WISH LIST

ADMIN FUNCTIONS

Admin: Cloning items DONE

Coming soon in 2.1, I think.

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

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

E-mail sent to user on manual account creation with their account details. There is debate over the best way to communicate this information.

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

Admin: Bulk course create with CSV

Tracker item with code: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-13114
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

TEACHING FUNCTIONS

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

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

Teacher: email notifications when a new account created

If you create an account, then you have to send a second message to tell the user of the account information. Tracker: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-19390

From the comments in 2009: "There is somewhat of a move away from directly sending emails because of the variety of forms that folks like to receive communications. For example, some users may want to receive an IM or SMS message from Moodle rather than an email. The goal is to use a united messaging system and then let the user control how that message gets sent out"

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

Teach: E-mail to course members

Override forum setting.

Tracker item:

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

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: blogs with comments

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/

The process: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Process (This is the latest version, there are others)
Slightly orphaned talk Page: https://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Development_talk:Process
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.

Documentation