New contrib: Anonymous posting in forums

New contrib: Anonymous posting in forums

by Juan Leyva -
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So I just copy and paste what I have posted here: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-1071

I just uploaded one of the plugins I developed during my Christmas vacation

It's a local plugin for allowing anonymous postings in Moodle 2 forums

Please note that this plugin:

  • Is a standar plugin (do not change core code)
  • It's not a replacement or fork of the current forum
  • It works over the current forum
  • It is a "little bit hacky". Uses some DOM manipulation and some Moodle code tricks for not changing core code
  • A new user Anonymous user is created in your Moodle installation, uses are "logged" with this user when posting
  • Supports backup and restore

Here you have the download link and initial documentation:
This plugin have been tested only by me so far, I'll really appreciate your feedback before adding it in the contrib database

https://github.com/jleyva/moodle-local_anonymousposting/zipball/master

http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Anonymous_posting_plugin

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Re: New contrib: Anonymous posting in forums

by Juan Leyva -
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The plugin has been approved:

http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=local_anonymousposting

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Re: New contrib: Anonymous posting in forums

by Sharon Saxby -

Hi Juan,

I have just downloaded your plugin and installed it into moodle 2.  i have followed your instructions but there are no new settings, etc appearing in the moodle forum settings.

can you please advise what i am doing wrong. 

regards

 

sharon

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Re: New contrib: Anonymous posting in forums

by Fiona Hook-MacKenzie -

Hi Sharon

What should be in Bold is once you've created the Custom Role, and then gone into the Plugins and enabled Anonymous posting for the new role.  When you create a New Forum In the Settings Block NOT the Forum Form settings there is a new link called Anonymous Posting.

Once you click on this and enable it for that particular discussion forum, and then go into a discussion as a student you'll see.. the options described e.g. Reply Anonymous

Once the user has finished reply anonymously they can then click Within the Settings block 'Log in with my actual user' which logs them back in

I was a bit stuck for a while too

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Re: New contrib: Anonymous posting in forums

by Jean-Roch Meurisse -
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Hi,

I'm trying to test your plugin, but I'm apparently missing something...

Plugin was downloaded and installed. A custom role was defined with only startdiscussion, replypos, viewpost and viewblock capabilities for course and activities contexts.

The plugin was enabled with the new role as default role for course and activity contexts.

I created a new forum in a random course, but the link for anonymous posting do not appear in the course/forum administration block.

I tried on both moodle 2.9 and 3.0

Could you help me?


Regards

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Re: New contrib: Anonymous posting in forums

by Glenn Pillsbury -

I am having the same problem.  I believe I've configured the plugin correctly to use the new Anonymous student role, but there is no link in the Forum block to do anonymous posting.

Moodle 2.9.3.

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