Dataform Plugins

Click on the plugin name for more information about the plugin.

View plugins
Standard
	Description
Aligned	Displays entries in an aligned table with a simplified template design which takes a simple list of field patterns and creates one table column per pattern.
CSV	Allows CSV import and export of entries.
Grid	Displays entries in a grid (each entry in a table cell). Allows setting the number of columns and rows of the grid.
Interval	This view allows you to set duration interval according to which the information is displayed. You can group the information by certain field tag or rating and you can control the the number of entries to be displayed on each page. This view is particularly useful for content display.
RSS	Allows designing and generating RSS feeds from the activity entries.
Tabular	Displays entries in an aligned table. The template is designed with an html table in a WYSIWYG editor.
Add-ons
	Description
Chart	Displays one or more charts based on the view entries content.
PDF	Allows designing a PDF template and exporting entries to a PDF file.
Field plugins
Internal
	Description
Entry actions	Displays the entry action links/icons (e.g. edit, delete, duplicate etc.).
Entry author	Displays info about the entry author (e.g. first name, last name, user picture etc.).
Entry group	Displays info about the group the entry belongs to.
Entry time	Displays the entry time created and modified.
Standard
	Description
Checkbox	Allows the user to select options by ticking checkboxes.
Entry state	Allows the user to set the entry state (with ajax support).
File	Allows the user to upload files to the entry.
Comment Mdl	Allows the user to add moodle comments to the entry.
Number	Allows the user to enter a number.
Picture	Allows the user to upload images to the entry.
Radio button	Allows the user to select an option by ticking a radio button.
Rating Mdl	Allows the user to add moodle ratings to the entry.
Select	Allows the user to select an option from a dropdown.
Select (multiple)	Allows the user to select multiple options from a dropdown.
Text	Allows the user to enter single-line text.
Text area	Allows the user to enter multi-line text or rich text (supports the moodle editor).
Time	Allows the user to enter data/time via dropdowns or javascript calendar popup.
Url	Allows the user to enter a clickable link.
Add-ons
	Description
Captcha	Displays a required Google re-captcha when editing the entry.
Chart	Displays a YUI chart based on entry content.
Clicker	Allows choosing an option by clicking a numbered button .
Dataform view	Displays the content of a selected view with optional filtering based on entry content.
Duration	Allows the user to specify a duration in various units.
Latlong	Allows the user to enter a geographic location with latitude and longitude.
Mail to	Displays a mailto link that will open an email editor in the user's local email client.
Entry actions plus	Allows a templates manager to configure the appearance and behavior of the entry actions.
Other components
Text filters
	Description
Dataform auto linking	A site Filter that will create links to a Dataform entry where the name/title (word or phrase) of the Dataform entry is used within the same course in which the Dataform is located. This includes forum postings, pages, labels etc.
Blocks
	Description
Dataform view	Allows for displaying and interacting with the content of a Dataform activity via a block on the course page.
View access	Allows setting view permissions for specified views.
Entry access	Allows setting access permissions (view, update, delete, export) for entries that have a specified content in specified views.
Field access	Allows setting access permissions (view, update, export) for entry field in specified views.
Notification	Allows setting custom messages to be sent to specified recipients on specified Dataform events.
Mods
	Description
Dataform view	A label-like resource module that allows for displaying and interacting with the content of a Dataform activity in a course section on the course page.
Availability conditions
	Description
Dataform content	An availability condition plugin that allows teachers to restrict user access to an activity or section based on content of a designated Dataform instance in the course.