Hello everyone!
Thanks to Anthony Borrow and Jordan Tomkinson, today a Moodle 2.0 test site has been published with PaintWeb integrated. So, now you can try PaintWeb directly in Moodle:
http://test.moodle.org/paintweb/
Login with the teacher user: user. Password is: demo.
To try the paint tool, I have created a test course, and I added a glossary activity. Inside the glossary activity there's a concept I added. Go ahead and play with the glossary: add, edit or delete concepts.
It should be noted that Moodle 2.0 and the paint tool integration are both under development. This means that Moodle devs have not yet completed upgrading all the code which deals with the HTML editors - so, other pages where TinyMCE is used might not have PaintWeb enabled because the configuration is still in "legacy mode" (no file attachments are allowed).
Please provide me with feedback on the user experience, and any other thoughts you might have. Thanks!
Mihai, many thanks for developing a paint tool for Moodle. 
Everyone, if you'd like Paintweb included in Moodle 2.0 please vote for MDL-20124. (You'll need a Moodle Tracker account in order to vote.)
Everyone, if you'd like Paintweb included in Moodle 2.0 please vote for MDL-20124. (You'll need a Moodle Tracker account in order to vote.)
Thank you very much Helen! 
You're all welcome and I sure hope you'll enjoy the paint tool.
You're all welcome and I sure hope you'll enjoy the paint tool.
Mihai, thank you for your contribution
I've just been to the testing site. The funny thing was that when I created a new post, there was no editor at all (just a blank textbox). However, when I'd saved the post and came back to edit, the editor was there. I've seen some other people noticed that, too.
Przemek
PS. using firefox on vista
I've just been to the testing site. The funny thing was that when I created a new post, there was no editor at all (just a blank textbox). However, when I'd saved the post and came back to edit, the editor was there. I've seen some other people noticed that, too.
Przemek
PS. using firefox on vista
Hehe, I haven't noticed that, but it might certainly be a bug in Moodle 2 itself - remember, it's under heavy development.
The TinyMCE 3 version they use and PaintWeb are now quite stable in general.
Thanks for testing! Any further feedback? How's usage for you?
The TinyMCE 3 version they use and PaintWeb are now quite stable in general.
Thanks for testing! Any further feedback? How's usage for you?
Great Tool.
Thanks for creating it.
Thanks for creating it.
Hi,
I just tried to open the PaintWeb demo site and when I login with user, demo, I get
"Your session has timed out. Please login again".
This looks like a very useful addition to the HTML editor.
Thanks.
Clarence
I just tried to open the PaintWeb demo site and when I login with user, demo, I get
"Your session has timed out. Please login again".
This looks like a very useful addition to the HTML editor.
Thanks.
Clarence
Hello!
I also get the same error. I suggest pinging Helen Foster on this matter. She should be able to help with getting the PaintWeb demo site working again.
Please note that the demo site *may* have been disabled on purpose ... given it's pretty old already.
There are plans for getting PaintWeb pushed into Moodle 2.1. While I did integrate the paint tool into the 2.0 codebase, there is still some additional work required for a better integration of TinyMCE plugins - not just the paint tool. Therefore, it was agreed that for the 2.1 release the required API will be prepared and together with that, the paint tool will also be integrated. As I understand, there will be support for other types of plugins and a generally better HTML editor API.
Thanks for your interest into the paint tool.
Good luck!
Best regards,
Mihai
I also get the same error. I suggest pinging Helen Foster on this matter. She should be able to help with getting the PaintWeb demo site working again.
Please note that the demo site *may* have been disabled on purpose ... given it's pretty old already.
There are plans for getting PaintWeb pushed into Moodle 2.1. While I did integrate the paint tool into the 2.0 codebase, there is still some additional work required for a better integration of TinyMCE plugins - not just the paint tool. Therefore, it was agreed that for the 2.1 release the required API will be prepared and together with that, the paint tool will also be integrated. As I understand, there will be support for other types of plugins and a generally better HTML editor API.
Thanks for your interest into the paint tool.
Good luck!
Best regards,
Mihai