Pedagogical Card... new block

Pedagogical Card... new block

by Manuel García -
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Hi, we are a group of developers interest in work with moodle, we just have finished a 'stable' version of a new block named PCard. This block let the teacher add relevant information about the course an show it in a block into the course page.

This is the first version and we have a lot of ideas about it, but we want your opinions before continue working.

Now i have a little question: i added this block in the Modules and Plugins database (http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=779) but, only the registered users have access to it, why? how can i let all users (guest) to see the description page of the block?

Thanks, we will wait your opinions...

Manuel A. García S.
Dirección de Tecnología Avanazada
Universidad de Carabobo - Venezuela


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Re: Pedagogical Card... new block

by Art Lader -
HI,

Your block sounds very interesting, Manuel. I think it will be visible in the modules and plugins database after it has been approved. Takes a few hours, sometimes.

Regards,
Art
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Re: Pedagogical Card... new block

by Manuel García -
Thanks Art, it was just like you said moodle approved the block and now is visible for all the comunity.

Thanks again...


Manuel A. García S.
Dirección de Tecnología Avanzada
Universidad de Carabobo - Venezuela
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by Julian Ridden -

Sorry for the delay in getting this approved. Easter Long weekend here in Sydney.

I have approved the block and it should now be visible to all.

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Re: Pedagogical Card... new block

by Cody Nosfe -
A good idea for a block...

but it is not working for me. It does not create the pcard record, hence I always get a 'Doesn't exists a PCard for this course'.

Also, if I manually insert the record, while I can edit the texts, on updating I get a 'no inputfile' error.

Any ideas?
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Re: Pedagogical Card... new block

by Manuel García -
Hello Cody thanks for try PCard. I am trying to recreate the situation that you describe but i am not able to do it in my local version, you have to give me a little more information about your installation.
  • What version of moodle are you using now?
  • What database engine are you using?
Now the 'Doesn't exists a PCard for this course' error appears when there is not a registry with the course id in the course field in th pcard table. When you activate the block in any course, it automatically check if this registry exists and if not it create this registry and let the table ready for updates in the Edit form. I have not idea about the 'no inputfile' error.

thanks again... i will wait your answer to try identificate and correct this problem.


Manuel A. García S.
Dirección de Tecnología Avanzada
Universidad de Carabobo - Venezuela
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by Cody Nosfe -
Thanks for the prompt reply!

I am using Moodle 1.6.1, and a Mysql db.
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Re: Pedagogical Card... new block

by Manuel García -
Here i paste the installation instructions just to you check that all the steps are correctly in your process:

1. Unzip the PCard.zip file.

2. Copy the folder 'pcard' into your local
installation 'blocks' folder.

3. Visit the admin page and your block should be
noticed and registered as a new entry in the
table "blocks".

4. Configure your language including lang/pcard.php
and lang/help/pcard into your local installation
language folder.

Now i will keep trying to recreate your situation to give you a more specifc answer.

thanks for the feedback...


Manuel A. García S.
Dirección de Tecnología Avanzada
Universidad de Carabobo - Venezuela
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by Myrrh Lynn -
sad I don't know how to do step 4 of the installation instructions. I need english and I'm running 1.7. Will you show me?

I will have to say, though, that this is the very first module/plugin that I have downloaded successfully!big grin It is actually working on my Moodle (so far.)

Only thing is that I don't have a name for it showing in my Blocks list. I just have this: name. This is also the way all the other titles look objectives methodology, etc. Can these be corrected somehow?
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by Matt Edminster -
Sorry to report I'm having the same problem. I've uploaded all folders according to your directions above including putting language files in the root language folder.

The block is recognized by moodle and is functioning fine. But apparently the language files are not being recognized. Any suggestions?

I'm running Moodle 1.7 on MySQL.
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by Carlos Bravo Reyes -
En mi caso empleo la versión 1.6.4 y no me funciona pcard, que parece muy útil...qué puede ser?
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Re: Pedagogical Card... new block

by Manuel García -
Hola Carlos gracias por probar PCard. Por el momento solo le puedo mandar la información de instalación que se distribuye con el bloque para que usted verifique que ha cumplido todos los pasos allí señalados. Si ese no es el problema por favor hagámelo saber con un poco mas de detalle pues estamos intentando corregir todos los problemas que se presenten de primer momento.

1. Descomprima el archivo PCard.zip.

2. Coloque la carpeta 'pcard' dentro del directorio
'blocks' de su instalación local.

3. Visite la pagina de administración y su bloque debe
ser reconocido y registrado como una nueva entrada
en la tabla 'blocks'.

4. Configure su idioma colcando lang/es_utf8/pcard.php y
lan/es_utf8/help/pcard dentro de la carpeta de
lenguaje de su instalación local.

Una vez cumplidos dichos pasos, vaya directamente al curso donde desee activar el bloque y colóquelo en Vista de Edición para luego añadir el bloque 'Ficha Pedagógica' de la lista desplegada. Con ello ya estará listo para comenzar a agregar la información en cada uno de los campos que la Ficha permite.

Agradecemos de nuevo su interes y esperamos solucionar los inconvenientes lo mas pronto posible.


Manuel A. García S.
Dirección de Tecnología Avanzada
Universidad de Carabobo - Venezuela
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by Mark Little -
Looking good, could be very useful.

Can't wait to next version so that we can change some of the field names.
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by Manuel García -
Thanks for try PCard Mark.

That's the idea we are working on the next version to let the teachers to define all the fields that they want, setting the filed name and the order of them. This version is like an approach to the comunity to evaluate your feedback.

Thanks again...


Manuel A. García S.
Dirección de Tecnología Avanzada
Universidad de Carabobo - Venezuela
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by Mark Little -
Hi,

Could you also include a hide feature so that you do not have to show all the fields in the block for every course.



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Re: Pedagogical Card... new block

by Manuel García -
Hello. That's a good idea we will work to implement that feature.

Thanks for your feedback and keep in contact with new proposes.


Manuel A. García S.
Dirección de Tecnología Avanzada
Universidad de Carabobo - Venezuela
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Re: Pedagogical Card... new block

by Manuel García -
Hello everybody, i want to anounce that there is a new PCard 1.0 package available. Some initial (and naive) errors was corrected. Now we have a simple but fully functional block with a group of undeveloped features.

We greatly thanks your help with any suggestion, participation, error report or something that help us to convert this block in one more of the moodle numerous interesting blocks.

Thanks again...


Manuel A. García S.
Dirección de Tecnología Avanzada
Universidad de Carabobo - Venezuela
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by Manuel Perez Lopez -
Hola Manuel: el modulo me parece muy interesante, sobre todo desde la perspectiva de los educadores latinos, en donde es muy necesario hacer este tipo programación previa en el diseño de procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Sin embargo, he probado el plugin siguiendo tus instrucciones con Moodle 1.8, pero no lo reconoce en absoluto. Gracias de antemano por tu respuesta.

Manuel Perez

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by Manuel Perez Lopez -
Hola de nuevo. Debo corregirme: al pulsar sobre 'Notificaciones' se ha instalado en la base de datos correctamente y ya tengo el plugin disponible. Gracias.

Moodle 1.8+
mySQL5
Apache2
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by Manuel García -
Hola Manuel! He estado un poco desconectado de este foro pero quiero agradacerte (mas vale tarde que nunca) que te intereses en el bloque, cualquier otro problema o sugerencia no dudes en contactarme...

Manuel A. García
Universidad de Carabobo - Venezuela
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by Shuning Fei -
Hi there, I have config this block at noodle1.8, but it's view don't display normal,moodle can not read resource file /lang/en/pcard.php, Can you help me?
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by Manuel García -
Hi Shuning!

First than all thanks for use PCard. Sorry about my late answer i was far away form this forum for some time, but i'm here again. This block hasn't proved in 1.8 moodle version but i will do it now. When i have any answer i will post it here.. Thanks again... bye

Manuel A. García
Universidad de Carabobo - Venezuela
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by Wen Hao Chuang -
I tested it on my local 1.8.1+ build and it did work just fine. It's a great block idea!
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where is pcard?

by carlos cabral -
Hi Manuel,

I just installed Pcard1.0, but I can't seem to find it...! Installation went well and pcard is listed in the block list as active.

when I create/edit a course, I should be able to add information to pcard, right? where's the pcard form?

thank you and keep up the good work!

carlos
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Re: Pedagogical Card... new block

by David Hernández -
Hi Manuel,

I think this module is very useful for students (Ex. They know what to "exactly" expect from the course), but also for teachers (Ex. They have a very useful "online map" for planning the day to day e-Activities).

Although this is a great plus of your module, I think more people can be benefited with PCard.

In this sense, here is a suggestion that may be considered for future versions:

If a course allows "Guests", and they press the PCard links, they are redirected
to a page with this message:

"Must be an administrator, teacher or student"

Would it be possible for a guest to read the "What, Why and How" of the course?

I think this would be a good idea for:
  • Students that are searching for optional courses that may complement their official curricula.
  • Universities or medium level schools that are trying to convince people to study with them, through their Web pages.
  • Parents that are searching for an option for their children and would like to know "everything" about the learning process of an institution.
  • Organizations with training-oriented courses (instead of academical oriented programs).
  • Businesses or other organizations with a variety of courses that are not necessarily related.
Again, thank you very much for your great effort.

Best regards,
David Hernandez
Mexico
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