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Restriction by language
Availability restriction ::: availability_language
Maintained by 
Renaat Debleu
Restrict module and section access based on user language.
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Language filters are great, but sometimes they can make your resources and activities very complex. This availability condition makes it easy to show an English resource only to English users and an activity in French only to French speaking students.
Check the global documentation about conditional availability settings first.
This plugin only pops up when
- There is more than 1 language installed in the system (obvious, we need a least 2 languages installed to restrict)
- When the language of the course is NOT forced. (Course - Edit settings - Appearance - Force language). When a course has a forced language, everything will be shown in this language and we are certain no user will ever arrive with another language enabled. On that moment there is no need to show the restriction, as it would only create the illusion that people could be restricted.
WARNING: The Moodle Mobile app filters resources and activities using the language of the smart phone, not using the language of the Moodle app.
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Installation:
1. Unpack the zip file into the availability/condition/ directory. A new directory will be created called language.
2. Go to Site administration > Notifications to complete the plugin installation.
Thanks
The current version (2014092000) supports Moodle version 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 and 3.0. Personally, I run three Moodle 3.0 sites and one test 3.1 site where the plugin is installed. Some weeks after the release of 3.1 (after some extra testing), this future version will also be supported.
But what do you exactly mean with 'having it certified'?
Is there a way to hide a course based on user language ?
I have some courses in english, and the same courses in french (but separate courses). I would like to filter depending on user language.
Best regards
availability conditions are module level: You can hide or show modules, not courses,
If you want to filter data depending on user language, you could modify your theme renderer:
class theme_????_core_course_renderer extends core_course_renderer {
protected function coursecat_coursebox(coursecat_helper $chelper, $course, $additionalclasses = '') {
switch(current_language()) {
case 'fr':
// Show French courses only
default:
// Show English courses only
...
Greetings,
I want to do the same as Jean-Baptiste (show/hide courses based on user language), but I'm not a developer. Can you please describe how to do that in more detail? I have 3.1. Thank you so much!
Best regards,
Alexander
First, let me state that there is no such thing as hiding a course. If a user gets a link via mail or does a search, he/she will find your course, if he/she can access the course depends on the enrolment settings. The only thing I suggested is that it is possible to hide certain courses in the list of all courses.
So have a look at the theme plugins (https://moodle.org/plugins/?q=type:theme), a lot of them modified the method to show the list of courses/categories to have a more beautiful page. But if you can modify the way they are presented, you can also modify if they are shown or not.
As a non programmer, it will be difficult (you will need to create a child theme and overriding the coursecat_coursebox method), but give it a try. You never know you have hidden talents as a programmer!
Greetings
R
- Using negation: Not available unless language equals C
- Using or: Available when language equals A OR language equals B
Have a look at the docs (https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/Using_restrict_access)!
I have one query, when the "student" switches languages from within one course, I do NOT want this message to be displayed "Sorry, this activity is currently hidden".
Could you make this display an ON/OFF option in a newer version of your plugin? Thanks!
THX for your feedback.
The plugin is following the same rules as other availability conditions. If you use the group availability and you are not part of the group, you get a sorry message as a student if you are not part of the group. With a language, you get the same behaviour. When I would change this behaviour, all reports and course formats relying on the function get_user_visible() would receive wrong info from the plugin.
So you need a functionality that is not an availability restriction. You can add this enhancement in a course_format or a theme, but not in a availability restriction.
Would there be a turn-a-round to make this plugin work at course level? If so, would you guide me about?
Thanks,
What do you exactly mean by making this plugin work at course level? This is a availability restriction plugin, restricting modules only. Check the global documentation about conditional availability settings.
If you want to restrict access to courses based on the language selected, you will need to change your theme.
R.