Forum Aggregator

Blocks ::: block_forum_aggregator
Maintained by asdTõnis Tartes
Customized forum block, which allows teacher to select from which forums are latest posts shown on a course page.

Forum Aggregator 2013091300

Moodle 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
Released: Friday, 13 September 2013, 7:21 PM
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Customized forum block, which allows teacher to select from which forums are latest posts shown on course page.
This block is an alternative for Recent News block which is tied to News Forum.

Includes all forums used in course
Teacher can select one or more forums to be shown
Can select number of latest posts to be shown(max 25)

This block makes no DB changes!

//09.13.2013 - Refactored code and now showing the latest posts foreach selected forum. Before it showed the latest discussions(first posts) only.

NB! Those who want the version with latest discussions showing only please download this -
https://github.com/t6nis/moodle-block_forum_aggregator/tree/2013050601_backup

Version information

Version build number
2013091300
Version release name
2013091300
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
17c7761c5585d7f7571f97dbb1edbdb1
Supported software
Moodle 2.1, Moodle 2.0, Moodle 2.2, Moodle 2.3, Moodle 2.4, Moodle 2.5
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.0
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.1
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.2
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.3
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.4
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.5
Change log URL
Alternative download URL

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Blocks

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the block folder.
  3. Place the folder (eg "myblock") in the "blocks" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to complete the installation
  5. Turn editing on in any home or course page.
  6. Add the block to the page
  7. Visit the config link in the block for more options.