Hi,
Is there anyway I can disable this option for a particular user?
Some students seem to like uploading inappropriate images.
Thankyou
Hi, Matthew,
I believe that you can set this variable in config.php. I think that uncommenting the appropriate line below will do the trick.
Hope this helps a bit.
Regards,
Art
I believe that you can set this variable in config.php. I think that uncommenting the appropriate line below will do the trick.
Hope this helps a bit.
Regards,
Art
Art...is there anything you don't know about Moodle? ;)
I wish that I knew a lot more, Julian!
-- Art
The disableuserimages flag will block avatar uploads for all users not a particular one, which is what I think the original poster inquired. I think, however, it would not be difficult to make a hack to block selected users. I would try simple unix-like locking mechanism: place a file of specific name in user's folder and add code on the profile page check the presence of that file: if the lock file is found, the avatar section is not shown to student. Or better, if there are some unused fields in user profile, made one field invisible and use it for controlling avatars on user level.
I'm not sure if this will work, I've not tested it but it is worth a shot.
Find out what the unique id of the naughty student account is, if you view or edit the student profile it shows up in the address bar as ?id=234
Open up the moodledata store, there is a folder called users/
Inside you should see a load of folders with just numbers for names.
Open the folder that has the same number as the student's id.
You should see 2 images f1.jpg and f2.jpg
Replace these images with non-offensive ones ( 100x100 pixels & 35x35 pixels)
Now make the images read only.
On my testing 1.7 moodle (windows) moodle fails to write the new images silently.
Find out what the unique id of the naughty student account is, if you view or edit the student profile it shows up in the address bar as ?id=234
Open up the moodledata store, there is a folder called users/
Inside you should see a load of folders with just numbers for names.
Open the folder that has the same number as the student's id.
You should see 2 images f1.jpg and f2.jpg
Replace these images with non-offensive ones ( 100x100 pixels & 35x35 pixels)
Now make the images read only.
On my testing 1.7 moodle (windows) moodle fails to write the new images silently.
I would like the ability to reward users who obey the rules with the ability to customise their profiles more and use things like the instant messaging system etc. At present I have to disable all the fun stuff due to unacceptable use by a few students.
So if anyone plans to write this funtionality into a future release I would very much appreciate it.
Hi, Jon,
I wonder if it would not be possible to write one role for students who behave well and another for students who do not? I think that might, indeed, be doable for folks who are running 1.7 and above.
Regards,
Art
I wonder if it would not be possible to write one role for students who behave well and another for students who do not? I think that might, indeed, be doable for folks who are running 1.7 and above.
Regards,
Art
Great idea Art,
I'm going to give it a try (1.7).
Jeff
PS - Did try it and every "student" that submitted an assignment no longer did when I changed their role. I'll have to investigate further.
I'm going to give it a try (1.7).
Jeff
PS - Did try it and every "student" that submitted an assignment no longer did when I changed their role. I'll have to investigate further.
Yikes! That does not sound so good.
-- Art
-- Art
Hi Matthew
Sadly it's not just the kids! We haven't gone live with them and already I have teachers replacing their mugshots with Superman and Darth Vader avatars!!! How on earth am I to get the students to behave themselves with this example?
In adding this block are administrators still able to set images through the usual edit profile screen?
Yes, the admin can still change pictures.
Hi All,
I am looking into this request on my moodle, and I tried to deny students from editing the profile using 1.7.1, but it didn't work. Which capability do I need to deny? Anyone have other ways to do this for certain users?
Thanks!
I am looking into this request on my moodle, and I tried to deny students from editing the profile using 1.7.1, but it didn't work. Which capability do I need to deny? Anyone have other ways to do this for certain users?
Thanks!
If you are using 1.7 or higher then you could create a role with permission to edit their own profile switched off.
If you remove the permission to edit their own profile, does that stop them being able to change their password?
We like the idea of students unable to edit their profiles/upload inappropriate avatars etc, but not being able to change their password would be a disaster for us!