Changing default course format

Changing default course format

by Charlie Owen -
Number of replies: 6
I'm currently trying to change the default format from "Weekly" to "Topics" when creating a new course. Does anybody have any experience of this?

The following in "/course/edit.html" seems relevant:
<tr valign="top">
    <td align="right"><?php  print_string("format") ?>:</td>
	<td><?php
           choose_from_menu ($form->courseformats, "format", "$form->format",  "");
           helpbutton("courseformats", get_string("courseformats"));
        ?>
    </td>
</tr>

as does this in "/course/edit.php":

    $courseformats = get_list_of_plugins("course/format");
    $form->courseformats = array();

    foreach ($courseformats as $courseformat) {
        $form->courseformats["$courseformat"] = get_string("format$courseformat");
    }

I've tried adding the following at the start of "/course/edit.html":

    if (!isset($form->courseformat)) {
        $form->courseformat = 'topics';
    }

All to no avail. sad

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In reply to Charlie Owen

Re: Changing default course format

by Helen Foster -
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Hi Charlotte,

Please try changing the line

$form->format = "weeks";

in course/edit.php to

$form->format = "topics";

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Re: Changing default course format

by Charlie Owen -
Nooooooooooo! It can't be that simple can it? ::Slaps forehead::

Thanks for that Helen!
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Re: Changing default course format

by David Burnett -

Seems a simple solution. Just one question. How do I get to the code shown? Told you I'm a beginner!

Thanks.

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Re: Changing default course format

by Mark Haskins -

Hi there,

Does this work in 1.9? What I mean by that is; I can't find the code in 1.9!

Cheers

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Re: Changing default course format

by Mark Haskins -

So, do you post first and then think? I do. For 1.9:

In course/edit_form.php

change

$mform->setDefault('format', 'weeks');

to

$mform->setDefault('format', 'topics');

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