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Adaptable News Slider
Blocks ::: block_news_slider
Maintained by Manoj Solanki, Jez H, Kevin Moore
Part of set Adaptable UI.
Part of the Adaptable UI set, this block allows you to add a news slider that displays:
1: Unread course announcements (from all enrolled courses)
2: Site announcements (front page news announcements)
3: Both of the above (combined course and site announcements)
The slider uses the jQuery slick slider and whilst designed to work with the Adaptable Theme, it *may* work with other themes.
Adaptable News Slider 1.0
Moodle 3.2, 3.3
Released: Thursday, 14 September 2017, 5:02 PM
README
moodle-block_news_slider
Moodle News Slider
A news slider that displays unread course announcements and site announcements.
General configuration
- Configurable max length of excerpt
- Configurable max length of subject
Per instance configuration
- Option to display site news or course news or both
- Maximum number of site announcements to display
- Maximum period (in days) to show site announcements for
Guidelines for use
You may want to experiment with the general configuration settings. E.g. for wider displays, you could increase max lengths and vice-versa.
Version 1.0 (2017091300)
How do I get set up?
Installs at /blocks/news_slider
Settings
Site-wide configuration options are available under: Site Administration -> Plugins -> Blocks -> News slider
Per Instance block settings are available by editing block configuration.
Dependencies
Adaptable Theme version 2017053100 (1.4)
Compatibility
- Moodle 3.2, 3.3
- Adaptable version 1.4
Contribution
Developed by:
- Manoj Solanki (Coventry University)
- John Tutchings (Coventry University)
Co-maintained by:
- Jeremy Hopkins (Coventry University)
Fernando Acedo (3-bits.com)
Licenses
Adaptable is licensed under: GPL v3 (GNU General Public License) - http://www.gnu.org/licenses
Version information
- Version build number
- 2017091400
- Version release name
- 1.0
- Maturity
- Stable version
- MD5 Sum
- 064bbf58caa3720c8e58952f7fe7159a
- Supported software
- Moodle 3.2, Moodle 3.3
- The more recent release 1.2 (2017121300) exists for Moodle 3.2
- The more recent release 1.2 (2017121300) exists for Moodle 3.3
Version control information
- Version control system (VCS)
- GIT
- VCS repository URL
Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Blocks
- Make sure you have all the required versions.
- Download and unpack the block folder.
- Place the folder (eg "myblock") in the "blocks" subdirectory.
- Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to complete the installation
- Turn editing on in any home or course page.
- Add the block to the page
- Visit the config link in the block for more options.