Moodle plugins directory: eTask topics format

eTask topics format

eTask topics format is type of the course format. It is based on topics format and includes grading table on the top of the course page with aditional functionality such as a highlighting of final grade or setting value for grade to pass.

Changelog

• eTask 3.3 (Moodle 3.3, 3.4)
  • Grading table uses Bootstrap 4 colors,
  • tooltip replaced with popover,
  • fully responsive and ready for mobile,
  • logged in student is always at the first row of the grading table,
  • form change checker is disabled, it menas no more an "Are you sure?" alerts if you try to leave the page without saving eTask forms,
  • activity completion fully implemented to eTask,
  • 'submitted' statuses and progress bars replaced with 'completed',
  • 'completed' status is working with activity completion, so if conditions met, activity is marked as completed (includes submitted assignments as well),
  • due date in popover shows completion expected date if due date is missing.
• eTask 3.3 (Moodle 3.2)
  • Grading table uses Bootstrap 4 colors,
  • tooltip replaced with popover,
  • fully responsive and ready for mobile,
  • logged in student is always at the first row of the grading table,
  • form change checker is disabled, it menas no more an "Are you sure?" alerts if you try to leave the page without saving eTask forms.
• eTask 3.2.4 (Moodle 2.9, 3.0, 3.1)
  • Logged in student is always at the first row of the grading table,
  • form change checker is disabled, it menas no more an "Are you sure?" alerts if you try to leave the page without saving eTask forms.

Installation

1. Download files as a ZIP archive,
2. extract files to the folder named etask,
3. copy the etask folder to course/format/ in your Moodle installation,
4. login to the administration and run the installation,
5. optionally update the settings of this module,
6. set course format to eTask topics format.

Settings

You can edit setting by visiting Site administration -> Plugins -> Course formats -> eTask topics format. There are four configurable fields.

Private view

By default, private view is inactive. If you activate it, students can see only their own grades, othervise they see grades of all students. Be careful and set this private view before using this course format in a course!

Show progress bars 'Passed' and 'Submitted'

Motivates your students even more with progress bars 'Passed' and 'Submitted' placed in the activity popover. Students can see progress of submitted assignments as well as passed activities. Private mode is back in a play! No private data like grades of other students - motivational progress bars only. Progress bars are shown by default.

Number of students per page

Number of students per page allows to change the number of students visible on each page of eTask table (default value is 10). Pagination is displayed below the eTask table.

Registered due date modules

Registered due date modules provide a list of activity modules and specifies in which module's database field is the due date value stored. It helps you to menage modules with due date information used in activity popover.

Features

Grading table of many activities

Provides grading table of many activity types such as assign, quiz, scorm, worksop etc.

Activity popover

Shows activity popover with due date, grade to pass and optionally passed and submitted progress bars (see settings for Show progress bars 'Passed' and 'Submitted').

Grade to pass settings

Allows set up grade to pass in a course editing mode. It includes scales as well!

Highlighting of grading values

Highlights grading value by different statuses (submitted, passed, failed or without highlighting if grade to pass is not defined). Completed status is applied through the activity completion in the activity settings. The status completed is displayed until a grade is entered, then 'passed' or 'failed' status is shown according to the grade to pass. Otherwise no status if grade to pass is not set.

Private view

Private view alows to see only own grades (see settings for Private view).

Scales

It is possible to use user defined scales in the grading activities. It is necessary to define scales ascending (from the worst to the best value), e.g. No, Yes or F, D, C, B, A!

Other features

• Support for groups mode in a course, it means student can see only students from the same group and teacher can filter eTask by all groups,
• table pagination; number of students per page can be defined in the eTask settings,
• all activities in an eTask grading table are sorted from the newest because of the information value of actual activities,
• logged in student is always at the first row of the grading table,
• activity completion support (completed status in the table, completed progress bar, expected completion date as due date if due date is not set),
• there are two types of views:
  • teacher can edit activities by clicking on activity headers; grade to pass setting is available; links from activity headers goes to activity editation; links from grade table cells goes to activity grading; filtering by groups is available as well as pagination,
  • student can click only on activity headers; links goes to activity detail; pagination is available; if student is part of defined group, only students from the same group are shown in the eTask table.

Mobile ready

One more thing. We are mobile ready! You can simply swipe the eTask grading table or set up grade to pass.