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The Dataform is a major enhancement of the Database activity module. Like the Database module, the Dataform allows for constructing an entry form from various field types in a flexible layout. Users can then add information records to a collection, which can be viewed in various ways and searched for particular items.
The Dataform is a major enhancement of the Database activity module. Like the Database module, the Dataform allows for constructing an entry form from various field types in a flexible layout. Users can then add information records to a collection, which can be viewed in various ways and searched for particular items.


The Dataform may be used in a variety of applications from resource repositories to assessed activities.
The Dataform may be used in a variety of applications from resource repositories to assessed activities.


==Installation==
===Git clone===
* Type the following command in the root of your Moodle install: git clone git://github.com/itamart/moodle-mod_dataform.git mod/dataform
* Add /mod/dataform to your .git/info/exclude.
* Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation.


===Download===
* Download zip from: https://github.com/itamart/moodle-mod_dataform/zipball/master or http://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversions.php?plugin=mod_dataform
* Unzip into the 'mod' subfolder of your Moodle install.
* Rename the new folder to dataform.
* Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation.


==See also==
* Version info and downloads: [http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=mod_dataform  Dataform module] in Moodle plugins repository.
* Discussions: [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=3505 Database activity forum]
* [https://docs.moodle.org/24/en/index.php?title=Dataform_view_module Dataform view module]
* [https://docs.moodle.org/24/en/index.php?title=Dataform_view_block Dataform view block]
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Revision as of 16:24, 2 October 2012

The Dataform is a major enhancement of the Database activity module. Like the Database module, the Dataform allows for constructing an entry form from various field types in a flexible layout. Users can then add information records to a collection, which can be viewed in various ways and searched for particular items.

The Dataform may be used in a variety of applications from resource repositories to assessed activities.