Moodle plugins directory: Poodll Database Field
Poodll Database Field
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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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.
Yes, we have. The other Poodle plugins (assign submission and feedback and Poodll everywhere) function well.
The version field is in version.php twice with the end result that version is still 201406200
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?)
No worries, it was the season
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).
Best to keep these support style discussions in the PoodLL forum really: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=1189
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.