hybrid social / topics format ?
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Am wondering if anyone has developed a course format that is a hybrid between the Topics and Social formats? i.e. adds 1 or more (variable?) topics blocks at the top, of the Social Format ?
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Hi Will,
Do you mean a "O" section? (see screenshot). If so, then yes I have. I'll attach the file in a subsequent post.
Do you mean a "O" section? (see screenshot). If so, then yes I have. I'll attach the file in a subsequent post.
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Here's the course/format/social/format.php file--try this if you want, but please backup your original file first.
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Whoho! That's it!
Thanks so much -
- will
Thanks so much -
- will
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Wow...This is a great format! I am going to use it as well, exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks Chardelle!
bob
Thanks Chardelle!
bob
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Glad you could use it--I think it makes more sense this way.
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Nice Chardelle,
You start a new trend in formats: combining section Zero with one other central (big?) activity, I like that.
Other nice combinations with a section Zero would be:
- Wiki
- Workshop
- Glossary
- (big) SCORM
- Flash
- project activity
- ....
OR a central resource:
- Book
- HTML-page/WebSite..
(You could combine it with the version of section zerk, where you place activties and resources wiuth short labels on a horizontal line insteade of a vertical row)
The ideal version would be the choice for users to select that central activity, but that is more a challange for techies 
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Ooh, that is really a good idea Ger. I would think that for those who use the wiki or projects it would be beneficial. It would mean you would have an "activity" course format. So, the social format is really the discussion course format, and you could have a wiki course format, SCORM course format, glossary course format, etc. where the activity index page is actually the course homepage with a section 0.
As for the htmlpage/website type of course, I haven't tried Jan's CMS for courses yet--that might work for that.
As for the htmlpage/website type of course, I haven't tried Jan's CMS for courses yet--that might work for that.
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As far as I tried, CMS only creates (newspaper) pages and filters the rest.
The wished option is to have the opprtunity to insert Moodle resources and activities. (..like in your block )
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New version of CMS supports these wishes now..
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Chardelle,
I'm beginning to find that anytime I come up against a wished for feature - especially for usability - I ought to search the forums for your input. Thanks for your contributions!
Matt
I'm beginning to find that anytime I come up against a wished for feature - especially for usability - I ought to search the forums for your input. Thanks for your contributions!
Matt
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
This does not seem to work in 1.8 I have tried the hybrid files and the format.php file and both times I get "A required parameter (sesskey) was missing" Anyone know what that is all about? Oh and it seems that when I added the hybrid folder to my course formats page I ended up with formathybrid How do I fix this and stop it from happening?
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
Greetings, Chardelle!
I have enjoyed using your hybrid social format, but would now like to set it up on 1.6.1. When I set a course to use the format, I get this error message:
A required parameter (sesskey) was missing
Any help you can offer? I am assuming this is a compatibility issue, but I have no knowledge to solve it.
Thank you for any help!
atw
I have enjoyed using your hybrid social format, but would now like to set it up on 1.6.1. When I set a course to use the format, I get this error message:
A required parameter (sesskey) was missing
Any help you can offer? I am assuming this is a compatibility issue, but I have no knowledge to solve it.
Thank you for any help!
atw
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
What section(s) of code in the course format.php file need to be altered to adapt a vers.1.5 course format to Moodle 1.6.1 ?
I've just upgraded, and would like to get my hybrid social format courses back in shape.
thanks -
will
I've just upgraded, and would like to get my hybrid social format courses back in shape.
thanks -
will
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
Oh, dear. This is exactly what I was looking for, but it doesn't work in 1.6?
Any way to make it work?
Any way to make it work?
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
I'll dive in & try to recode it if someone more capable doesn't beat me to it first -
but in the meantime (could be awhile!), try setting up the "Sidebar" block on a Social format page, as a receptable for Resources and Activities. Not as nice as the header block, but it serves the purpose.
but in the meantime (could be awhile!), try setting up the "Sidebar" block on a Social format page, as a receptable for Resources and Activities. Not as nice as the header block, but it serves the purpose.
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
Hey, here it is!
Easier than I thought ...
unzip this & drop the whole directory "hybrid" into your /course/format directory
You will probably want to edit the config.php file to match your desired sideblock arrangement (open in a text editor - the default blocks layout lists first the left-sidecolumn blocks, then a colon, then the right-sidecolumn blocks.
- will
Easier than I thought ...
unzip this & drop the whole directory "hybrid" into your /course/format directory
You will probably want to edit the config.php file to match your desired sideblock arrangement (open in a text editor - the default blocks layout lists first the left-sidecolumn blocks, then a colon, then the right-sidecolumn blocks.
- will
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
I just noticed this thread and realized it was pertaining to something I had posted. Sorry about that.
Thanks for updating this Will. I haven't implemented it in a 1.6 install yet.
Any problems, let me know.
Thanks for updating this Will. I haven't implemented it in a 1.6 install yet.
Any problems, let me know.
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
Thanks, Will and Chardelle. Only one problem... Upon installation into my Moodle 1.6, I get the same error message as was noted above: "A required parameter (sesskey) was missing". I'm afraid I don't know enough about PHP or Moodle to be able to even begin to troubleshoot this - but if either of you happen to get this working for 1.6, please let me know!
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
huh ...
It's working in my installation of 1.6.1, checked it before I posted it ...
are you sure you removed the old "hybrid format" directory?
- will
It's working in my installation of 1.6.1, checked it before I posted it ...
are you sure you removed the old "hybrid format" directory?
- will
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
I just did a quick check, and this seems to work in my 1.6 install. Again, this file can simply replace your current course/format/social/format.php file.
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
shalom, Chardelle et al
I"ll be very happy to know if you have already prepaired a 1.6 and even a 1.7 version of your wonderful format.
besides, I have 2 more questions regarding it:
1. let's say I have a course that operated until today in "topics" format. the most important tool in it is a forum, therefore, once I got noticed of your format, I set the course to "hybridformat", with the intention of having a small "topic 0" presentation, and forum posts below it. but the "hybrid format" just displays there one specific forum, named "Social Forum" and created by itself. How can I convert my already existing forum with all it's data into the forum displayed by default in my hybrid course, below the topic 0? (I hope my question is understandable )
2. I'm having some courses in CMS format in my galeinai.net 1.7 installation. CMS format produces an odd2scaring effect: when you get into the course, you have the CMS menu blocks displayed on the left blocks column, and ALL the central "topic" section empty! I didn't succeed to receive any answers nor any help regarding how to resolve it inside the CMS format.... do you have any idea on how to mix up the CMS format with the topics format, and get a CMS working while by default the course entrance shows a normal topic screen?
thanx in advance, and much HAPPINESS to you!,
daniEl
I"ll be very happy to know if you have already prepaired a 1.6 and even a 1.7 version of your wonderful format.
besides, I have 2 more questions regarding it:
1. let's say I have a course that operated until today in "topics" format. the most important tool in it is a forum, therefore, once I got noticed of your format, I set the course to "hybridformat", with the intention of having a small "topic 0" presentation, and forum posts below it. but the "hybrid format" just displays there one specific forum, named "Social Forum" and created by itself. How can I convert my already existing forum with all it's data into the forum displayed by default in my hybrid course, below the topic 0? (I hope my question is understandable
2. I'm having some courses in CMS format in my galeinai.net 1.7 installation. CMS format produces an odd2scaring effect: when you get into the course, you have the CMS menu blocks displayed on the left blocks column, and ALL the central "topic" section empty! I didn't succeed to receive any answers nor any help regarding how to resolve it inside the CMS format.... do you have any idea on how to mix up the CMS format with the topics format, and get a CMS working while by default the course entrance shows a normal topic screen?
thanx in advance, and much HAPPINESS to you!,
daniEl
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
Hurrah! Thank you so much! I tried to do it myself, but made a big mess. I will study your solution and see if I can't learn something!
atw
atw
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
This looks interesting but how do you find /course/format directory? thanks, Craig.
Re: hybrid social / topics format for 1.6?
It is located in the moodle folder on the server. If you go in with FTP or Windows explorer (which ever you use) you should be able to locate it.
This screen capture is my test instance, so you will see some non-standard formats! Rather than altering the existing social format, I copied it and then applied the changes. I have to confess, though, that I did not get this to work properly on 1.6.x.
atw
This screen capture is my test instance, so you will see some non-standard formats! Rather than altering the existing social format, I copied it and then applied the changes. I have to confess, though, that I did not get this to work properly on 1.6.x.
atw
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Okay, this is an ANCIENT topic, but, I needed the same as what Will needed. So, I hacked around in my version of 1.8.4 and got this to work. Attached is the results of my efforts.
The hybrid issues are the results of missing lines in the lang file. Add the following two lines to \moodle\lang\en_utf8\moodle.php
$string['formathybrid'] = 'Hybrid format';
$string['namehybrid'] = 'section';
This is definitely a hack, but, it results in a usable Hybrid format for me.
-Geof
The hybrid issues are the results of missing lines in the lang file. Add the following two lines to \moodle\lang\en_utf8\moodle.php
$string['formathybrid'] = 'Hybrid format';
$string['namehybrid'] = 'section';
This is definitely a hack, but, it results in a usable Hybrid format for me.
-Geof
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Geof
I have the course format in selected for my course, thanks for this and the tip regarding moodle.php
However, this gives me a course with what effectively looks like a weekly outline which wasn't what I was expecting. I was expecting to see a social/topic hybrid layout.
I'm using Moodle 1.8.4+ (2007021540)
Any ideas?
thanks
- lstocky
p.s. I'm not a Moodle expert
I have the course format in selected for my course, thanks for this and the tip regarding moodle.php
However, this gives me a course with what effectively looks like a weekly outline which wasn't what I was expecting. I was expecting to see a social/topic hybrid layout.
I'm using Moodle 1.8.4+ (2007021540)
Any ideas?
thanks
- lstocky
p.s. I'm not a Moodle expert
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Sorry Lloyd, I hadn't logged into Moodle.org in a while and didn't see your reply.
I'm not a Moodle expert either, just a geek who likes to tweak this stuff. Anyway, I'm not really understanding what you're looking for.
Maybe I didn't understand what the hybrid format was supposed to look like. My course comes out looking like the image below, and is the same as the social format except that it adds a Topic 0 for links, etc. Are you sure you chose "Hybrid Social" as the Course Format in your course Settings? By default Moodle will create courses in weekly format, you have to manually change the format of the course.
I'm not a Moodle expert either, just a geek who likes to tweak this stuff. Anyway, I'm not really understanding what you're looking for.
Maybe I didn't understand what the hybrid format was supposed to look like. My course comes out looking like the image below, and is the same as the social format except that it adds a Topic 0 for links, etc. Are you sure you chose "Hybrid Social" as the Course Format in your course Settings? By default Moodle will create courses in weekly format, you have to manually change the format of the course.
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Lloyd,
What is that you're trying to achieve?
What is that you're trying to achieve?
Re: hybrid social / topics format ?
Hi Ray et al,
I eventually opted for the Topic format layout since this will probably work with the way we're building out this 'course'.
What I really wanted was a hybird between the topic and social formats which sections for topics as well as independant sections for social forums.
I'll leave this for now but thanks for your offer of help/guidance.
I eventually opted for the Topic format layout since this will probably work with the way we're building out this 'course'.
What I really wanted was a hybird between the topic and social formats which sections for topics as well as independant sections for social forums.
I'll leave this for now but thanks for your offer of help/guidance.
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Can't find an up-to-date version of this course format, is there anywhere a definitive version (especially for 1.9.n if possible, but perhaps with wider application)? It would seem a useful option to mix and match elements of the dfifferent course formats in this way....
Hybrids
A year later....
Going with Tony, have there been any developments for 1.9.n?
Going with Tony, have there been any developments for 1.9.n?