Is it possible to limit chat to certains times?

Is it possible to limit chat to certains times?

by reg phenna -
Number of replies: 4
Chat has the ability to draw students to our moodle but also the ability to get me in trouble when they are on it during lessons and I get phone calls from the teaching staff calling all sorts of names!!

What I'd like is to be able to turn chat on during dinners times and after school.

Is this at all feasible?

Thanks

Reg Phenna
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Re: Is it possible to limit chat to certains times?

by reg phenna -
Sorry to bump my post but anyone any ideas as I am getting major flak now from teaching staff!
I have to manually turn chat on and off every day.


Thanks
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Re: Is it possible to limit chat to certains times?

by Tim Wilson -

Is it possible to contact your nearest Moodle partner and get them to knock up a code hack to do this for you?  If you keep it simple, it should be a fairly quick and straight forward  job for an experienced Moodle coder.  

I notice that there is an enhancement request for this feature in bug tracker (item 2121) 

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Re: Is it possible to limit chat to certains times?

by reg phenna -
Thanks Tim,
I will look into that.
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Re: Is it possible to limit chat to certains times?

by N Hansen -
Reg-Please let us know if you get this implemented, as I would like the same functionality myself. Also, it seems to be available in the latest course format released, see it under MoodleFN in the course formats forum.