I am new to developing for Moodle. Basically what I want to do is to use Google maps create an student location map.
It would be similar to this: Block: Online Users Google Map
The difference would be that I want this to be a new "resource type" that can be added to classes.
Few Questions:
Has this already been done?
Is there documentation or a tutorial about how to create a new resource type? I just found this stub.
If not, Is there a very simple resource type that I could look at to start from?
Thanks for any help
The resource types in Moodle core code are pretty simple, and demonstrate a range of things. There are also three plugins in contrib CVS: http://cvs.moodle.org/contrib/plugins/mod/resource/type/, but I have not looked at their code, so I don't know if they are good models to follow.
I have new question about the possible map. I am wondering if this idea should be an "activity" and not a "resource".
The reason I am thinking this is because each student will have individual data stored for the one class map. I want each student to be able to select whether they should show up on the map and if they want to use a different location than they have registered with Moodle.
It seems like "resources" don't have data stored for each student. Is this right?
Thanks
The reason I am thinking this is because each student will have individual data stored for the one class map. I want each student to be able to select whether they should show up on the map and if they want to use a different location than they have registered with Moodle.
It seems like "resources" don't have data stored for each student. Is this right?
Thanks