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  Thomas George

  Mon, 27 July 2015, 9:49 AM

  Hi Michael,
  
  Thanks for your quick response. After reading through your email, i was able to add the "Progress Bar" to the course pages. Thanks for the heads up!
  
  George
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  David Dunn

  Thu, 27 Aug 2015, 12:33 AM

  Hi,
  
  Longtime fan of the Progress Bar. Recently upgrdade to Mdl 2.9.1 with theme evolve-D.
  
  I had the same error that is mentioned several times previously in this thread (see Peter P's message of 18 June 2015). Clicking on the Student Overview produced a 500 internal error server message. Debugging produced no further info.
  
  I have changed the permissions of the folders and files in the Progress Bar directory from 777 to 755, and from 666 to 644, respectively. Now the overview loads correctly.
  
  Hope this helps.
  
  David@Dunn.Solutions
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  Michael de Raadt

  Thu, 27 Aug 2015, 2:06 PM

  Thanks for sharing your work-around, David.
  
  I wonder if you would mind doing some additional research to help narrow down the problem. Are you able to try this with a theme other than evelve-D? I'm not sure if that is a factor, but it would be good to rule it out. Could you try changing the permissions on files individually to see if it is a particular file that somehow leads to the problem? I'm also wondering what method you used to install the plugin in the first place and if that could be a factor.
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  cesar teixeira

  Mon, 7 Sept 2015, 6:01 PM

  Hi.
  I was with the same 500 internal server message and David's solution worked like a Sharm.
  
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  Michael de Raadt

  Tue, 8 Sept 2015, 7:49 AM

  Thanks for reporting that, Cesar. (How does a Sharm work?)
  
  If you can provide more information about how you installed the plugin and how the file permissions might have become different to what others have installed, that would help. Were you using Evolve-D also?
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  Chris Neil

  Fri, 11 Sept 2015, 7:57 PM

  Hi Michael
  
  Really love the plugin! We have recently started using the TurnitIn plugin for student upload and marking of assessments. However I notice that the progress bar cannot track TurnitIn activities. Is there a fix for this?
  
  Many Thanks
  Chris Neil
  chris@cnelm.co.uk
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  Michael de Raadt

  Mon, 14 Sept 2015, 6:45 AM

  Hi, Chris.
  
  The fix is to add an entry to the lib.php file for the plugin. That file contains information about the plugins that it knows about, which includes standard plugins plus a few contributed ones. There is one for "TurnItInTool", but it may not cover the plugin TurnItIn have given you. TurnItIn has six different plugins and deliberately make it difficult for Moodle users to work with them. If you are able to create an entry for your TurnItIn plugin, be sure to share the code so we can add it for the benefit of others.
  
  Michael
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  Brian Evans

  Mon, 14 Sept 2015, 9:54 PM

  Michael,
  
  Thanks so much for this plugin. It's a wonderful idea and really should be implemented as part of core moodle.
  
  I tried for the first time today to use an external (LTI) tool and found that the progress bar couldn't track it. Is there any way to add the external tool activity to the list of plugins progress bar monitors?
  
  Thanks.
  
  -Brian
  
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  Michael de Raadt

  Tue, 15 Sept 2015, 8:43 AM

  Hi, Brian.
  
  Yes, I have avoided the LTI activity as it is a bit more complicated than most Moodle activities. I had a quick look and it was easy to add a check in the gradebook for grades associated with the module, but it's hard for me to test without a live site. If you are able to help, I've created an issue that you could comment on: CONTRIB-5908.
  
  Michael
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  Jason Hitsman

  Wed, 16 Sept 2015, 5:06 AM

  I have quizzes turning red before they are due if students take them and do not achieve a passing grade. I'd prefer the box stays blue until the deadline has passed. Is there anyway to do this?
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  Michael de Raadt

  Wed, 16 Sept 2015, 7:00 AM

  Hi, Jason.
  
  The pass action is judged regardless of the deadline. It previously didn't show red until after the deadline, but others convinced me that showing the student has passed or failed should happen as soon as it is known, otherwise it can get confusing. If students are allowed reattempts, they can turn it to green. If this doesn't suit your approach, perhaps try one of the other actions.
  
  Michael
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  Jason Hitsman

  Wed, 16 Sept 2015, 7:54 PM

  Michael,
  
  Would it be possible to make it an option? I use the bar in a self-paced, mastery class. kids pass quizzes to get credit, but they can take them as many times as they need to pass. I set quiz due dates on pace to finish by the semester. With quizzes only turning red when passed due students got quick easy feedback when they were starting to fall behind.
  
  With this new behavior students get confused because the red quizzes are showing up before the deadline. I know I can tell students and parents to look for red quizzes left of the now mark and to ignore red quizzes to the right, but I'd like to avoid creating any more confusion if I can.
  
  Jason
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  Michael de Raadt

  Thu, 17 Sept 2015, 7:23 AM

  Hi, Jason.
  
  We could possibly have a separate action from "Passed" that only shows red after the due date. What would we call it so that it is distinct and understandable?
  
  Michael
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  Jason Hitsman

  Thu, 17 Sept 2015, 10:20 PM

  Hm... How about these?
  Deadline
  Paced Passing
  Passed by deadline
  Passed on Time
  On Schedule
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  Michael de Raadt

  Fri, 18 Sept 2015, 7:06 AM

  I think "Passed by deadline" is the best. I hope people don't have trouble translating that into other languages.
  
  This could probably be added to assignment and lesson as well, where resubmission is possible.