Hi,

There is new module for testing:

http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=617

Project imagine that they don't need developer any more. While module is well coded, and none of bugs is known, it can't be ready. It needs more testing and feedback.

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Tim Hunt - Thursday, 18 January 2007, 2:24 AM

LOL

I wish I had had a thesis completion tool when I was doing my PhD.

(I was hoping this module was something that wrote your thesis for you, sadly that does not seem to be the case.)

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Fred Quay - Thursday, 18 January 2007, 6:22 AM

Hi,

thank you for Thesis module, I wanted to test.
I copied thesis in moodle/mod, chown, chmod recursively to 755. When in admin, tables tried to update :

(mysql): CREATE TABLE `mdl_thesis_student` ( `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, `userid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `courseid` int(10) unsigned default '0', `company` varchar(255) collate utf8_unicode_ci default NULL, `thesissubject` varchar(100) collate utf8_unicode_ci default NULL, `thesissubjectmatter` varchar(255) collate utf8_unicode_ci default NULL, `thesisdescription` text collate utf8_unicode_ci, `degree` varchar(255) collate utf8_unicode_ci default NULL, `thesisinstructor` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `thesissecondinstructor` varchar(255) collate utf8_unicode_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL, `thesisstarttime` int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT NULL, `thesisendtime` int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT NULL, `locked` int(4) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (`id`),) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci

1067: Invalid default value for 'thesisstarttime'

Error

... thesis tables could NOT be set up successfully!

My environment : Moodle 1.6.3 + (2006050531),

Nom	Information	Rapport	Statut
database	mysql	5.0.21	Ok
php		5.1.4	Ok
php_extension	iconv		Ok
php_extension	mbstring		Ok

What is your advice ? Thanks

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Thursday, 18 January 2007, 7:26 AM

Hi,

There is old sql file, I'm sorry. Just I wonder ...

Here is now new version with right sql file. Help files are better, too. I tested it just few minutes go with Moodle 1.7. Module works at least Moodle 1.5.4-1.7.

http://ethenet.joensuu.fi/download/

Just extract it and go again to admin-folder.

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Jérôme DEMIAUX - Thursday, 18 January 2007, 8:14 AM

Hi,

Like Fred, I wanted to test your module with new files but I obtain the same error. triste

1067: Invalid default value for 'thesisstarttime'
...

Files are extracted from Thesis096.zip

Jérôme.

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Thursday, 18 January 2007, 9:12 AM

Hi,

When did You download file? After my message?

Here is sql-file which I installed successfully to Moodle 1.7.

Copy it to db folder.

Unfortunately my sandbox server is closed and I have only Moodle 1.7 now. But it's developed and tested in Moodle 1.5.4+ and 1.6.1-2 and Mysql 4 and 5.

- ari -

mysql.sql

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Jérôme DEMIAUX - Thursday, 18 January 2007, 9:27 AM

Hi ari,

Everything is ok with this file.
but it is not that includes in file thesis096.zip downloaded from ethenet.joensuu.fi

Thanks,
Jérôme.

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Anders Berggren - Thursday, 18 January 2007, 2:17 PM

Terve Ari,

The module installed without problems but
these are the only settings I can view when
creating a Thesis:

Namn:
Visible:	Visa Dölj

Then I get here but the links don't lead anywhere.

Choose student

Name	Thesis due date	State of contract
Anders Berg

Cheers, Anders

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Thursday, 18 January 2007, 6:40 PM

Hi,

Student needs to fill something to agreement. Then name become active link.

Confusing? True, this module needs more testing and feedback.

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Andy Tagliani - Sunday, 21 January 2007, 1:07 PM

Hi Ari,

thanks for sharing with us! I install without any problem on moodle 1.6.3, it looks as an very interesting module! If i have test the module i will spend and send the german language file and feedback!

Thanks again!
Andy

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Dr. Ali Abureesh - Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 11:57 PM

Thanks for redirecting me to here. I'm facing the same problem that Fred Quay mentioned above. I downloaded the zip file just now from the link you provided. I'm using 1.6.3
Any help will be highly appreciated.

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Thursday, 25 January 2007, 1:47 AM

Hi,

Old db file is haunting again, sorry.

Download the whole zip again and copy to mod-folder. You'll get then english help files, too.

Now I checked packet twice that there a right files.

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Dr. Ali Abureesh - Thursday, 25 January 2007, 7:38 AM

Thanks buddy. Setup works.

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Paulo Penteado Filho - Thursday, 25 January 2007, 10:59 AM

I had success in installing. No thesis tables error. But when I try to use Thesis, I get an error:
"Could not add a new instance of thesis".
Any hints?
Paulo

- Moodle version: 1.6.3
- Mysql version: 4.1.18
- Php version: 4.3.10

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Paulo Penteado Filho - Friday, 26 January 2007, 7:53 AM

Complementing:
Thesis appears on the modules list, but nowhere else.
I would appreciate your advice.
Paulo

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Saturday, 27 January 2007, 2:15 AM

Hi,

Did You add Thesis to course as activity? It needs course.

Sorry my late answer. I had journey.

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Paulo Penteado Filho - Saturday, 27 January 2007, 7:13 AM

Hi,
Sorry to bother you again, but I really need a module like thesis.
1) I put thesis files under ../mod/thesis
2) I went to my admin, and tables where successfully intalled
3) I went to one of my courses and tried to put thesis as a new activity, but got the error message I mentioned before: "Can't create a new instance of thesis"
Did I make any stupid mistake?
Thanks again,
Paulo

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Sunday, 28 January 2007, 12:42 AM

Hi,

Does Your Moodle have another prefix than "mdl"?

Unfortunately it was hardcoded to sql-script

Here is fixed version.

Copy file to mod/thesis/db, remove Thesis via admin/modules.php and go back to admin page.

- ari -

mysql.sql

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Paulo Penteado Filho - Sunday, 28 January 2007, 10:16 AM

Ari,
I uninstalled thesis096 and installed thesis097. Everything OK, until I try to add the thesis activity to a course. After filling the form and saving it, I get a server error. When I go back to the course, however, the thesis is in the Activities Box and in the box where I tried to include it. But... when I click in one of them I get a server error again.
Paulo

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Sunday, 28 January 2007, 7:47 PM

Hi,

What server error exactly?

Does Your Moodle another prefix than "mdl"?

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Paulo Penteado Filho - Sunday, 28 January 2007, 11:17 PM

Ari,

I receive a generic error message:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

I am not sure about the prefix, but I think it is not "mdl".

Paulo

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Monday, 29 January 2007, 12:08 AM

Hi Paulo,

Database is not a problem any more

How are the rights of the thesis folder? Are they same as another folders?

If You use Internet Explorer: uncheck "Show HTTP errors in easy mode" checkbox (Internet Settings-Advanced). Then You get more detailed error messages.

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Paulo Penteado Filho - Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 5:32 PM

Ari,
Rights for thesis folder are the same as other folders. Uncheking easy mode on Internet Explorer doesn't give me more detailed error message.
My database is not called "moodle".
Thanks,
Paulo

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 8:42 PM

Hi,

Database name can be what ever Mysql server accepts.

But I still found one hardcoded "mdl_" from mysql.php

Here is fix. Set it to thesis\db-folder. Re-installation is not needed.

If it works, I'll put it to zip, too.

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 10:17 PM

Hi,

Here is file, sorry.

- ari -

mysql.php

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Dr. Ali Abureesh - Friday, 26 January 2007, 6:20 AM

Hi everyone,
This activity is extremely useful. Thanks Ari for your academically excellent contribution for moodlers.
I would highly appreciate it if you kindly direct on how to change the calendar language into English? Which file to edit?

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Saturday, 27 January 2007, 4:23 AM

Hi,

You found hardcoding

Sorry.

Calendar has own languagefiles in thesis/jscalendar/lang-folder. There are over 30 languages.

This fix remove hardcoding. It's dirty because it doesn't check utf8, just only check that language file exists. And set language to english if there isn't any language file.

Better than nothing.

- ari -

P.S It's not yet in zip file, only here.

view.php

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Dr. Ali Abureesh - Saturday, 27 January 2007, 6:39 AM

Thanks for your help. Higly appreciate it.

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Roel Cantada - Thursday, 24 May 2007, 8:37 AM

Tested the module and it works fine. I have some comments though.

The changes.txt indicates that the hardcoded calendar language was removed from view.php but the zip I downloaded I downloaded May 22, has not been updated.

I still had to change the following line to display tagalog, which by the way is not supported by the DHTML Calendar (posted my translation on their sourceforge page).

"<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"$jscalendardir/lang/calendar-tl.js\"></script> \n"

After I got this to work I noticed that the gantt chart is in English. There is no lang file in the Jgraph, is it hardcoded or does it rely on locale setting?

Lastly, the supervisor's comments did not appear in the page for students, are they sent via email or did I forget some setting?

Despite the above, it is a great module, hope it becomes standard.

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by Ari Tahvanainen - Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 3:28 AM

Hi,

Language files are in "jpgraph/src/lang/" -folder, but there is only en.inc.php

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Roel Cantada - Saturday, 26 May 2007, 10:32 AM

I've tested the view.php file posted here and I found a problem with the following line. This conditional seem to return false in moodle 1.7+ on a windows platform.

if(!file_exists($CFG->wwwroot.'/mod/thesis/jscalendar/lang/calendar-'.$lang.'.js'))

And results in the calendar always displaying english. I changed the conditional to following, and it worked,

if(!file_exists('jscalendar/lang/calendar-'.$lang.'.js'))

For utf8, instead of adding code to test for utf8, simply rename all calendar lang files that are utf8 from:

calendar-tl-utf8.js

as an example to:

calendar-tl_utf8.js

that is, change the hyphen between the lang code and utf8 to an underscore, because the script:

$lang=current_language();

will return tl_utf8 (with an underscore!) and the view.php will not find it because of the mismatch in names.

view.zip

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Vast: Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 4:00 AM

Hi,

Great job, thank You.

I made changes to delivery packet.

No, not any more without salary. Work belongs to persons, who are still in the project. Software project without programmer

- ari -

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Re: Vast: Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Neena J.T. - Monday, 16 July 2007, 4:38 PM

Hi,
There was no problem installing the module. However when testing, students can only view the Finnish version of the calendar!
Seems really helpful tool otherwise.
Thanks.
Neena

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Vast: Re: Vast: Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 4:35 PM

Dear Neena,

This hard code bug was repaired half an year ago, but in delivery packet is wrong version of the file Surullinen

Here is right version. Copy it to thesis folder.

Thank You for Your feedback.

- ari -

view.php

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Re: Vast: Re: Vast: Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Neena J.T. - Sunday, 22 July 2007, 4:39 PM

Hi,

Thanks for the right version. The module will be used (in Moodle 1.7+) by supervisors and students from September onwards. Shall be glad to report feedback to you.

Neena

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Sven Laudel - Friday, 26 January 2007, 11:05 PM

Hi,

your module seems to be a nice work an to be very helpfully for all, students and teachers also.
I tried to install it but all i got was a little error message:

Tried to modify database, but "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/moodle/mod/thesis/db/postgres7.sql" doesn't exist!

So it seems to me, it won't work because we are using postgresql? Is your module compatible with postgresql? It seems there are on or two files missing. Could you fix this, please?

Thank you....

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Saturday, 27 January 2007, 2:22 AM

Hi,

Postgresql-script is missing

Although I've worked with Postgresql 4 years and I like it more than Mysql, module is made only for Mysql - now. I hadn't had time to make and test postgresql-script.

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Sven Laudel - Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 11:03 PM

Hi,

thank you for your information. Maybe i'll try it for my self...
But it would be nice if you could mention this on the "module description page"?

Bye...

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 3:24 AM

Hi,

Thanks for advice. I put mention there.

I hope I can remove it soon

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ger Tielemans - Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 7:40 AM

Nice module,

the student can set phases and conect evets to that. I was wondering how this student could also connect (promised) deliverables.

For inserting just hyperlinks, it must me able to edit <a href="">x</a> in the description box

In the project course format the teacher sets the assignments for the project.

If it is a problem to allow students to initiate new assignments, how about a list of - say 10 - empty assignments, the student can link to his thesis timetable?

(connection could be realised with a drop down box (zero is no connection, 1-10 is one of the others...)

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 10:52 PM

Hi,

Good perception. Assignment was in the todo-list, but we didn't reach to implement it

Phase named assignment, which makes ready link to assignment.? Course base, which have ready assignments and which are in the Thesis phases list?

I'm out of project now, and haven't time to implement it. For Finnish universities is more important to get this module to Moodle delivery packet. What if professors and students like it, but administrators don't install it?

Backup and restore works, but I know, that Postgresql support and utf-8 migrate are still missing. What else? Testing and feedback, please.

- ari -

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Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Łukasz Olek - Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 10:29 PM

Hello,
I have installed this tool on Moodle 1.6.3:
- copied all thesis directory to moodle/mod
- copied lang directory to moodle/lang

Unfortunately, it doesn't work. In Configuration/Modules panel I can see only: thesis097, but not the full name of the module. I cannot see it also in Activities (there is one mysterious position: modulename).

What can be wrong?

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Ari Tahvanainen - Thursday, 8 February 2007, 4:04 AM

Hi,

Did You install module database by going your_moodle/admin folder?

- ari -

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Łukasz Olek - Thursday, 8 February 2007, 4:23 PM

You mean, with my browser moodle->Admin?
Yes, I did this at the beginning...

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Ari Tahvanainen - Friday, 9 February 2007, 7:07 AM

Hi,

Thesis folder is missing from zip-packet. Sorry.

Unfortunately I can't update packet now to server.

You can repair installation yourself: make "thesis" folder under mod and copy all files there.

I try to get repaired packet to server on Friday.

- ari -

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Ari Tahvanainen - Friday, 9 February 2007, 10:01 PM

Hi,

Here is packet in the new place. New place is much easier to administarate:

http://arist.us/download/

- ari -

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Dante Leon - Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 3:44 AM

Ari,
I installed the thesis module in Moodle 1.6 and it works well. I have the same issue as Lukasz Olek above, in the activities pull-down a modulename entry shows up at the bottom of the list instead of a "thesis" entry. If I click on it, the rest of the module functionality seems to work well.

I created a "thesis" folder in the mod directory to hold the module files, but it seems that Moodle doesn't pick up the "thesis" name for the list of activities. Any ideas on how to address this issue?

Dante Leon

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Ari Tahvanainen - Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 6:56 AM

Hi,

I'm sorry, I haven't answer now. I have only Moodle 1.7 , and there this problem not exists. I tested with English, Finnish and Polish.

But module has been developed in Moodle 1.61-1.62. and we didn't notice this problem. Next weekend I can install 1.6. version and test.

But module has downloaded over 20 times during four days. Has anyone else met this problem?

- ari -

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by elearning edu - Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 8:34 PM

Hi,

Earlier version of your zip file led to this problem. Your latest zip version installed without difficulty.

Nagarajan

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Ari Tahvanainen - Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 4:36 AM

Hi,

Thank You. You rescued me useless debugging.

During last week module has downloaded almost 30 times. None installs, none bugs, nothing to say?

I'm happy about missing bug raports, but I miss comments. Pressure for development? Pressure to get to standard module? Seven countries has more downloads than Finland although Finnish documentation is the best. Here administrators could not touch third party modules.

- ari -

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Ali Hastie - Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 11:25 PM

I have installed the Thesis (thesis097) mod within moodle 1.7+ and when i add a new thesis i receive this error:

Could not add a new instance of thesis

along with the below debugged message:

Field 'description' doesn't have a default value

INSERT INTO mdl_thesis ( COURSE, NAME, TIMEMODIFIED ) VALUES ( 49, 'david stuart', 1172067634 )

We are hoping to use this module as a Personal Learning Plan for our students.

Any help would be much appreciated

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Ari Tahvanainen - Thursday, 22 February 2007, 12:43 AM

Hi,

I have moodle 1.7+ too (downloaded on Monday ), but I can't reproduce error

What's Your MySQL-version, mine is 4.1.21? Unfortunately I can't now change mysql-version as earlier in the sandbox-server.

In mysql.sql row is,

`description` text collate utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,

Shoud it be
`description` text collate utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL default '',

sql-script is from dump, and could be clearer ...

- ari -

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Ali Hastie - Thursday, 22 February 2007, 12:59 AM

We are using MySQL version 5.0.22 on a Windows 2003 Virtual Server. I wish I could help but my database knowledge is very limited.

Thanks,

Ali.

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Re: Thesis Completion Tool - installation problem

by Ari Tahvanainen - Thursday, 22 February 2007, 6:31 AM

Hi,

I administrate four sites in three countries and in two continent but every server has MySQL 4

I tested code with Mysql 5.0.5 - Moodle's unrecommended version - in sandbox server, but it's down now.

Can Windows-MySQL require something different? I've tested only in Linux servers.

I can write new mysql.sql, if some can tell, what's wrong there.

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Robin Trangmar - Thursday, 1 March 2007, 12:20 AM

Thanks for this Ari.

I've got it running in 1.6.4 and 1.7.1 without problems ... until today!

I was doing a demonstration and logged in as a student, set up my contract and sent it to the supervisor for approval.

This is the email I got:

Check contract from:

http://217.8.240.44/messymoodle/mod/thesis/view.php?id=148&action=summary&user=39

The problem is with the domain 217.8.240.44 and shows in the server settings as

SERVER_ADDR 217.8.240.44

but I can't access it as such.

If I put the full domain in

http://www.messylearning.com/messymoodle/mod/thesis/view.php?id=148&action=summary&user=39

It works OK.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

System

Apache/1.3.37

PHP/4.4.4

MySQL 5.0.27

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Thursday, 1 March 2007, 8:37 AM

Hi Robin,

Thanks for feedback and bug report.

Here is fix:
I changed http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] to $CFG->wwwroot.'/mod/thesis/view.php

Ip address works only when Moodle is in moodle folder - as it was in our test servers

Fix is not yet in the packet, but in attachment. Copy it to thesis folder.

You have MySQL 5. Did You met same database problem than Ali some days ago? I just wonder if it is Windows-MySQL problem or just Mysql 5.0.22 problem. I can't test it now.

- ari -

summary.php

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Robin Trangmar - Thursday, 1 March 2007, 3:16 PM

Hi Ari
Thanks for doing this so quickly. I have two installations on the website - the live moodle 1.6.4 lives in /moodle so I have to put the other test moodle in a different folder.
I had a problem with the file that you sent. When I uploaded it, as a test student I could see the three tabs 'Profile' 'Phases' and 'Contract'. When I clicked on the 'Contract' tab I had just a blank page. So I got your original file and made the changes you suggested and this has corrected the problem. Maybe I did something to your file when I downloaded it!
I've attached my amendment here.
I don't have problems with the database at all - all the installations have gone through OK, and I have not had the error messages that Ali described. We do have odd problems with another Moodle at work - but that is running on a Windows server.
Thanks for all your work and help - this is going to help staff and students to plan their work so much better than they do at present!

summary2.php

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Friday, 2 March 2007, 11:46 PM

Hi,

Thank You. Very odd. I took your file, changed folders and removed extra linefeeds. I don't like them. They are made by my collegues function, which changes tabs to four spaces as Moodle requires.

Now it is also in download packet.

Have a nice weekend.

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Duta Laura-Elena - Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 3:50 AM

Hello,

I want to use this module, i have installed it and it works just fine, it's exactly what we need for managing the students' thesis. I have only one question. How do I change this module so I can add it as an activity more than one time in a course.
Notice! You have already installed one Thesis for you course.
You cannot add another instance of this module.
Thank you for your answer,

Laura

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by Ari Tahvanainen - Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 6:00 AM

Dear Laura,

Tool is planned so, that supervisor has own course for every student group. And she/he has as many courses as are groups. It's quiet complicate to change.

Why there should be many Thesis Completion Tools in one course? This is developed before Moodle's group feature.

Nice to get feedback, thank You. There has been over 130 downloads to 41 countries during last month, but nothing happens in discussion forum. Are any language packs coming?

- ari -

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Re: Vast: Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Duta Laura-Elena - Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 8:19 AM

thanks for your answer ari. i managed to organize the entire module so that it matches our needs. you did a great job.
every time i am trying to open a help file, no html pages are found. am i doing something wrong? i tried to browse the official website but i cannot see an English button :D.
language packs? anyone needs romanian?

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Vast: Re: Vast: Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 9:28 AM

Dear Duta,

We found that help file problem same time.

Lang\en_utf8\help folder and files were missing.

Download zip again or copy help folder from lang\en to lang\en-utf folder.

There are only some downloads from Romanian but very many from latin America. Spanish and Portuguese language packs might be popular

- ari -

PS. Sorry. I called You Laura. It's Finnish name and my collegue who was coding Moodle with me is Laura. So confusion.

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by Duta Laura-Elena - Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 6:08 PM

IT WORKED.

Laura

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by joe cool - Saturday, 17 March 2007, 5:13 AM

Thank you for this thesis module.

I installed it and was able to add a thesis activity to a course.

I have 2 questions:

1-
The only thing I was asked to do was to add the name of the thesis activity. When creating a quiz, I am asked about opening dates, closing dates, shuffing questions, etc. The only thing this activity asked was the name / title. Is this all, or is there more that I am missing?

2-
Also, student names were not selectable - the names were there, but they were not links, and could not be selected. Any ideas on how to fix this?

I am using Moodle 1.7.

I used the latest thesis code, thesis097.zip, on March 17, 2007.

Thanks!

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Saturday, 17 March 2007, 7:09 AM

Dear Joe,

Idea is, that
1. Teacher/supervisor add students to course.
2. Students fill their Thesis Contracts and when it is ready, send it to supervisor for approval.
3. Student name will become active link, when she/he has written something to contract.

Fill first contract and phases as student, so You understand better.

There should be course example which make idea more clearer, but is should be done by them who get salary from project. I'm out of project and just volunteer.

- ari -

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Re: Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ger Tielemans - Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 7:03 AM

Is this not a good candidate for the Summer of Code? (Supervised bij Hunt, becuase he wishehe had such a tool when he was a student?)

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Re: Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Tim Hunt - Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 5:10 PM

That was meant to be a joke! ... that it would have been really nice if a computer could have finished off writing my thesis for me all those years ago, instead of me having to spend a summer slaving over LaTeX. ... oh never mind. I'll go back to writing code and stop trying to be funny.

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Vast: Re: Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 6:23 PM

Hi,

Over 150 downloads to 46 countries during last 1½ month, when there has been statistics on the server.

Maybe Thesis Completion Tool is useful and earn to become standard module?

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by David Delgado - Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 9:13 PM

It may look funny, but it is a FACT that some clever students being hackers developed a tool to built randomly research projects (copy and paste in a smarter way), all done automatcally. They submited the non-sense papers and they were appoved in several impontant Congresses. We laughed a lot with that!

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Vast: Thesis Completion Tool: Statistics

by Ari Tahvanainen - Monday, 23 April 2007, 4:39 AM

Hi,

During last 2 months, when there has been statistics, module is downloaded over 250 times to over 60 countries. English speaking countries are naturally the largest groups, but to Spanish speaking countries, Spain and Latin America, module is downloaded over 50 times. Are Spanish language files necessary?

- ari -

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Andre Lima - Monday, 28 January 2008, 8:20 PM

Hi Ari,

I installed Thesis Module but I can not see the graphics por phases. What can I DO?

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Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Karthik Hebbar - Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 2:01 PM

Hi!! there...
well to start wid it's an extremely wonderful tool u got there.
but what i wanted was this tool wid group compatible, that is rather than every individual havin a separate timeline, an entire group sharing a single timeline...

Is there anyway for this feature to be included?? or could u guide me to includin this feature??

Lookin forward to a reply

TIA

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Vast: Re: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 6:35 PM

Hi,

Unfortunately this tool was made during Moodle 1.6, before groups.

Project has ended. I'm still interested in to work with this tool, but not without salary any more.

- ari -

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New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Servet Demir - Saturday, 19 September 2009, 4:00 PM

Hi,

I download your modules and installed, it works properly, How can I translate it to other language?

Servet DEMİR

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Vast: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Ari Tahvanainen - Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 8:09 PM

Hi,

What Moodle version do You have?

If version is 1.7 or above, copy zip's en_utf8 - folder to tr_ut8 -folder and then it copy to moodledata/lang-folder in the server.

Then go as admin to Languages-Language Editing -page, select select turkse as current language and then Edit word or phrases.

Thesis file is quite end of the list. Just change English to Turkey. And then Edit help documents.

- ari -

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Re: Vast: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by Golnar Arefi - Monday, 21 January 2013, 9:48 PM

hi, does it support moodle 2.2?

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Ynt: New Module: Thesis Completion Tool

by edibe özgün - Thursday, 28 October 2010, 1:22 AM

hocam ödevleri nerde yayınladınız..bulamıyorum da

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