Export Book Chapters to PDF

The Export Book Chapters Block is a Moodle block plugin that provides a convenient way for users to download book chapters in PDF format directly from their course.

Key Features:

• Keyword-Based Filtering (Book Prefix): Users can configure the block to filter by a specific keyword (prefix) within the book title. Only books that contain this prefix will be included in the export list, making it easier to focus on specific books.
• Full Book Download Option: If the keyword (prefix) is left empty, the block allows users to download all chapters of all books in the course, providing full flexibility.
• Security Enhancements: The block respects Moodle's course restrictions and visibility settings, ensuring that only accessible and visible content can be exported. Students won't be able to download books that are restricted or hidden.
• Zip File Export: The exported chapters are packaged into a ZIP file named exported_chapters.zip, ensuring an organized and easy-to-handle download.
• Pagination Support: The plugin ensures that the downloaded PDFs maintain the original pagination of the book chapters, providing a seamless reading experience.

This block is especially useful for courses with extensive book content, allowing students to easily access and download the material for offline reading and study. It integrates seamlessly into any Moodle course, providing a user-friendly interface for both teachers and students.

Book Prefix Explained:

The Book Prefix feature helps course admins or teachers filter the export by selecting books that start with the specified prefix. For example, if you set the prefix to "Unit 1", only books with titles that begin with "Unit 1" will appear in the export list. If no prefix is provided, all available books will be listed for download.

This ensures that only the relevant books matching the prefix will be listed, simplifying the selection process.

Installing via uploaded ZIP file

1. Log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration > Plugins > Install plugins.
2. Upload the ZIP file with the plugin code. You should only be prompted to add extra details if your plugin type is not automatically detected.
3. Check the plugin validation report and finish the installation.

Installing manually

The plugin can be also installed by putting the contents of this directory to

{your/moodle/dirroot}/blocks/bookchapter_pdf

Afterwards, log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration > Notifications to complete the installation.

Alternatively, you can run

$ php admin/cli/upgrade.php

to complete the installation from the command line.

License

2024 Luca Demicheli Rubio lucademichelirubio.portfolio@gmail.com

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.