Local Repository Plugin

This functional specification is STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION."

Functional Specification Revisions:

0.1 - 17/10/2008 - Jerome Mouneyrac - Draft Version

Audience:

Developer/QA

Status:

implementation in progress (MDL-15351)

Introduction

This document is a functional specification for a Local Repository Plugin. The Moodle Repository plugin is very similar to the 1.9 course-based file manager, except it is user-based.

This document also contains a Technical Specification chapter.

Requirements

Administrator just needs to activate the local plugin, no administration setup is required.
Administrator can add/delete local repository plugin
A teacher cannot set a local Moodle repository at the course level
Moodle user cannot set a local Moodle repository at personal level
Local plugin will display personal files
Local plugin will display course files
Local plugin will display front page files
Local plugin will not display empty folder (an empty folder is a folder which doesn't have any file, subfolder included)

User Interface

Administration: Plugin Settings

The administrator can add/delete the local Moodle Repository plugin. No settings are needed.

Administration: Instances Settings

Nothing

File Picker

When a user clicks on the local repository, Moodle local content is displayed.

TO BE DEFINED: what exactly the user can browse, can access, can see, can select

Use Cases

UC005-1 Select a file from a local Moodle Repository

Base scenario

User opens a file picker
User selects the "Local" repository in the file picker
System displays the Moodle file system
User selects a file

Pre conditions

- The Local Repository plugin has been installed and activated

Post conditions

- The file has been added to the html editor/parent field

- the file can be retrieved once the activity/page/... has been saved

Technical Specification

TO BE DEFINED: Enter here all technical information usefull to the implementation.

Documentation