Course formats: Buttons
format_buttons
Maintained by
Rodrigo Brandão
Buttons is a course format that creates a menu with buttons to access the topics, one by one.
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Buttons is a course format that creates a menu with buttons to access the topics, one by one.
Features
* Create groups of sections, to separate topics in modules or periods;* Create names to the groups to identify them. (Example: First Semester, Topics about a specific theme);
* Change the colors of the buttons (when active, inactive, on over and hidden), to fit it your Moodle theme;
* Select the list-style in numbers, alphabet or roman numeral.
Installation
* For recent Moodle versions, you can install this plugin automatically from the Moodle plugins database.Manual installation
1. You can manually download the zip file from the Moodle Plugins Database.2. After downloading the zip file, expand it and put it's contents in your .../moodle/course/format/ directory.
3. The folder name must be 'buttons'.
4. Go to 'Admin ► Site administration ► Notifications' page.
5. Follow the instructions inside the page to finish the installation.
Usage
1. When creating a new course, select 'Buttons format' in the 'Course format' dropdown menu.2. To select the format, simply choose it from the list of course formats in the course settings.
3. Choose the number of sections, or leave the default of 10 sections.
4. Choose where you want the first (zero) section (which has the default 'Announcements' forum) positioned: Either 'Above the list buttons' or 'Below the visible section'.
5. Select the sequential rule. You can uses the count original of the topics, or chose to reset the count to each new grouping.
6. Select the list-style in numbers, alphabet or roman numeral.
7. Write the titles for all the groupings you will use and the number of sections that each one will have. If a group has only one section, the icon will be (...).
8. Write the hexadecimal color for the current section button and the visible section button, or leave it empty to use the default value.
Documentation
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How can i make that ?
Lovely plugin, the look and feel of it is great.
Now I have this problem: when this course format is chosen, I cannot use [span lang="fr" class="multilang"] tags in section names directly on the page. Doing so results in the error message: "Undefined/Error calling update processor".
This problem can be circumvented by editing the title of the section on the "course/editsection.php" page. But I thought you might want to know about that and possibly correct the bug.
Cheers
Sébastien
Any idea how to duplicate the buttons at the bottom of the page so they are at both the top and bottom?
This would prevent users from having to scroll back up if the page is long. Doable?
Thanks once more! Margaret
May i ask you if the source control URL is still the right one ? Last commit is in in September 2016.
Regards,
Stephane
This plugin is fantastic. Such an elegant solution to topic navigation within a course.
I'd like to offer one suggestion/request to make it even more helpful: forward and back buttons (or arrows, maybe) to facilitate linear navigation through the topics.
Thanks for sharing the great work.
Cheers!
Chris
Can the edit section summary cog re-appear if the plugin is for 2.7 and 2.8
Thanks.
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line 267 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to debugging()
line 266 of /course/format/buttons/renderer.php: call to renderer_base->pix_url()
line 322 of /course/format/buttons/renderer.php: call to format_buttons_renderer->section_header()
line 48 of /course/format/buttons/format.php: call to format_buttons_renderer->print_multiple_section_page()
line 280 of /course/view.php: call to require()
pix_url is deprecated. Use image_url for images and pix_icon for icons.
line 267 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to debugging()
line 266 of /course/format/buttons/renderer.php: call to renderer_base->pix_url()
line 322 of /course/format/buttons/renderer.php: call to format_buttons_renderer->section_header()
line 48 of /course/format/buttons/format.php: call to format_buttons_renderer->print_multiple_section_page()
line 280 of /course/view.php: call to require()
pix_url is deprecated. Use image_url for images and pix_icon for icons.
line 267 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to debugging()
line 266 of /course/format/buttons/renderer.php: call to renderer_base->pix_url()
line 322 of /course/format/buttons/renderer.php: call to format_buttons_renderer->section_header()
line 48 of /course/format/buttons/format.php: call to format_buttons_renderer->print_multiple_section_page()
line 280 of /course/view.php: call to require()
pix_url is deprecated. Use image_url for images and pix_icon for icons.
line 267 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to debugging()
line 266 of /course/format/buttons/renderer.php: call to renderer_base->pix_url()
line 322 of /course/format/buttons/renderer.php: call to format_buttons_renderer->section_header()
line 48 of /course/format/buttons/format.php: call to format_buttons_renderer->print_multiple_section_page()
line 280 of /course/view.php: call to require()
pix_url is deprecated. Use image_url for images and pix_icon for icons.
line 267 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to debugging()
line 266 of /course/format/buttons/renderer.php: call to renderer_base->pix_url()
line 330 of /course/format/buttons/renderer.php: call to format_buttons_renderer->section_header()
line 48 of /course/format/buttons/format.php: call to format_buttons_renderer->print_multiple_section_page()
line 280 of /course/view.php: call to require()