NED - Tabs Course Format

Course formats ::: format_fntabs
Maintained by Fern Oliveira
Part of set NED.
Tabs Course Format (with Activity Tracking)
Latest release:
157 sites
36 downloads
34 fans
Current versions available: 3

The Tabs Course Format displays sections as numbered tabs. The number of tabs is unlimited and the colour settings (text, hover, background, etc.) can be customized.

In addition, this course format includes an alternative Activity Tracking System, which tracks the following activity completion statuses:

  • Complete
  • Incomplete
  • Draft (saved by not submitted)
  • Not Attempted
  • Waiting for grade (student has submitted this activity) 

As shown in the screenshot below, these statuses are represented in the form of an icon on the left side of the activity name.

The tabs also provide a quick overview of the activity completion status by showing a green bar, in sections where all activity are complete, and a red bar, where more work is required.  Students can also mouseover tabs to see a quick report of the activity statuses for any given week/section. 

If you are using our Activity Tracking System on your site, it is recommended that you also install the My Progress block.

*Note that the activity tracking system (and My Progress block) can only be seen by students. Teachers can "login as" student so see this function in action.

 

Screenshots

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Contributors

Fern Oliveira (Lead maintainer)
Fernando Oliveira: Original maintainer
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  • Anthony Borrow
    Tue, 10 Sept 2013, 12:08 PM
    Thanks Aparup - I was working with Fernando on gettings things separated out so I was able to go ahead and make the release name of the 2.5 version "2.5". I pushed that change to Github.com and then added a new version so hopefully any confusion betwen the versions will be avoided. Peace - Anthony
  • Peter Eckstein
    Mon, 16 Sept 2013, 12:05 AM
    I just installed it (moodle 2.5+ - not the latest version). I wish I could change the text on each tab for a number to something more customizable - like the name of the secion. Is this possible?
  • Matthew Polaniecki
    Wed, 22 Jan 2014, 3:23 AM
    is there any way to rename the tabs to text instead of numbers?
  • Guildford College Group
    Wed, 26 Mar 2014, 5:06 PM
    We have just installed on Moodle 2.4.3+ (Build: 20130425) but there is no cog icon so we cannot change the preferences (as per your more information PDF). We are stuck with the green and yellow colour combination. I'd also like to be able to change the 'week' and tab text.
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Thu, 27 Mar 2014, 4:55 AM
    Version 2.4 requires the control panel: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_fn_tabs
  • Andreas Panagiotopoulos
    Mon, 12 May 2014, 2:50 PM
    Thank you, Fernando, for this grate plugin. Are you going to update it so it works for moodle 2.6 as well?
  • Nick Ntalias
    Thu, 31 July 2014, 2:03 PM
    Hi Fernando!

    I have noticed that in file course_format_fn.class.php (line 352) the rebuild_course_cache($this->course->id) function call causes a heavy load on DB by triggering too many read processes. If this line is commented everything looks like working perfect and the read processes are significantly reduced.

    Do you think that commenting the rebuild_course_cache() function call will cause side effects on the proper functioning of my course?

    Any ideas?

    I use Moodle 2.6.4 version.

    Thanks in advance for your help!

    Best regards,

    Nick.
  • Jerónimo Visñovezky
    Mon, 11 Aug 2014, 8:25 PM
    Would anyone here know if this should be installed in a Moodle 2.6.4+ (Build: 20140807)?
  • Anthony Borrow
    Mon, 11 Aug 2014, 11:09 PM
    An official version for 2.6 has not been provided; however, I am not aware of any changes in Moodle 2.6 that would cause the filter not to work. I would say that you can proceed with caution and give it a run on a test server first. Peace - Anthony
  • Jefferson Andrade
    Thu, 18 Sept 2014, 12:23 AM
    Hi guys,

    I have 10 sections, but i want to give access to section 10, while the students are in section 4. How can i do that?
  • Imed Ben Abdallah
    Tue, 15 Mar 2016, 10:53 PM
    hi Fernando
    I have a display problem
    the text is not center
    and the video its not big and not center
    Help plz
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byu7MvyHS82wTTNlYk9IVVRIWnM/view?usp=sharing
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Wed, 16 Mar 2016, 10:08 PM
    Hello Imed, sorry, this plugin has not been updated since Moodle 2.5. However, there is talk about updating in the near future. Feel free to check back in a few weeks.
  • Liz Qiao
    Wed, 23 Mar 2016, 6:03 AM
    how do you change the numbers on the tabs to customized text?
  • Fernando Oliveira
    Thu, 24 Mar 2016, 3:03 AM
    Hi Liz, this option doesn't currently exist but we hope to release a new version in the next few weeks.
  • Liz Qiao
    Thu, 24 Mar 2016, 7:56 AM
    Thanks for quick response Fernando! FN Tabs doesn't seem to be working properly in 3.0...everything seemed normal until after i added a checklist....my navi/admin bar disappeared, the format seems messed up. Is this expected?
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