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I could help you with that if you would like to email me.  I need to know your budget for the project so that I can tell you if I'm able to do it within your budget.  We will also need to discuss a timeline for project completion.  My email is sterry@propluswebsites.com.

If you are offering to pay for Moodle work, I would suggest you post to the Moodle jobs board (link is above, under 'community' - http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=7232 )

That also gets automatically sent out via twitter and there are several sites that pick it up as well.

Just a suggestion,

It may be a bit unweildy to add a FB wall to Moodle courses and the features that come with it, not to mention expensive to develop.

Have you considered an integration? Elgg is a very FB-like social networking platform that supports all the features of FB and I think is easier to use: http://elgg.com/ I've read that it's possible to synchronise user accounts and authentication between them although I haven't tried it myself.

A simple block that opens a new window/tab could link users back and forth between Moodle and Elgg. I've installed it on my server, it's pretty easy, and left it open for anyone to play with it. Of course, it's getting SPAMmed to death!: http://elgg.matbury.com/ I guess I should close it before the porn-bots arrive

> We used to use a custom-built facebook application for students, but that was an absolute nightmare.

Do you mean this http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=189378#p835273 ?

> We switched to moodle and LOVE IT!

Glad to heat that.

> The only thing we miss is the convenience and ease of the Facebook wall for each class page, so students could quickly, easily, and anonymously post their questions.

Facebook and privacy?


> We're interested in having something similar developed through moodle...either through something added into a label or as a topic in a course.

Sorry, anonymous on Moodle, you mean. There were some threads on this subject. Try the search facility http://moodle.org/mod/forum/search.php?search=&id=5.

We are accepting bids to build a social "Moodle Wall" activity and course format.  We are modeling our expectations on the Edmodo.com wall and want to create a similar experience for Moodle.  We have some funding and are talking with developers trying to find a good fit.  

http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=54&rid=5607

Any suggestions to help us out as we are working on getting this done?

Here's 'my' Wonderwall.

Here's the latest incarnation of Srivinas' Facebook Wall Script 3.0 with PHP and Jquery, integrated with Moodle user accounts. 

Features:

• allows up to 2,000 character wall updates and comments.
• Facebook and Vimeo URLS embed into the wall automatically
• users can delete their own posts and comments

Working demo:
Username: studentscm
Password: studentscm
http://www.moodurian.com/mod/resource/view.php?id=4139

Screenhot:

Note: This is not a mod or a block. I used the iframe "trick". Also I am testing the system using Moodle 1.9.15. Any comments about this Facebook-Wall-Moodle hybrid?

Frankie Kam

HI all,

I have also implemented http://www.9lessons.info/2011/10/facebook-wall-script-40-release.html Facebook-Wall within moodle with full user integration.

I have also scripted a full friend system with requests, user profiles on walls, jquery friend search in header.

Was very quick fro me to make the alterations and only cost for the wall script.

Regards

Matthew

 

 

I want to embed a [iframe] [/iframe] code on my course page. Does anyone know (or guide me) which PHP file should I edit to insert the embed code?

From this:

to this:

I'm using Moodle 1.9.15.

Regards
Frankie Kam

Hi Matthew

I've done it. Thanks. Itching to blog about it with download for the full source code available
so that others can build their own wall and improve on it, or ask developers to develop more
complex walls for them.

I managed to also add a subtle gray border around the iframe.  BTW, I'm using Gareth J. Barnard's Collapsible Weekly
format. Yup, the Wonderwall is shaping up pretty nicely.

Frankie Kam
Malaysia
http//moodurian.blogspot.com

Hi All

I've done it. This time, I've gotten Srinivas Tamada's Facebook-like Wallscript 3.0 to work in my Moodle 2.2 site.

Here it is.

Working site:
http://moodurian.com/m2/course/view.php?id=3
Username: student
Password: student
-or-
Username: me
Password: me
-or-
Username: Create your own
Password: Create your own 

Any feedback on the features? 

Regards
Frankie Kam

We have a facebook page for a none-educational site i help run and they decided to use a facebook stream for interaction, feedback and comments.

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments/

You put the container wherever you want the stream to apear :

<div class="fb-comments" data-href="http://example.com" data-num-posts="5" data-width="470"></div>

Then the js sdk does the rest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Need a little help here

When I input Hebrew text inside the textarea input box, I click share button and I get gibberish that is recognisable only by people from Giber.

 Wall in Moodle 1.9.15 (can't accept Hebrew text)

 

Wall in Moodle 2.2 (can't accept Hebrew text)

 

How do make my Wall 

• support rtl (direction right to left for Hebrew).
• support utf8 encoding?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Frankie Kam

Hi Ya'll

I couldn't resist sharing this. 

I've managed to integrated a rich-text editor, NicEdit, with the WonderWall.
http://www.moodurian.com/mod/resource/view.php?id=4264

Username: studentscm
Password: studentscm

Messages now allow for, amongst other things,

1. Multicoloured (for creative messages)
2. Multiformatted
3. full embed code of
     a. Youtube
     b. Vimeo
     c. Google Maps
     d. Scribd
     e. Slideshare
4. Embedding of image URLs

Got it working for Moodle 1.9.15. Moodle 2.x will have to wait for my next long weekend/holidays.

Have fun exploring the new textarea edit box with the NicEdit icons. Pay special attention to the Save Icon (the one that looks like a diskette icon at the top left-hand corner). That icon allows you to embed formatted input/html/embed code to give a magical output onto the wall.

Feedback and comments are welcome.

regards
Frankie Kam

Hi all

I've just managed to enable the wall to send E-mail notifications to any user (usually that should be the course admin) of any Wall updates. Works for the Moodle 1.9 version of the wall. The image shows an incoming E-mail into my Gmail account (boonsengkam@gmail.com)  which was triggered by a wall post by a student. I think this feature will be handy for the teacher.

Frankie Kam

I managed to gammify the wall post. 

Word statistics are displayed, including a Readability score. The gammification part is when the system automatically produces a color-coded readability score icon, as well as icons to show that the student's post has met the required words per post and/or the required number of sentences. However the scores and stats are not updated into the Moodle Gradebook. More details on my blog here.

 

I've also implemented a privacy-ala-Moodle-Journal feature for the Wall.
A student can only view updates to the Wall posted by either himself/herself or by the Course Administrator. Posts by other students will be hidden. However, comment posts by other students can be viewed.

The screen above shows what Mr. Student, a student account, sees when he/she logs in. The content of message posts by James Dean are hidden from view. Note however that comments by James Dean are not hidden.

This feature works similar to the Moodle Journal mod. The advantage that the teacher can turn the Journal mode on by using the code &Journal=1 and then turn it off to reveal all posts and comments by using &Journal=0 in the iframe code.

For extra pizzazz, other students' avatars are grayed out. A mouseover onto a grayed-out avatar brings the avatars color back as a gradual fade-back-to-colour. I thought that was a nice touch to implement this JQuery effect.

Frankie Kam

Hi. I am seriously considering to release the paid-version of the Wall code for free to the Moodle community. Both for Moodle 1.9 and 2.x versions. The reason for this is I would love to see what new features the Moodle worldwide community can add to the Facebook-like wall. For example, at the moment, I'm using iframe code to setup the Wall. It really should be made into a plugin or Moodle activity of sorts! Also, installation of the Wall is a deal-breaker. It's not user-friendly to setup. Gotta edit code to suit your site. Its updates (posts) are not 100% realtime as the Wall needs to be refreshed to show other user's posts. And so on. Maybe it could be improved to a point where Moodle 2.9 or Moodle 3.0 can include a native Moodle wall that is a community-evolved Wall. What a nice thought! 

Besides, it would be nice to see the benefits of the Wall realised by other Moodle users, teachers and students, for free.

I do have two main reservations though....

(1) What about the 4 individuals who each paid me USD49 for the code? What would they think now that (suppose) the Wall code is made free?

(2) I've spent hours working on the code. Now I'm going to give it all away for free!? How can I earn some moolah for my hard work of times past? 

Your thoughts are most welcome. 

Frankie Kam, Malaysia.

Hi Y'all

I just updated my Wall for Moodle 2.x. It's a blast better than previous versions. Drop by if you can. http://moodurian.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-moodle-wall-just-got-better-merry.html

And by the way, Merry Christmas to all! 

Frankie Kam