Development:Dialogue 2.0 specification

This page tracks and summarises the progress of rewrite of the Dialogue module for Moodle 2.0. Template:Moodle 2.0

Dialogue 2.0 specification
Status	Draft

Introduction

The Dialogue module allows students or teachers to start two-way dialogues with another person. They are course activities that can be useful when the teacher wants a place to give private feedback to a student on their online activity. For example, if a student is participating in a language forum and made a grammatical error that the teacher wants to point out without embarrassing the student, a dialogue is the perfect place. A dialogue activity would also be an excellent way for counsellors within an institution to interact with students - all activities are logged and email is available but not necessarily required.

Implementation plan

Database structures

dialogue

Field	Type	Default	Description

Capabilities and Permissions

Capability	Description	Role permissions	Notes
mod/dialogue:open	TO-DO	TO-DO
mod/dialogue:receive	TO-DO	TO-DO
mod/dialogue:reply	TO-DO	TO-DO
mod/dialogue:deleteown	TO-DO	TO-DO
mod/dialogue:openmultiple	TO-DO	TO-DO	can open same(template) dialogue with multiple recipients
mod/dialogue:viewany	TO-DO	TO-DO
mod/dialogue:replyany	TO-DO	TO-DO
mod/dialogue:closeany	TO-DO	TO-DO
mod/dialogue:deleteany	TO-DO	TO-DO

Messaging API

Setup messageprovider for routing posts.

Event API

user_enrolled()

Can be used for any automated opening of dialogues for new course participants when all participants were selected in a multi-open dialogue.

groups_member_added()

Can be used for any automated opening of dialogues for new group members when group(s) were elected in a multi-open dialogue.

user_unenrolled()

Cleanup function, delete any dialogues that user is a recipient.