Grid Format

Course formats ::: format_grid
Maintained by Gareth J BarnardGareth J Barnard
A modular and visual course format. Hides all topics and creates a grid of icons (one for each topic) with short titles. Clicking on an icon brings up the content from the corresponding topic.

Grid Format 2.3.1

Moodle 2.3
Released: Monday, 16 July 2012, 7:37 PM
GRID COURSE FORMAT
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Package tested in: Moodle 2.3.1+ (Build: 20120712) 2012062501

BETA DEVELOPMENT VERSION - NOT FOR PRODUCTION SITES - G J Barnard 'http://moodle.org/user/profile.php?id=442195'

QUICK INSTALL
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Download zip package, extract the grid folder and upload this folder into course/format/.

If already installed, remove the row with the 'plugin' of 'format_grid' in the 'config_plugins' table and drop the 'format_grid_icon'
and 'format_grid_summary' tables before clicking on 'notifications'.

ABOUT
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Developed by: Paul Krix
Maintained by: Julian (moodleman) Ridden and Gareth Barnard

FILES
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* grid/format.php

Code that actually displays the course view page.

* grid/config.php

Configuration file, mainly controlling default blocks for the format.

* grid/lang/en/format_grid.php
* grid/lang/ru/format_grid.php
* grid/lang/es/format_grid.php
* grid/lang/fr/format_grid.php

Language file containing language strings for grid format.

Note that existing formats store their language strings in the main
moodle.php, which you can also do, but this separate file is recommended
for contributed formats.

Of course you can have other folders as well as just English and Russian
if you want to provide multiple languages.

* grid/db/install.xml

Database table definitions.

* grid/db/upgrade.php

Database upgrade script.

* grid/version.php

Required for using database tables. The file provides information
about plugin version (update when tables change) and required Moodle version.

* grid/styles.css

The file include in the CSS Moodle generates.

* grid/backup/moodle2/backup_format_grid_plugin.class.php
grid/backup/moodle2/restore_format_grid_plugin.class.php

Backup and restore run automatically when backing up the course.
You can't back up the course format data independently.

Version information

Version build number
2012071500
Version release name
2.3.1
Can be updated from
Release Candidate 2 (2012012200)
Can be updated to
2.5.1 (2013051400)
Maturity
Beta
MD5 Sum
3b427e3951c56bee650395a9bd4cc84f
Supported software
PHP 5.3, PHP 5.4, Moodle 2.3

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL
VCS branch
MOODLE_23_STABLE

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Course formats

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the module.
  3. Place the folder (eg "myformat") in the "course/format" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation