Popup activities course format
| Popup activities course format | |
|---|---|
| Type | Course formats |
| Set | N/A |
| Downloads | https://moodle.org/plugins/format_popups |
| Issues | https://github.com/dthies/moodle-format_popups/issues |
| Discussion | https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=420525 |
| Maintainer(s) | Daniel Thies |
The Pop up activities course format displays resources and simple activities embedded in modals instead of redirecting from the course page. Otherwise it behaves as the Topics format.
If you are not using heavy server side assessment, but mostly resources and client side activities (SCORM, H5P), this format may help provide more interactive courses by opening the activities in popup modals instead of separate web pages. When students finish an activity or resource, they return to the course page by closing the modal without waiting for the course page to load again. The course page updates activity completion and availability when the modal is closed.
This plugin uses javascript to add AJAX functionality to the standard topics format. Otherwise the format is the same as the Topics format. Currently Book, Choice, Custom certificate , Etherpad lite, File resource, Folder, H5P activity, Page, Poster, SCORM, URL, and Videotime activities are supported and can be displayed in modals. Other activities will open normally.
Developers should be able to add similar functionality to other formats by copying the AMD call in format.php and adding this format as a dependency.
Capability
Users will only see the popups for the supported activities if they have the capability 'format/popups:view' in the modules context. By default students have this capability. It can be given to other roles or removed at course or activity level.
Configuration
When editing course settings select Popup activities under Course format. Other options are the same as Topics format. Teachers by default will not see popups, but students will. This can be changed by editing the role and changing permissions for capability format/popups:view.
There are some site administration settings available to change navigation. Navigation links can added to the previous and next activities may be added to the bottom of the popups. In Moodle 4.0+ administrators can choose whether the course index will be available in this format or not.
Demo Course
A demonstration course is available on the developer's site https://openlearner.org/popups.
