Poodll Database Field

Database fields ::: datafield_poodll
Maintained by Justin Hunt
The Poodll database field allows the database activity to accept video, audio, snapshot and whiteboard submissions. The Poodll Filter must be installed to use the Poodll Database Field.
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The Poodll database field allows the database activity to accept video, audio, snapshot and whiteboard submissions. It requires the Poodll Filter to be installed.

Installation instructions and a video can be found at https://support.poodll.com/support/home .

There should be only one folder "poodll" after you unzip the zip file.
Place this folder into your Moodle installation under the [site_root]/mod/data/field folder.

At the time of writing, Moodle doesn't handle language strings for 3rd party database fields well. So you should add these strings to the bottom of [site_root]/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
$string['poodll'] = 'Poodll';
$string['namepoodll'] = 'Poodll';
Skipping this step will not affect functionality, but  it will look a bit odd when Moodle tries to display the name of the database field.

After you placed the Poodll files in the correct location, login to your site as an admin and go to your Moodle site's top page. Moodle should then guide you through the installation or upgrade of the Poodll database activity field.

When you make a database activity in Moodle, you will see Poodll Multimedia field among the standard list of fields. If you select this field you will have the option to choose video, audio, whiteboard or snapshot.

*Please be aware that the Poodll Database Field relies on the Poodll Filter being installed, and won't work properly otherwise.*

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  • Paul Nijbakker
    Fri, 12 Dec 2014, 3:12 PM
    Hi Justin,
    In our Moodle 2.5.9 with Poodle data field plugin version 1.2.5 MP3 recording works, but there is a bug in the embedding of the recording. The codes shows as {POODLL:type=audio,path=https%3A%2F%2Fmoodle.... etc. Do you have any suggestion as to a solution? I suppose I can't install an older version, because Moodle will claim the database cannot go back to an earlier version.
  • Justin Hunt
    Sun, 14 Dec 2014, 9:53 PM
    Sorry for the slow reply. Can you confirm that you have installed and enabled the PoodLL filter?
  • Paul Nijbakker
    Mon, 15 Dec 2014, 12:11 AM
    Hi Justin,
    Yes, we have. The other Poodle plugins (assign submission and feedback and Poodll everywhere) function well.
  • Linda Vanderbaan
    Tue, 6 Jan 2015, 11:34 PM
    Hi Justin,
    The version field is in version.php twice with the end result that version is still 201406200
  • Justin Hunt
    Wed, 7 Jan 2015, 3:17 PM
    Thanks, Linda. I fixed that and posted it just now.

    Paul. Gosh I am sorry I did not get back to you. I did test it but could not find any issue. I still suspect the filter is not enabled, or there is a conflict between it and another filter (multimedia plugins?)
  • Paul Nijbakker
    Wed, 7 Jan 2015, 3:31 PM
    Hi Justin,
    No worries, it was the season smile
    We do have multimediaplugins enabled, but we separate the formats between the plugins (Mulimedia takes care of Flash and MP3 because we have those also from other sources).
  • Justin Hunt
    Fri, 9 Jan 2015, 12:20 AM
    Well I would try a bit of disabling, testing and re enabling of the different filters. The usual suspects are the glossary and auto linking filters. If the URL is public, send me a message/mail and perhaps I can look at it.

    Best to keep these support style discussions in the PoodLL forum really: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=1189
  • David Conrad
    Thu, 17 Mar 2016, 11:47 PM
    In the new moodle v3.0.3 having an issue when adding a new field. In the drop down menu, I see " [ [ pluginname ] ] " instead of Poodll. I've reinstalled the newest version of the plugin, 1.2.6. How do I change it so it displays as Poodll instead of " [ [ pluginname ] ] " ?
  • Justin Hunt
    Fri, 18 Mar 2016, 4:57 AM
    Hi David, this is an issue with Moodle that as far as I know has yet to be resolved. It does not resolve the plugin's display name properly from the language file. Actually it does seem odd that this issue still exists .. so I might have missed some sort of memo. In the docs on this page, I mention this briefly. I will paste it here for reference:
    Moodle doesn't completely handle language strings for 3rd party database fields well. So you should add these strings to the bottom of [site_root]/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
    $string['poodll'] = 'PoodLL';
    $string['namepoodll'] = 'PoodLL';
    If you skip this step however, the sky won't fall in. It will just look a bit odd when Moodle tries to display the name of the database field.
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