Curated list

Key functions in Moodle: looking ahead

Someone suggested last year there could be value in a curated list of enhancements for Moodle

This is the start.

This is purely speculative. One of the main reasons we need a list like this is to direct people to when they say "What can I do for Moodle?" I still differ with the official view that "This is a job for the tracker" Of course it is, but that is a bit like giving a newcomer a list of over 43,000 items and sayimg "Go for it"

Course creation | Enrolment | Administration | Groups | Forums | Communication | Teaching | Other

Comments

1. I may make a menu template or just a few linked pages. We shall see.
2. Just experimenting with a suitable format --Derek Chirnside (talk) 11:50, 13 August 2014 (WST)

Quizzes

Quiz marking

Case 1

case 2

case 3: One student sits a quiz late. There is not way to view all this student's manually gradable questions on one page. They must be done one at a time.

Tracker:

Thread:

Comments:

Quiz printing

There is debate about this. (Save trees etc) but the fact remains: sometimes it is a lot easier to have a quality print view, for instance for moderation of questions, proofing, reviews and to print a copy of a quiz when the regular technology lets us down.

Tracker: From 2003, https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-348

Threads: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=219532 https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=222565

Possibly helpful: Quiz reports [https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=13 Plugins

Comments/hacks/workarounds

1. OU have a report which they may make available sometime https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=219532#p1116100
2. Javascript option
3. Using print.css
4. Moodle to Word plugin
5. Code from GIT Don't know anything about this, found it randomly here: Binoj's post

Forums

Progress is happening on this.

• We considered ForumNG but rejected this.
• We considered Advanced forums but this also was rejected.
• Now we are doing a gradual redesign.

1. Permalinks DONE
2. Subscribe by thread DONE
3. Sticky posts COMING

Drag and drop images into forum

Possibly an editor question. In progress.

Tracker item: https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-43996

Comment

There has been some debate about this (see Sincle click file upload for instance)

You want to see all the attachments in a forum

Tracker item:

Work around:

You want to engagge with several posts at once

Can't at the moment. Tracker item - Edit in place:

Post personal reply

This is really part of a wider question: communicate one on one with your students.

Threads: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=173381

Tracker

• Autocreate a group for each student in the course and the group name set to the first and last name
• https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-27223 (closed)

Comments

• Plugin: Dialogue module The downside of this is that it is a new tool for people to get their head around. The upside is it is very powerful.
• Work around: Use a database
• Use groups of one. Huge maintenance issue here, and can you imagine renaming 20 groups for each person in your class? And what happens if a person comes late?

Print a book so it is not ugly

Forum: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=219532

Tracker:

Comments

1. Possible CSS workaround: