Stash

Blocks ::: block_stash
Maintained by Adrian Greeve, Frédéric Massart ⭐
Part of sets Stash, Gamification.
Add an inventory of items to your course and let your students find items by exploring the activities. #game #gamification
Latest release:
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Current versions available: 3

The stash block is a good way to encourage more interaction with activities and is invaluable for teachers looking to gamify their course.

This plugin introduces a block that shows students items that they have picked up through the course.

The teacher can create items and then place them in activities and resources for students to find.

Items can be set to be collected once and encourages exploration of the course material. It is also possible to set an item to have an unlimited supply from a set location. This could encourage  students to return to specific areas to collect more items. 


You can also check out this video:


Quick start


We've crafted a sample course for you to try, it is the best way to see what this plugin has to offer. Please accurately follow those steps:

1/ Get your hands on a Moodle installation
2/ Install the three following plugins (without exception)
3/ Enable conditional access, named enableavailability under "Site administration > Advanced features"
4/ Restore this backup file as a new course

5/ Enrol a student in the new course
6/
Now, login as that student and try the course

Important note

In order to make this plugin easier to use and fully featured, please also install:

They are highly recommended.

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Contributors

Adrian Greeve (Lead maintainer)
Frédéric Massart ⭐
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Comments

  • Paul Martin
    Tue, 16 Jun 2020, 10:45 PM
    When upgrading to v1.3.3, I'm receiving the following error:

    Debug info: Unknown column 'i.amountlimit' in 'field list'
    SELECT i.id AS itemid, i.stashid AS itemstashid, i.name AS itemname, i.maxnumber AS itemmaxnumber, i.detail AS itemdetail, i.detailformat AS itemdetailformat, i.amountlimit AS itemamountlimit, i.currentamount AS itemcurrentamount, i.timecreated AS itemtimecreated, i.timemodified AS itemtimemodified, ui.id AS useritemid, ui.itemid AS useritemitemid, ui.userid AS useritemuserid, ui.quantity AS useritemquantity, ui.timecreated AS useritemtimecreated, ui.timemodified AS useritemtimemodified
    FROM mdl_block_stash_user_items ui
    JOIN mdl_block_stash_items i
    ON i.id = ui.itemid
    WHERE ui.userid = ?
    AND i.stashid = ? AND ui.quantity IS NOT NULL
    [array (
    0 => '49034',
    1 => '30',
    )]

    The course is 100% inaccessible, with an "Error reading fro database" message". I'm running the latest Moodle v3.8.3+ and the latest (apparently?) version of Stash. Any assistance is appreciated.
  • Adrian Greeve
    Wed, 17 Jun 2020, 9:20 AM
    Hello Paul Martin,
    Were you using version 1.3.1 or earlier before upgrading to 1.3.3? I suspect that after uploading stash to the latest version, that the site hasn't run the upgrade code and that is why you are seeing this error. Please log in as the administrator (or contact the administrator) and kick off the site upgrade.

    Please let me know if that hasn't fixed your problem.
  • Soporte Creatic
    Sat, 22 Aug 2020, 5:45 AM
    Hello Mr. Greeve

    Your plugin is awesome, adds an interesting gamification to the courses, but now we have a problem, on a test course of our Moodle 3.8 platform. After a student pick-ups all the items, the items don't appear for other students and our admin account, only after change the config of limited item, then appear again.
  • Felipe Prevelato
    Fri, 25 Sep 2020, 7:52 PM
    Hi, after installing and enabling i cant seem to find it... i cant add the block nor can i configure/add items... any hint/help?
  • Marta Rybka
    Tue, 27 Oct 2020, 6:47 PM
    Hi, after trying to add the block to a course, I got the error: 'The stash is not enabled. Was the block added to the course?'. How do I solve this issue? Stash block and availability stash were enabled.
  • Xochitl CP
    Fri, 8 Jan 2021, 6:49 AM
    Hi, excuse me, may be it's so simple, but i'm using stash into a simple page, i put the code [stashdrop secret="lEpBwF" text="Pick up!" image] into the content (i tried both, content and description), but when I click on the button, nothing happens. I don´t know what to do. Please help me.
  • Adrian Greeve
    Fri, 8 Jan 2021, 8:50 AM
    Hello Xochitl CP.
    The only thing that I can think of that would result in the above code not being changed is that the filter has been disabled. As an administrator go to Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage filters - and check that "Shortcodes" is active.

    Can you also describe what a simple page is? Does it have an editor when you are adding text to it? Is block_stash working in other areas?
  • Xochitl CP
    Fri, 8 Jan 2021, 10:36 AM
    Hi again, I checked the filters and "shortcodes" is active. A simple page is a page created with moodle with text into a

    . I just copy and paste the code into the page. This is my first block_stash. :'(. The page is available when I mark a lesson as finished. So, it suppossed that student gets in and take the reward. That's all. Is the code right? I saw in the video other instructions in javascript.

  • Joseph Liaw
    Fri, 8 Jan 2021, 10:46 AM
    Hi Oxchitl:

    Which theme are you using? If you are using Snap, because of the unique way it shows pages in-line, the Stash filter isn't active on the main course page. If you manually create a link to the page (e.g. "Enter HERE to pick up treasure!" and create a hyperlink to the page), then students can pick up the Stash item since the shortcode filter can parse the code.

    Hope that helps.
  • Xochitl Clemente
    Fri, 8 Jan 2021, 12:04 PM
    You were right. It is the theme. I followed your advice. It works. Thank you so much.
  • Sébastien Viel
    Fri, 28 May 2021, 11:25 PM
    Hello ! First of all thanks for your plugin, I just discovered it and I see all the way to gamify my future courses !
    Just a question : I saw a trade option ; I created a trade (a object for an other) but when I test it as a student I don't see where I can trade my objects ?
    Regards,
  • Adrian Greeve
    Wed, 2 Jun 2021, 2:14 PM
    Hello Sébastien, Thanks for your kind words about the plugin. I don't have much detail to go on as to what might be the problem here, so I'll try to explain the process. The trade option works in a similar way to the items. You copy the "Snippet" (it looks like [stashtrade secret="123"]) and paste it in an editor somewhere on the course. The trade object should become visible for both the teacher and the student. If you can't see it as a teacher then you may have to try copy and pasting the snippet again.
  • Sébastien Viel
    Thu, 3 Jun 2021, 1:15 AM
    Hi Adrian ! Thanks for feedback, I just found trade snippets thanks to your indications ! Thanks again for your work !
  • Victor Azuaje
    Mon, 7 Jun 2021, 7:49 PM
    Hi,
    Great plugin.
    I set up one item to be picked up once (supplies:1) in one location. It appears when the condition is satisfied. But if the item isn't picked up or one day pass, it "disappears" or doesn't appear until I reset it--what I usually do is to set the interval to any time (10 minutes, 1 hour) and then save it.
    The same thing happens if I have a scarce item to be picked once in different locations.
    Thank you for any help.
  • Adrian Greeve
    Fri, 18 Jun 2021, 10:11 AM
    Hello Victor Azuaje,
    I'm sorry to hear that you're having problems with items that have a limited supply. I haven't been able to replicate the problem. Are you running a standard install of Moodle or do you have some plugins / themes installed? If you list them then I could install them on my machine and see if they are some how interfering with the stash items. Any further information would be most useful.
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