You can download some Moodle extras on EXTRA.
Installation is like 1.2.1.
It works only with MySQL but it's easy get it to work with PostgreSQL. The reason I haven't done it yet, is I can't test any other database. Could somebody help me? I can't test Windows neither.
This packgae contains new filemanager which allow you to share directories with other courses. Resources can use those uploaded files.
Private Folder is for messages, which can be sent also to outside your course.
Returnfolder is like student's portfolio and teachers can publish student's files within course.
There is also stuff of other peoples (Hotpot and dialogue).
When 1.3 comes I will make some improvments.
Teemu
Teemu,
Thanks a lot for your work on this. I want to have a look at it, but the link doesn't seem to be working. 
Tim.
I checked the link and it works. Please try again. I can send emails up to 8 MB. Can I send it to you?
Teemu
Teemu
I tried the link and it did not work of me either.
Is your name a version of the biblical name Timothy/Timote?
Tim
Is your name a version of the biblical name Timothy/Timote?
Tim
Oh no! what is error message?
Finnish name Timo or Timoteus is biblical name. Teemu is not. Pronouncing of Teemu and Timo is quite different. For an english speaker Timo is easy. Teemu is not pronounced at all like "feed" or "Team". If you know how to pronounce spanish word "Mesa" you should have the idea. BTW I think that Sumi is japanese word (dark ?) and name. I have polish roots and the name was originally Sawicki. My grandfather and his his sister changed that. Sumi is pronounced like in japanese, only letter S is little bit different. It would be interesting to see the correct spelling of "Sumi" in japanese way.
Teemu
Finnish name Timo or Timoteus is biblical name. Teemu is not. Pronouncing of Teemu and Timo is quite different. For an english speaker Timo is easy. Teemu is not pronounced at all like "feed" or "Team". If you know how to pronounce spanish word "Mesa" you should have the idea. BTW I think that Sumi is japanese word (dark ?) and name. I have polish roots and the name was originally Sawicki. My grandfather and his his sister changed that. Sumi is pronounced like in japanese, only letter S is little bit different. It would be interesting to see the correct spelling of "Sumi" in japanese way.
Teemu
Teemu,
I'm getting:
Cannot find server or DNS Error
Internet Explorer
You could upload again or send it to me at webmasterATdiscoverlanguageDOTcom and I hope it will go through (not sure about the email limit there, how big is the file?).
(PS I like "Timotheus", it means "honoring God", sounds rather august even though I am not really religious. Also an interesting relation is "tadhg" which is pronounced like "teague" which has been used as a Gaelic verson of Tim (or vice versa?) and means "poet, philosopher". However, this name apparently has sometimes been used in a derogatory way to refer to Nationalists in Ireland.)
Thanks, 
No I know. That address is a fairly new name in DNS. The domain "opitaan.fi" has been used only two weeks. DNS servers around the world must update their records first.
That file is that normal Moodle tar.gz size (6 MB).
Teemu
That file is that normal Moodle tar.gz size (6 MB).
Teemu
works for me (IE6 under windows2000)
Thanks
Teemu
Is this compatible with 1.3.2?
I will do 1.3.2 version as soon as possible. It doesn't take too much time.
Teemu
Teemu
You can download 1.3.2 version from here. I removed the 1.3.1 version (replaced by 1.3.2 version). So, the name of the file hasn't changed.
Teemu
Teemu
Hi Teemu!
Did you mean 1.3.3 version instead of 1.3.2??
WP1
Did you mean 1.3.3 version instead of 1.3.2??
WP1
Hi,
how do I have to install this new feature? I have made a moodle update, as usual, but the shared files module doesn't work for me. I go to the files and I press "share", but nothing happens. It seems as if my moodle install is blind to that. I did something wrong, but I don't know what. Any help?
Thank you all in advance, specially to Teemu. I have seen how this new characteristic works in the Mickey/Donald demo and it is wonderfull!
Pau
how do I have to install this new feature? I have made a moodle update, as usual, but the shared files module doesn't work for me. I go to the files and I press "share", but nothing happens. It seems as if my moodle install is blind to that. I did something wrong, but I don't know what. Any help?
Thank you all in advance, specially to Teemu. I have seen how this new characteristic works in the Mickey/Donald demo and it is wonderfull!
Pau
Did you go to the configure/variables and pressed "Save Changes" (as admin)? Then you should see some errors and some success. Errors are normal if you are upgrading, because we don't want to delete any old table. Check if your database has the table "mdl_shared_dir".
Teemu
Teemu
I really like this feature, hope this will be included in the next official release of moodle...
May the force be with you....
You need to take care this slashargument problem. It must check variables first.
(!$CFG->slasharguments) ? "?file=/": "/";
Otherwise it's seems to work a ok on Windows . Keep it up
- Janne -
ps. Would return folder be more extensible if it be implemented as module?
Thanks Janne!
I forgot the slasharguments from Returnfolder. I'm going to fix that soon. It takes some time to make Returnfolder module but I'm going make that anyway.
Teemu
I forgot the slasharguments from Returnfolder. I'm going to fix that soon. It takes some time to make Returnfolder module but I'm going make that anyway.
Teemu
Hi,
yes, my database has the mdl_shared_dir table with fields:
Thanks for all!,
pau
yes, my database has the mdl_shared_dir table with fields:
- id
- dir
- orig_course
- dest_course
Thanks for all!,
pau
It looks like that this feature is not ready yet.What is your server's OS?
Teemu
Teemu
I'm running moodle in a Windows XP under Apache HTTP server (Apache 2.0).
I have updated another installation. At the beginning there have appeared so many errors such as "Table 'mdl_config' already exists" and finished with "Error: Main database NOT set up successfully". After that I have entered the admin page and there have appeared some logs telling me everything was updating correctly. All the old features seem to work fine, but I'm still beeing unable to share files.
I have found something in the logs, I hope it will be of some help,
Error: Turn off debugging to hide this error.
SELECT * FROM pgenfa_log_display WHERE module = 'course' AND action = 'view'
Found more than one record in get_record_sql !
Array
(
[course] => Array
(
[module] => course
[0] => view
[action] => view
[1] => course
[mtable] => course
[2] => fullname
[field] => fullname
)
)
Thank you,
pau
Can you select the courses, which can see the directory? After pressing "Save Changes" is the color of that directory's folder image still yellow?
That's precisely the problem. I can select the courses that can see the directory. Then I press "Save Changes" and I'm back to the folder's page, but it is still yellow and if I go to the courses that are supposed to see the directory, I can't see it. The "share" doesn't become "shared" neither, and if I press "share" again, I see exactly the same courses to be selected as before. So it seems to me that the problem is that moodle doesn't know I'm selecting any course. It is as if that page couldn't communicate with moodle.
pau
pau
OK. The problem is data submit. I will change the code today. Have you tried Return folder yet? It may have similar problem when you try to publish students' files.
Teemu
Teemu
I send you part of the error.log file of the apache server. Maybe it could provide some help. (The folder I am trying to share is called kk.)
Thanks a lof,
pau
Thanks a lof,
pau
Yes. I found what I was looking for. Data submit is the problem. error.log was very useful.
Teemu
Teemu
I have been trying with the Return folder. It seems to have the same problem. As a student I can upload a file, but as a teacher I can't do anything. When I mark the "show" or the "remove" boxes, nothing happens. I couldn't see the file neither. Some window pops up with the message: "No input file specified." I'm sending you the error.log in that case, also.
Pau
Pau
I'm going to fix that too.
Teemu
Teemu
Hi Teemu,
Just for educational purposes. How did you know from looking at the Apache error logs Pau sent you that there was a problem with the "Data Submit" & the "Return folder"?
Thanks in advance.
WP1
Just for educational purposes. How did you know from looking at the Apache error logs Pau sent you that there was a problem with the "Data Submit" & the "Return folder"?
Thanks in advance.
WP1
There is that "to_everybody" line. It's a column at the "mdl_course". That column is missing and Return Folder needs it. Data Submit is the problem, because there's a line with "undefined variable" and "returnfolder.php"
Teemu
Teemu
Thanks Teemu.
WP1
WP1
Replace file "moodle/files/share.php" with this attachment. If it works, I have solved the problem.
Teemu
Teemu
Wonderful!
Thank you very much Teemu, now it works fine.
Pau
Thank you very much Teemu, now it works fine.
Pau
I haven't fixed Returnfolder yet. Can you test that too, when it's ready?
Teemu
Teemu
Of course.
Pau
Pau
Replace the file "moodle/user/returnfolder.php" by this attachment. I hope it works.
Teemu
Teemu
Hi Teemu,
I've been playing with the Return folder. It seems it is not working properly yet.
Students can upload files. As a teacher I can mark the "Show" box and then other students can see the uploaded files. But "Show files to all course's students..." doesn't work for me. I can't "Remove" neither. It seems it's same problem as yesterday.
I send you the error.log file.
Pau
I've been playing with the Return folder. It seems it is not working properly yet.
Students can upload files. As a teacher I can mark the "Show" box and then other students can see the uploaded files. But "Show files to all course's students..." doesn't work for me. I can't "Remove" neither. It seems it's same problem as yesterday.
I send you the error.log file.
Pau
Table mdl_course needs one column. You can do it this way:
alter table mdl_course add to_everybody int(1) unsigned not null;
This should fix "Show files to all course's students...".
I'm certain that I can fix file deleting. Can you see this message after selecting the files to be removed (and after "Save Changes"):
Are you sure, that you want to remove all the selected files
If you can see this message, I know what's the problem.
Teemu
alter table mdl_course add to_everybody int(1) unsigned not null;
This should fix "Show files to all course's students...".
I'm certain that I can fix file deleting. Can you see this message after selecting the files to be removed (and after "Save Changes"):
Are you sure, that you want to remove all the selected files
If you can see this message, I know what's the problem.
Teemu
This is a new version of Returnfolder. I belive it works on your system.
Teemu
Teemu
Hi Teemu, I keep getting an operation timed out error when I try to download this?
I'd like to try it out, is there going to be a version available again soon?
Thanks!
I'd like to try it out, is there going to be a version available again soon?
Thanks!
The server is going down all the time. The traffic is quite heavy.
Teemu
Teemu
Sorry, yesterday I couldn't do anything.
I have just proved the new returnfolder.php and, after altering the mdl_course table, I think it is working properly.
I can see the message "Are you sure you want to remove all the selected files", but if I choose I want it, it works, so it's okay.
Very, very nice work. Thank you Teemu,
Pau
I have just proved the new returnfolder.php and, after altering the mdl_course table, I think it is working properly.
I can see the message "Are you sure you want to remove all the selected files", but if I choose I want it, it works, so it's okay.
Very, very nice work. Thank you Teemu,
Pau
Hi Teemu,
Your student folder sounds like something I am looking for, and the other features sound very interesting. I would like to try this but have a question. I don't see a list anywhere of the files that you have made changes to. Do we have to upgrade all of the files you have included in your zip (basically the entire moodle program)? Or, could you have a version with only the files that have you have changed? And then we would only have to upload those files to use your new features.
Thank you,
Chardelle
It's always a compliment, when someone is interested in your work. The reason why this package contains whole Moodle is, that it would have been too time consuming to make instructions. You can upgrade Moodle 1.3.3 with this package. Nothing should be overwritten. Be sure that you backup your old database first. I have made changes to... well it's a long list 
.
Teemu
.Teemu
Okay Teemu,
I'll trust you. But, I am assuming that at the least the theme file doesn't need to be upgraded.
Thanks
Themes are not modified.
Teemu
Teemu
Hi, Teemu.
Thanks for putting up your work here. I would still really like to put the shared folders into Moodle, but it still needs a few more things before I can do that:
If you have time could you package the current shared folders for me and I'll see what I can do to work on these. And of course if you would like to implement these things I would be extra grateful!
Thanks for putting up your work here. I would still really like to put the shared folders into Moodle, but it still needs a few more things before I can do that:
- The publishing interface needs to be changed to make it work with longer lists of courses (possibly thousands).
- It should be possible to say "Publish to all".
- When a teacher is browsing a shared folder it should be clear what course it is from.
- I also would like this whole sharing capability made optional, to be controlled by a configuration flag to enable/disable it.
If you have time could you package the current shared folders for me and I'll see what I can do to work on these. And of course if you would like to implement these things I would be extra grateful!
I have made two publishing interfaces. When there are more than 50 visible courses, there are two multiselect boxes like suggested before.
I can do those other three things too by myself.
Because you can use shared files with scorm, resource files and resource folders, You need these files from the extra package:
moodle/files directory
moodle/mod/resource directory
moodle/mod/scorm directory
moodle/lang/en directory
moodle/lang/fi directory
You need only one table:
CREATE TABLE mdl_shared_dir (
id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
dir varchar(255) NOT NULL,
orig_course int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
dest_course int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (id)
);
Teemu
OK. It's ready. I need to do some testing. I will send the files to you soon.
Teemu
Teemu
Thanks Teemu! It probably won't make 1.4 but we can get it into 1.5 development anytime.
Teemu,
Next time I'm in Finland, I will bring you a bottle of Jim Beam--a smokey Tennessee Bourbon Whiskey--good stuff. I'm looking forward to testing this.
Chardelle
Good idea
Teemu
Teemu
Resource module have changed quite a lot since 1.3.4.
How to make shared folders work with resources if you are using 1.5? It needs some work. I will do that.
Teemu
How to make shared folders work with resources if you are using 1.5? It needs some work. I will do that.
Teemu
Is there a folder sharing solution that works with 1.5.x? I would really like to have some folders that are shared between courses.