I am happy to present you DicoTrad. It's a moodle block with linguistic tools.
It provides, by querying webservers, the following functionalities:
- Definition; Wordreference and Merriam-Webster dictionaries
- Synonym
- Etymology
- Wikipedia; search and consult
- Translation; from english to french, german, italian, spanish and vice versa.
This is a beta test version for developers and everyone else interested.
I hope to be able to provide a final version and its documentation within december 2006.
Configuration requirements
- Moodle 1.7 (because the block uses the Yahoo! User Interface Library)
- The block isn't visible in the tests.
- I recommend to use at least a screen resolution of 1024x768
- Works on Firefox 1.5 / Internet Explorer 7
For installation read the Readme.txt in the archive.
Using the block
The only thing you have to know, is that you have to enter a word and then click the button ">>". It'll generate links in the menu. Every link will open in a new window.
I need you
As I said it's a test version.
For everyone:
- Do you have any problem with installation and using the block ?
- Tell me if you know better dictionaries and sites than the ones I've put in the block
- Other improvements / ideas
For developers:
- Can you have a look at the code to see if the Moodle programming structure-rules are respected ?
- On each request the block make the whole page reload. I think it's because i use a submit form. Do you have any idea in the present case, on how to get user input without reloading ? Javascript ?
Documentation to come
- How to add/delete a dictionary ?
- How to modify the menu (add/remove nodes, change icons,..) ?
Hope you'll enjoy it,
Best Regards
Theo
