Moodle plugins directory: Spectra Filter (Chemdoodle) | Moodle.org
Overview
This software is no longer maintained and has been superseded by the OpenOChem LTI Assessment System.
This is a text filter which convert links to JCAMP-DX files (*.jdx) to interactive Chemdoodle Webcomponent Spectra Canvas's.
Usage
There are three possible spectra configurations possible;
- Perspective Canvas - With a ChemDoodle Perspective canvas you can zoom in and adjust the scale of the spectrum. This is the default setting.
- Seeker canvas - The Seeker canvas allows the user to obtain or see the coordinates of points on the spectrum. To use the Seeker canvas add ?c=2 at the end of the URL when you create the link or by editing the link.
- Linked Perspective and Seeker Canvas - This option provides two linked spectrum. To use both Perspective and Seeker, add ?c=3 to the link url.
Title control
You can also control the title. Adding ?c=2&title=none to the end of the link URL will setup a Seeker canvas with a blank title. This is useful when including spectrum in quiz questions. Adding ?title=NEW TITLE will override the existing title found in the jdx file. The default is to use the title from the jdx file.
Flipping the X-axis
Adding ?c=1&flipaxis=false to the end of the link URL will create a perspective canvas without a flipped axis (i.e. the scale will increase from left to right). The default setting is true (i.e. the x-axis is flipped)
x-axis max and min
Adding ?minx=4&maxx=6 will adjust the initial x-axis max and min scale of the spectrum.
Integration Line
The integration line can be turned off by adding &int=off at end of URL. By default the integration is turned on.
The following is an examples illustrate the three possible ChemDoodle canvas options. With a ChemDoodle Perspective canvas you can zoom in and adjust the scale of the spectra.License
This plugin adopts the same license that Moodle does. The ChemDoodle Web Components are included in this package which are under a GPLv3 license.
Authors
This plugin was developed at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Neither IUP or Carl LeBlond are affiliated with ChemDoodle.
Screenshots
I noticed that the example files have an All Rights Reserved statement that is incompatible with GPL. My suggestion would be to remove them from the plugin file. You could create an index file with the URLs on where they can be found. That way it is up to the user to get the files.
I installed the filter; however, when I tried to test it I could see the zoom in, etc. but not the image. I am not sure why it was not working.
I tried to run the code checker - even excluding the jdx files. I suspect it is probably the js files.
For now, I am going to mark this plugin as needing more work. Peace - Anthony
Thanks Carl
One thing I would suggest is to rename the file_get_contents() JS function that you create in the global scope. It is preferred to use correct namespaces for JS provided by plugins. In your case, it could be something like M.filter_chemdoodle.file_get_contents(). See other plugins form the M object (namespace) usage.
Also, using global variables like $chemdoodlehasbeeninitialized is not a sign of good code design. Please try to avoid global variables if possible. If you really really need them (and in most cases, plugins have other ways to achieve the same functionality), their names should be upper-case and having the FILTER_CHEMDOODLE_* prefix.
I am going to approve this filter now. Good luck with maintaining it. You are cleared to land, welcome to the Plugins directory.