Hotpot (plugin)

HI Philippe,

> how can TC work with any Moodle 2.x
> when aliases only work starting with 2.3+?

If aliases are available, as they are on Moodle 2.3 and later, then TaskChain - and HotPot for that matter - will use them.  On Moodle 2.0 - 2.2, neither TaskChain nor HotPot will use file aliases because, as you say, they are not available.

regards
Gordon

Hi there HotPot fans,

the TaskChain has been approved for the Moodle.org -> plugins repository (thanks Aparup), so you can dopwnload the module from there now, as well as from my research server.

I have spent an enjoyable day setting up GIT repositories, so hopefully we are not far off making TaskChain available via GIT too.

I would like to remind everyone that TaskChain is still "Alpha" status, so it is not ready for production servers yet. That said though, I encourage you to experiment with it if you can, especially if you have not used Moodle 2.x before, because the different way of handling files will be something of a surprize. You may be shocked. You may well get upset. That would be normal behavior in my view. But rest assured, you can do it.

TaskChain works on all versions of Modole 2.x, but to get the most out of sharing files between activities, I strongly recommend using Modole 2.3 so that you can make the most of the file linking functionality, which is not available on Modole 2.0 - 2.2.

If you would like to test drive the module, you can do so here:

• URL: http://bateson.kanazawa-gu.ac.jp/23/
• Course: Course Fullname 101
• Username: guestteacher
• Password: taskchainv09

The above site has a "File system" repository set up, called "site files" which you contains files you can link to when adding a new TaskChain acitvity.

enjoy
Gordon