Mass Actions block

Blocks ::: block_massaction
Maintained by Matthew Davidson
This block allows instructors to perform actions upon multiple resources or activities, rather than having to perform repeated actions on individual items.
Latest release:
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Current versions available: 9

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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Contributors

Matthew Davidson (Lead maintainer)
Huy Hoang: Original maintainer
Jon Marthaler: Former developer
Dominic Hanzely: Former developer
Clem Smith: Previous maintainer
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  • Etienne Landais
    Thu, 9 Apr 2020, 8:24 AM
    ... finally, I hope, purging the site cache also appears to (usually) fix the issue of the MA block suddenly becoming non-functional.
  • Sarah Ricketts
    Tue, 5 May 2020, 11:58 PM
    This is a long shot, since it appears that the developer of this plugin hasn't logged in since 2018 - but has anyone successfully used this Mass Actions plugin on a m3.8 instance as yet?
  • Mihailescu Lucian
    Wed, 26 Aug 2020, 5:40 AM
    It was working fine with Moodle 3.8.3+, but we updated to Moodle 3.9.1 and it stopped working.
  • Giulia Covezzi
    Wed, 26 Aug 2020, 2:57 PM
    Unfortunately it doesn't work anymore with Moodle 3.9.1 Are you planning to upgrade the plugin?
  • Mihailescu Lucian
    Thu, 27 Aug 2020, 3:00 AM
    I was looking for a similar tool, but I could not find any. Does anyone know how? My workaround idea will be to install a separate Moodle with 3.8.3+ and install mass action plugin there.
  • Matthew Davidson
    Sat, 29 Aug 2020, 12:18 AM
    I have made a pull request that should fix 3.9 and retain backward compatibility. You can find the branch here; https://github.com/Syxton/moodle-block_massaction/tree/Moodle-39-version
  • Matthew Davidson
    Sat, 19 Sept 2020, 1:30 AM
    Here is an unofficial release I made that works in Moodle 3.9 and includes additional fixes and features. https://github.com/Syxton/moodle-block_massaction/releases/tag/5.1.4
  • Robert Pollak
    Fri, 25 Sept 2020, 2:20 PM
    I support Matthews pull request. Please merge it and create a new release.

    But according to the profile page of lead maintainer Clem Smith, his last site access was already May 2018. Matthew, could you please make your version with the 3.9 fixes into an official plugin?
  • Henrik sune Pedersen
    Tue, 29 Sept 2020, 8:04 PM
    Is there any plans to update this to be working on Moodle 3.8.4 and 3.9.2
  • Al
    Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 5:55 AM
    Is there any chance you make the plugin so that when you update moodle it automatically downloads the plugin as part of the upgrade. This would save so much time as currently when you upgrade it just says, "Additional Missing from disk!". Thank you so much.
  • Xavier Molina-Schenk
    Fri, 29 Jan 2021, 5:02 AM
    I support Matthews pull request. And his unofficial release (https://github.com/Syxton/moodle-block_massaction/releases/tag/5.1.4) works with version 3.10 in our installation, too.

  • Lori Welsh
    Sat, 13 Mar 2021, 2:50 AM
    I'm curious if Matthews version of this plug-in has been made official and if so, under what plug-in name?
  • Sergio Luis Cardoso
    Tue, 20 Apr 2021, 5:24 AM
    Hello! I am getting the error: "Coding error detected, it must be fixed by a programmer: get_user_timezone_offset() can not be used any more, please use standard PHP DateTimeZone class instead" after install plugin v5.1.3 (2018042400) in moodle 3.5.1+. Uninstallling the plugin did not solved the situation. I am far from work and do not have access to the server - Is there a way to fiz this error due to this plugin installation? Maybe an upgrade in the plugin? Thank you
  • Mark Sharp
    Mon, 24 May 2021, 5:52 PM
    It appears the Lead Maintainer's institution no longer uses Moodle, so I would say they are no longer maintaining this activity (https://vetmed.umn.edu/education/educational-support/moodle).
    I don't know if any of those who have done updates would be minded to maintain it going forward, or how that transfer would happen if the current maintainer is uncommunicative.
  • Robert Pollak
    Thu, 9 Sept 2021, 7:31 PM
    No, it seems that unfortunately Matthew has not made his version official, see https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=contributor&id=226766 .
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