Moodle plugins directory: AJAX Marking Block | Moodle.org
AJAX Marking Block
Please note: This plugin is no longer supported for newer versions of Moodle, and I'm afraid I don't have the time to give it the full rewrite that it really needs. Sorry
The aim of this block is to avoid having to search through each of your courses to find out whether there is anything that needs marking.
When placed on the front page, it shows teachers how many pieces of work need to be attended to, broken down by course, or by cohort. The list then expands when clicked to show individual modules and students. When you click on a student, a pop-up opens, allowing the work to be marked and saved, then the block updates itself to show one less item in need of attention.
The block has been thoroughly tested on a copy of a large university database with >50,000 users and has been optimised so that it doesn't impact on DB performance at all.
Current status is that the development is paused (bug fixes only) whilst I work on other urgent projects. Once the Moodle logging 2.0 proposal in core is built and released, there will need to be a complete rewrite to make it maintainable for the future, but that is some way off.
If you want to stay current, follow @AJAX_Marking on twitter, which has general information about new features etc.
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I love the marking block, unfortunatly it doesn't work in 2.4 any change on a update, or am I the only one having this trouble.
I migrated from 2.3 to 2.4.1, in 2.3 the marking block worked.
Many Many thanks for doing this - Fabulous block...
Ive installed the block on our system but it doesnt show up in the Add Blocks drop down for any user whether admin or user....
Our moodle version is Moodle 2.4.1+ (Build: 20130131) which Ive recently updated..
The block seemed to install ok and Ive checked the file in blocks area - correctr structure etc. I downloaded it from here and also the github link..
Any ideas??
Cheers
Jim
I've installed it in our moodle site. It seems to work fine, but it shows only three categories: recent, medium and overdue. Is there a "to be marked" notification? (I thought there would be one)
@Jim Not sure why that would be. I'll try to reproduce it. Can you try with debugging turned up to developer level and display_errors set to on? There may well be a conflict with something.
I turned on the errors as you said. On the front page there doesnt appear to be any errors but when I go into a course the following errors appear at the top of the screen:
The block ajax_marking does not define the standard capability block/ajax_marking:addinstance
line 598 of \blocks\moodleblock.class.php: call to debugging()
line 576 of \blocks\moodleblock.class.php: call to block_base->has_add_block_capability()
line 236 of \lib\blocklib.php: call to block_base->user_can_addto()
line 1843 of \lib\blocklib.php: call to block_manager->get_addable_blocks()
line 1007 of \lib\blocklib.php: call to block_add_block_ui()
line 353 of \lib\blocklib.php: call to block_manager->ensure_content_created()
line 29 of \theme\zebra\layout\header.php: call to block_manager->region_has_content()
line 25 of \theme\zebra\layout\general.php: call to require_once()
line 804 of \lib\outputrenderers.php: call to include()
line 734 of \lib\outputrenderers.php: call to core_renderer->render_page_layout()
line 240 of \course\view.php: call to core_renderer->header()
I am using the theme ZEBRA for outr system. I tried changing it to the default theme but the same thing happens.
Hope this helps!!!
Cheers
Jim
I have reinstalled the block and it now appears correctly... Is there a limit on the number of assignments that can be picked up in one course?? I have one course that has 36 individual assignments but the block only shows approx. half of them.. I have done the checks mentioned such as being in the groups the students are in as teacher, checking the assignments are all the same type and settings, checking that the groups are ticked in the block and that some work has been submitted using the submit button but they still don't appear in the block.... Has anyone else got this working for a course with a large number of assignments??
Any ideas??
Cheers
Jim