People

Blocks ::: block_people
Maintained by Logo "Moodle an Hochschulen e.V."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 2.8 (Build: 2015012900)

Moodle 2.8
Released: jeudi, 29 janvier 2015, 18:03

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 2.8+

Changes

  • 2015-01-29 - Improve layout and remove link to profile when user does not see profile icons
  • 2015-01-29 - Check compatibility for Moodle 2.8, no functionality change
  • 2014-08-29 - Update README file
  • 2014-06-30 - Drop support for Non-Bootstrap based themes
  • 2014-06-30 - Check compatibility for Moodle 2.7, no functionality change
  • 2014-01-31 - Check compatibility for Moodle 2.6, no functionality change
  • 2013-10-15 - Bugfix: Block didn't respect course members which have multiple roles, now those members are listed with all of their roles
  • 2013-07-30 - Transfer Github repository from github.com/abias/... to github.com/moodleuulm/...; Please update your Git paths if necessary
  • 2013-07-30 - Check compatibility for Moodle 2.5, no functionality change
  • 2013-04-23 - Add required capability for placing block on MyMoodle page
  • 2013-03-18 - Fix php strict standards bug, fix small performance issue, Code cleanup according to moodle codechecker
  • 2013-02-18 - Check compatibility for Moodle 2.4
  • 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/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/en/Block_settings#Making_a_block_sticky_throughout_the_whole_site 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 Bootstrap based Moodle Themes.

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 teacher roles 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/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/en/Capabilities/moodle/site:sendmessage for details on this capability and http://docs.moodle.org/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/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/block_people

Report a bug or suggest an improvement: https://github.com/moodleuulm/moodle-block_people/issues

Moodle release support

Due to limited ressources, block_people is only maintained for the most recent major release of Moodle. However, previous versions of this plugin which work in legacy major releases of Moodle are still available as-is without any further updates in the Moodle Plugins repository.

There may be several weeks after a new major release of Moodle has been published until we can do a compatibility check and fix problems if necessary. If you encounter problems with a new major release of Moodle - or can confirm that block_people still works with a new major relase - please let us know on https://github.com/moodleuulm/moodle-block_people/issues

Right-to-left support

This plugin has not been tested with Moodle's support for right-to-left (RTL) languages. If you want to use this plugin with a RTL language and it doesn't work as-is, you are free to send me a pull request on github with modifications.

Copyright

University of Ulm kiz - Media Department Team Web & Teaching Support Alexander Bias

Version information

Version build number
2014111000
Version release name
2.8 (Build: 2015012900)
Can be updated from
2.7 (Build: 2014063000) (2014051200)
Can be updated to
2.9 (Build: 2015081800)
Maturity
Version stable
MD5 Sum
4e2799f487800462fa73210d4f83f143
Supported software
Moodle 2.8
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.8

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Blocks

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the block folder.
  3. Place the folder (eg "myblock") in the "blocks" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to complete the installation
  5. Turn editing on in any home or course page.
  6. Add the block to the page
  7. Visit the config link in the block for more options.