Moodle plugins directory: Mass Actions block | Moodle.org
Mass Actions block
This block allows instructors to perform actions upon multiple resources or activities, rather than having to perform repeated actions on individual items.
To use this block, Javascript must be enabled in your browse and you must be in editing mode in the course home page. The user must have capability "block/massaction:use". The block should work in most course formats.
Supported actions include mass selection, indentation, deletion, hiding, showing, making available, duplicating, and moving. To select items to perform actions on, simply click the checkbox next to the activity or resource or use select functionality from the block. Then click the action you would like to perform in the block.
If you encounter bugs or have suggestions for improvement, please use the bug tracker URL and I will work on those as quickly as possible.
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Has anyone else succeeded?
We had a couple of requests for this from our users and told them they could note the Section number they wanted to move. However, now that we upgraded to Moodle 2.3, Sections are no longer labeled with numbers (not for either Weekly or Topics formats) and there is no longer a reference on the page. You can mouse over the Move icon for a section and the tool top will read, for example, "Move section 1," but you have to teach people it's there, so it becomes a support issue.
And while I'm here, I like Elizabeth Dalton's request to be able to duplicate items. We often use labels to organize the contents within a section, and repeat them in every section. To be able to duplicate several at once would make our users very happy.
This proposal would allow the settings of multiple activities to be altered at once, e.g. changing the due dates, completion conditions, etc.
This seems like it would be a very natural direction for this plugin to grow. My institution might be able to provide some funding, if there is other interest.