As an instructor, how do I know if Topcoll has been installed?

As an instructor, how do I know if Topcoll has been installed?

by Steve Ambro v3.8 -
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I am told that it is installed but don't as an instructor, how to implement it.  

I had my own Moodle Server back in 2016 and used it then but the memory fades.  Is there a better add-on/plugin that has replaced it?

I did the google search for TopColl but in the video she calls it Collapsed Topics so maybe it should be CollTop?

I do not see "Collapsed Topics in the Course Format, format pull down menu.
THis suggests that it is not fully installed.

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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Howard Miller -
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What is Topcall? (Yes, I did do a search!)

Perhaps you mean, https://moodle.org/plugins/format_topcoll
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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Steve Ambro v3.8 -
I updated my question. It should have read TopColl. I also added a few other comments to the original question.
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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Howard Miller -
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Sneaky big grin

If it's not in the drop-down for the course format then you don't have it (or it's not enabled)
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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Rick Jerz -
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Steve, if you are referring to "collapsed topics" by Gareth, you will know if Collapsed Topics is installed by going into a course, edit mode, Course Format, and see that Collapsed Topics is installed.  (see graphic)

However, I think that I learned that someone else also has a plugin for collapsing topics.  So I am not sure which one you are referring to.

If Collapsed Topics is instally, you should also see a ..moodle/course/format/topcoll folder.

Attachment Course_Format.png
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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Steve Ambro v3.8 -
OK, it all comes back to me now. Yes it not in the pull down menu. Now I can bounce this back to the admin knowing that it is not going to be a problem of my just not seeing it.
Thanks
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In reply to Steve Ambro v3.8

Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Rick Jerz -
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I believe that the teacher might have rights to make this switch because it is a course-level setting. But I am not sure since I am always the Manager role.
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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Steve Ambro v3.8 -
Yes, apparently it is a course-level setting. I found a very good video on-line that demonstrates how to use it. Apparently it is not actually installed on this system or it might not be enabled at the admin level.
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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Rick Jerz -
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Well, simply tell your Moodle administrator to install it.

In my video, I show a simple cPanel way to install Collapsed Topics.
See https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=401983#p1621924.
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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Steve Ambro v3.8 -
I need to be told this? (-:

More so, I will remind him to install/check it. He did say that it was installed with others but he has significant end-of-the year woes especially with IT. My comments here were just to make sure that that would be a good next step and that I was not just missing the signs.
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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Ken Task -
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Might share this with your overtaxed admin person ...

The zip of
https://moodle.org/plugins/download.php/20685/format_collapsibletopics_moodle38_2019111700.zip

has __MACOSX directories in it which, when unzipped, puts some errant __MACOSX directories in moodlecode/course/format/

unzip -l format_collapsibletopics_moodle38_2019111700.zip
Archive:  format_collapsibletopics_moodle38_2019111700.zip
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
        0  11-25-2019 18:40   collapsibletopics/
      921  11-25-2019 18:40   collapsibletopics/.travis.yml
        0  11-26-2019 04:14   __MACOSX/
        0  11-26-2019 04:14   __MACOSX/collapsibletopics/

Might be confusing proper install of plugin.

The "__MACOSX" directory can be removed manually.

If present, after you login and using browser URL line, go directly to:

https://yoursite/course/format/collapsibletopics/README.md

Outta here!

'SoS', Ken


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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Ken Task -
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Oops ... followup ...

if topcoll ... the old one ... which does have a compat version for 3.8.

url for checking existence:

Same up to name of plugin and readme ...

https://yoursite/course/format/topcoll/Readme.md

Issue reported above is for collapsibletopics ...

Glad I confused everything ... but still ... now that I've corrected ... outta here!

'SoS', Ken

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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Howard Miller -
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Dudes... I'm sure the guy knows how to install a plugin big grin big grin
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Re: As an instructor, how do I know if Topcall has been installed?

by Steve Ambro v3.8 -

(-:

I do but at the moment, I do not have access to do so.

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