Moodle plugins directory: People: Versions: 2.3 (Build: 2012121700) | Moodle.org
People
Blocks ::: block_people
Maintained by 
Moodle an Hochschulen e.V., 
Alexander Bias
Moodle block which displays all teachers of a course with contact quicklinks, as well as a quicklink to the participants list
People 2.3 (Build: 2012121700)
Moodle 2.3
Released: Monday, 17 December 2012, 5:07 PM
moodle-block_people
===================
Moodle block which displays all teachers of a course with contact quicklinks, as well as a quicklink to the participants list
Requirements
============
This plugin requires Moodle 2.3+
Changes
=======
2012-12-17 - New Feature: Block supports role names which have been renamed in course context
2012-11-30 - Bugfix: Block couldn't be added to frontpage, therefore it couldn't be used as sticky block
2012-11-27 - Small code cleanup
2012-10-10 - German language has been integrated into AMOS and was removed from this plugin. Please update your language packs with http://YOURMOODLEURL/admin/tool/langimport/index.php after installing this plugin version
2012-06-25 - Update version.php for Moodle 2.3
2012-06-01 - Initial version
Installation
============
Install the plugin like any other plugin to folder
/blocks/people
See http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Installing_plugins for details on installing Moodle plugins
Placement
=========
block_people is used ideally as sticky block and appears on all of your course pages at the same position
See http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Sticky_blocks for details about sticky blocks
Usage
=====
The block_people plugin displays a list of the course's teachers grouped by roles. The block shows the teacher's avatar, a quicklink to his/her profile and a quicklink to send him/her a message with the moodle message system. Furthermore, there is a quicklink to the participants list of the course.
Themes
======
block_people should work with all themes from moodle core.
Settings
========
block_people has neither a settings page nor settings in config.php. Nevertheless, there are some Moodle settings it responds to:
1. List of teachers
-------------------
block_people gets the list of teachers from $CFG->coursecontact. With this Moodle core setting, you can define which roles are displayed in block_people's list of teachers.
2. Quicklink for teachers
-------------------------
block_people only shows a quicklink to the teacher's profile if the user has the capability moodle/user:viewdetails
See http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Capabilities/moodle/user:viewdetails for details on this capability
block_people only shows a quicklink to the message system if the user has the capability moodle/site:sendmessage and if the Moodle message system is turnes on ($CFG->messaging)
See http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Capabilities/moodle/site:sendmessage for details on this capability and http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Messaging for details on the messaging system
3. Participants List
--------------------
block_people only shows the link to the participants list if the user has the capability moodle/course:viewparticipants.
See http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Capabilities/moodle/course:viewparticipants for details on this capability
4. Roles sort order
-------------------
block_people shows teacher role groups in the order defined in /admin/roles/manage.php. Please visit this settings page if you want to modify the sort order
Further information
===================
block_people is found in the Moodle Plugins repository: http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_people
Report a bug or suggest an improvement: https://github.com/abias/moodle-block_people/issues
Copyright
=========
Alexander Bias, University of Ulm
===================
Moodle block which displays all teachers of a course with contact quicklinks, as well as a quicklink to the participants list
Requirements
============
This plugin requires Moodle 2.3+
Changes
=======
2012-12-17 - New Feature: Block supports role names which have been renamed in course context
2012-11-30 - Bugfix: Block couldn't be added to frontpage, therefore it couldn't be used as sticky block
2012-11-27 - Small code cleanup
2012-10-10 - German language has been integrated into AMOS and was removed from this plugin. Please update your language packs with http://YOURMOODLEURL/admin/tool/langimport/index.php after installing this plugin version
2012-06-25 - Update version.php for Moodle 2.3
2012-06-01 - Initial version
Installation
============
Install the plugin like any other plugin to folder
/blocks/people
See http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Installing_plugins for details on installing Moodle plugins
Placement
=========
block_people is used ideally as sticky block and appears on all of your course pages at the same position
See http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Sticky_blocks for details about sticky blocks
Usage
=====
The block_people plugin displays a list of the course's teachers grouped by roles. The block shows the teacher's avatar, a quicklink to his/her profile and a quicklink to send him/her a message with the moodle message system. Furthermore, there is a quicklink to the participants list of the course.
Themes
======
block_people should work with all themes from moodle core.
Settings
========
block_people has neither a settings page nor settings in config.php. Nevertheless, there are some Moodle settings it responds to:
1. List of teachers
-------------------
block_people gets the list of teachers from $CFG->coursecontact. With this Moodle core setting, you can define which roles are displayed in block_people's list of teachers.
2. Quicklink for teachers
-------------------------
block_people only shows a quicklink to the teacher's profile if the user has the capability moodle/user:viewdetails
See http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Capabilities/moodle/user:viewdetails for details on this capability
block_people only shows a quicklink to the message system if the user has the capability moodle/site:sendmessage and if the Moodle message system is turnes on ($CFG->messaging)
See http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Capabilities/moodle/site:sendmessage for details on this capability and http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Messaging for details on the messaging system
3. Participants List
--------------------
block_people only shows the link to the participants list if the user has the capability moodle/course:viewparticipants.
See http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Capabilities/moodle/course:viewparticipants for details on this capability
4. Roles sort order
-------------------
block_people shows teacher role groups in the order defined in /admin/roles/manage.php. Please visit this settings page if you want to modify the sort order
Further information
===================
block_people is found in the Moodle Plugins repository: http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_people
Report a bug or suggest an improvement: https://github.com/abias/moodle-block_people/issues
Copyright
=========
Alexander Bias, University of Ulm
Version information
- Version build number
- 2012121700
- Version release name
- 2.3 (Build: 2012121700)
- Can be updated from
- 2.2 (Build: 2012060100), 2.3 (Build: 2012062500), 2.3 (Build: 2012062501), 2.3 (Build: 2012062502), 2.3 (Build: 2012062503)
- Can be updated to
- 2.4 (Build: 2013021800), 2.4 (Build: 2013042300) (2013021802)
- Maturity
- Stable version
- MD5 Sum
- a240a45a9b8ba624131c7dd36ad1596c
- Supported software
- Moodle 2.3
- Latest release for Moodle 2.3
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.