Webcam snapshot

Blocks ::: block_mfavatar
Maintained by Luuk VerhoevenLuuk Verhoeven, Vincent Cornelis
This block allows users to make a profile picture with their webcam.
Latest release:
270 sites
70 downloads
41 fans
Current versions available: 2

Webcam Snapshot

It's a brand new functionality for users in their Moodle environment. The plugin is free to download and in open source.

Briefly, the MFreak plugin avatar gives the user the possibility to take a snapshot with a live webcam. The user can then upload the picture and modify his profile picture at any time.
Besides this, there is also the facility to auto-generate Avatars.

As a bonus, an easy to follow tutorial was created, on how the user can install the block to his Moodle site and ultimately deploy it to a page for use.

Notes:

  • The Plugin makes no database changes.
  • The Plugin was developed with coding standards of Moodle.

Installation

 

Automatic avatar 

Fix capabilities

If your students or some other role can't create an avatar. 

Extra Information:

[NL] https://mfreak.nl/nl/plugin/mfavatar/

[EN] https://mfreak.nl/en/plugin/mfavatar/

Screenshots

Screenshot #0
Screenshot #1

Contributors

Luuk Verhoeven
Luuk Verhoeven (Lead maintainer)
Vincent Cornelis
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Comments

  • David Mudrák
    Mon, 2 Mar 2015, 5:12 PM
    This can be approved once the bug tracker permissions are fixed.
  • David Mudrák
    Mon, 2 Mar 2015, 6:16 PM
    Thanks for fixing things promptly Luuk. This has been approved and is available to the public now. You can wait for the confirmation from the community to see if it works in lower Moodle versions for them. Good luck the the maintenance and further development of this. Over.
  • Jesse H
    Mon, 2 Mar 2015, 7:31 PM
    I cant quite get this working. I've installed it, but it isnt clear how i access it, I cant see any webcam block and clicking edit profile functions as usual?
    Any help is much appreciated smile
  • Luuk Verhoeven
    Mon, 2 Mar 2015, 8:17 PM
    I added a installation video to the description above. Hope this will help.
  • Matt Bury
    Fri, 6 Mar 2015, 8:34 AM
    Using a LAMP stack on localhost server. Installed via Moodle repo successfully. MoodleFreak Avatar shows up in moodle/admin/blocks.php block module list. However, when I click on "settings", i.e. moodle/admin/block.php?block=43, I get a 404 not found error. Also, it doesn't show up in "Add a block" drop-down list.

    Have I missed something?
  • Matt Bury
    Fri, 6 Mar 2015, 8:59 AM
    Forgot to mention, using Moodle 2.8. And thanks for your hard work and for contributing this module! smile
  • Luuk Verhoeven
    Fri, 6 Mar 2015, 5:07 PM
    Thanks.

    There are no settings needed for this block.
    Also in your version you can only add the block to http://yourmoodle/my [My moodle page].

    New version can be download above.
    - invalid setting link remove
    - block can added to more pages then my home only
  • Luuk Verhoeven
    Sat, 18 Apr 2015, 6:29 AM
    New release 2015-04-18 added Webrtc Support, this allows most browsers to make snapshot without flash!!
  • Simon Bertoli
    Tue, 21 Apr 2015, 7:55 AM
    HI Luuk

    Thanks for the great block, 2 things

    1 - On iPhone and iPad it shows the 'Install Flash' icon.
    2 - The main page of taking a snapshot does not look like the screenshots above.. all I get is a box to show the camera and when we click save snapshot it adds a smaller box of the snapshot with saved across it.
  • Frankie's the name, Moodle's my game!
    Tue, 21 Apr 2015, 11:12 AM
    Hi Luuk
    I am facing the same issue (#2) of the large box and smaller box as Simon Bertoli. And my snapshot, after saving as the image inside the smaller box, doesn't show up in the block.
  • Frankie's the name, Moodle's my game!
    Tue, 21 Apr 2015, 11:12 AM
    Hi Luuk - I am using my laptop's default webcam. Not a Logitech addon hardware.
  • Frankie's the name, Moodle's my game!
    Tue, 21 Apr 2015, 2:06 PM
    Hi Luuk. Haha. It's working now. If I don't change the default settings, then the screen looks the same as your screenshots.
  • Luuk Verhoeven
    Tue, 21 Apr 2015, 3:07 PM
    In the last update, I added a HTML5 support WEBRTC to get a userstream this is indeed optional and will look a little bit different. You can turn it of and on in the block settings.

    @simon: If you know how I can let it work on IOS would be create, they don't support WebRTC. And even think there is no browser based solution for only from a app this should be possible.
  • Elton LaClare
    Fri, 17 July 2015, 4:06 PM
    Luuk,
    Will Webcam Snapshot work on Moodle 2.9? I would really like to use it.
  • Luuk Verhoeven
    Fri, 17 July 2015, 8:34 PM
    Hi Elton, will test it this weekend. I think it still works fine.
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