moodle-block_slideshow

Slideshow block

This block creates a slideshow that will appear in the heading section of a course page or front page.

Changelog 0.6.0

• Update cycle.js with cycle2.js to support responsive themes
• Replace dropped session_get_instance() with \core\session\manager()
• Add $plugin->component declaration in version.php which is now mandatory for Moodle 3+
• Thanks to Nadav Kavalerchik for contributions

Changelog 0.7.0

• Update to cycle2.js
• Included support for additional transitions and plugins
• Fully responsive

Installation

Download, extract, and upload the "Slideshow" folder into moodle/blocks

Global Configuration

• Set maximum number of slides in a slideshow
• Set maximum file size of slides

Instance Configuration

• Title - Set title of slideshow (leave blank to hide block's heading)
• Height - Sets height of slideshow and images NOTE this block will not rescale image files, it will only change the display size
• Transition - Choose from various slide transitions (some are a bit clunky, but most work well)
• Delay - Sets the time for which a single slide is displayed
• Background color - Clicking in this textbox triggers a colorpicker
• Transparent - Clicking this overrides the background color setting and makes the background transparent
• Image selector - Will only accept gif, jpg, or png files
• Use as normal Dock - Will allow the slideshow to be displayed in the side columns or where ever a block can be displayed.