Customlabel module (Course elements)

The customlabel module is a specialisation of the core label module to improve content writing in course main pages.

The customlabel module proposes a set (extensible) of subtypes that match well known uses of the learning editorial activity. Subtypes are essentially small parts of content rendered through a predefined html template fo layout (internal renderer), applying a subtype specific small stylesheet (overridable) and using a small predefined dataset.

When adding a new instance of a customlabel (called Course Element in the GUI) to a course, the activity settings usual form can change of aspect depending on the choosen subtype. The form will self-adapt to the requirements of the element internal information model.

This plugin has two effects on content handling and management :

• productivity effect : teachers do not nead to bother with styling and aspect consistency, as they just need to enter the adequate payload into the presented fields.
• stability effect : Any of the course elements will be rendered and layout the same way, thus keeping the same graphical aspect whoever authors a course. This is a good point for an institutional LMS that needs to keep content consistant although deferred to many contributors of distinct IT addition skills.

Installation

Unpack the customlabel package into the 'mod' directory of your Moodle installation.

Browse to the Administration -> Notification service to proceed to logical install.

Credits

Valery Fremaux (2008 original) valery.fremaux@gmail.com

The customlabel content strategy was developped to serve the Governement Level Public Teacher PD program (Ministère de l'Education Nationale) in France (called Pairformance) with Intel support.