Themes

Hi Chris,

No worries.  I'm intrigued by:

        $activitynav = new \core_course\output\activity_navigation($prevmod, $nextmod);
        $renderer = $this->page->get_renderer('core', 'course');
        return $renderer->render_from_template('theme_learnr/core_course/top_activity_navigation', $activitynav);

as the core course renderer method 'render_activity_navigation' won't be called to render the activity navigation and you're passing the object of the activity_navigation class to the context of the template to be rendered and not the output of the export_for_template method?  So I wonder how it actually works?  And if you're doing it this way, why you're not just using '$this' as the core renderer is also a renderer that inherits from a class that has the render_from_template method, just like the core course renderer.  And... also given the similarity with the other activity navigation method, why you've not refactored with code reuse and to save maintenance costs with only one set of logic and a relatively simple logic to distinguish between the two, i.e. a new generic private / protected method with a parameter or more and then two much smaller calling methods (the ones you have now)?

And... some of the code seems 'familiar' ;), will you be adding credits to where it came from?

G

Hi Chris,

I've often found that to find a bug in a plugin is to release it, so I've spotted the attached on your screenshot in the plugins DB.

G

Hi Chris,

I was wondering whether/how it is possible to change the footer (of all pages), especially to include a copyright notice and acknowledgements.

Thanks for the nice theme,
     Cord

It's just an animated GIF image.  Pretty cool huh!  

We've had other teachers use animated waving flags for US history and stuff like that.  

As we get more comfortable with Moodle 4 we might further integrate design changes that make for a more smoother appearance and use of these images.  

The LearnR theme will get better and better as we look to solve problems and enhance experiences in Moodle.  

The next release will bring back category course display options to pick from 10 different layouts.  We also have a course completion bar to display on the course home page.  

Hi Chris, 

thank you for this learnR theme and your honest view at the moment.

I found your post only after putting two issues on github  https://github.com/dbnschools/moodle-theme_learnr/issues/21 and https://github.com/dbnschools/moodle-theme_learnr/issues/20. Instead of opening more issues there, I think it is wiser to write down some notes here. You might want to say "no" here immediately to anything as a feature request.

I will also look into Boost Union to see if I can resemble an adequate working environment for the teachers as well as an uncluttered navigational view for the students, but I would love to start from learnR and see a few things being tweaked or being optionally tweakable here.

My 2 cents after two days of looking into your theme:

• I love the idea of an uncluttered view for learners.
• I love that you investigate how students use and/or miss the navigation.
• I do not quite understand your post using "My courses" as a start page although I have the same view on rostering courses for the learners *and* the teachers as far as possible.

There are a few issues I have

• I cannot see any navigation drawer (on the left, I suppose) , not sure if this depends on the course format or some other mistake I made. I guess I could live without it (see below)
• The breadcrumps navigation is weirdly there - or not in different courses or course categories, I could not figure out on what it depends.
• I would love to see "My courses" being a drop-down menu again (as Brian posted earlier) even instead of the "recent courses drop-down". I think it is more obvious in the top navigation that inside the course pane.
• I wonder if one can switch off the "My Home" as it is possible with the "Dashboard". I have no need for a "Home" if the startpage is the dashboard anyway. 
• I think for some there is even no need for a Dashboard, iff the "My courses" were a drop-down box and there is a navigation drawer/drop-down for external links OR one uses "My courses" and navigational symbols 1-8 - as is probably your intention.
• I really need an example to understand the "Learn Course dashboard" that you mention in the option "showblockdrawer"

I guess this thread will see more response the more are forced to move to Moodle 4

Thanks for your patience.

Tobias

If you recommend Union over LearnR for now I am willing to try it.  Do you have a suggestion for enrolling students into courses using Union.  All of our teachers and students are trained/Used to Easy Enrolements....