Collapsed Topics

Course formats ::: format_topcoll
Maintained by Gareth J BarnardGareth J Barnard
An interchangeable topic or week based format that solves the issue of the 'Scroll of Death' when a course has many topics.
Latest release:
4914 sites
2k downloads
160 fans
Current versions available: 28

An interchangeable topic or week (day for 2.3.1+) based format that solves the issue of the 'Scroll of Death' when a course has many topics / weeks. All sections except zero have a toggle that displays that section. One or more sections can be displayed at any given time. Toggles are persistent on a per browser session per course basis but can be made to persist longer by a small code change. Full installation instructions, code adapt-ions and credits are included in the 'Readme.md' file.

If you have a course with more than fifty two sections then currently the toggle persistence will not work for the fifty third section and above.  Then you need to upgrade to the Moodle 2.5 version+.

Support:

The format comes with NO support.  Please see the 'Support' section in 'Readme.md' file that comes with the format.  This is because the format is complex and I regret that I don't have the time / resources to freely assist with questions pertaining to specific enhancements / changes / knowledge improvement.

I will investigate genuine bugs and issue fixes in a timescale set by myself.  When reporting issues you MUST clearly state the full version and release of both Moodle and the Collapsed Topics format as contained within their 'version.php' files - if not it takes me longer to figure out, often resulting in me asking for the details anyway and slowing the process of solving your problem down.  It really helps to read the 'Reporting Issues' section in the 'Readme.md' file and upload and describe in detail the issue you are having on the 'Course formats' forum.

Book:

NEW: 'The Complete Guide to Collapsed Topics' (and 'Blurb') book is now available, covering: installation, upgrade, uninstallation, course and global features, resetting, capabilities, language strings, overriding icons / styles in a theme and adding a new icon set.

The Complete Guide to Collapsed Topics book


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Inside the Complete Guide to Collapsed Topics.


NOTE: The latest version incorporates functionality to support new UK / EU Cookie Law which is implemented as a user acceptance in the 1.9 version and no 'cookie' is used at all in 2.x versions.

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Privacy API support starts with V3.3.1.2 for M3.3 and V3.4.0.2 for M3.4 where the API has been implemented in the minor release of Moodle.

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  • Gareth J Barnard
    Fri, 26 May 2017, 6:02 AM
    Hi Mike,

    Thank you for your comments.

    1. Can be solved by removing 'tabindex' from tc_colourpopup.php.
    2. I'll think about it.
    3. Would you willing to fund this enhancement please?
    4. This was debated at length many years ago and the icon before hover shows the icons affected and when hovering what will happen. So is correct unless diode is specifically wrong.

    Kind regards,

    Gareth
  • head and shoulders photo  - man with a beard
    Fri, 23 June 2017, 3:49 AM
    Hi Gareth,

    Like the others on the list, I think that this is a great plugin - thank you so much. The plugin does not currently work for the new feature of "stealth activities". Is it on your roadmap to update this and if so what timeframe would you have in mind?

    Kind regards

    Mark
  • Gareth J Barnard
    Fri, 23 June 2017, 3:56 AM
    Hi Mark,

    The format does currently implement "stealth activities" as implemented in version 3.3.0.2 of the 6th June 2017: https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversion.php?id=14147.

    Kind regards,

    Gareth
  • Alberto García Gómez
    Tue, 4 July 2017, 8:06 PM
    Hi Gareth, great plugin.

    How can I disable the "One section only" function?

    Thank you very much.

    Alberto
  • Gareth J Barnard
    Wed, 5 July 2017, 12:29 AM
    Hi Alberto,

    What version of Collapsed Topics are you running? Could you be a bit more specific please.

    Kind regards,

    Gareth
  • Alberto García Gómez
    Wed, 5 July 2017, 3:15 AM
    Sorry, I'm using version 3.3.1.0 (2017042202)

    We need to disable the "View only..." button:

    Thank you.
  • Gareth J Barnard
    Wed, 5 July 2017, 4:58 AM
    Hi Alberto,

    I see, currently that cannot be done without changing the code, however the client loves the functionality.

    Kind regards,

    Gareth
  • Alberto García Gómez
    Wed, 5 July 2017, 2:33 PM
    Thank you Gareth, but our clients are very confused with this functionality and we're receiving many messages about it.

    We are going to hide it using css.

    Kind regards

    Alberto
  • Gareth J Barnard
    Thu, 6 July 2017, 1:59 AM
    Hi Alberto,

    Fair enough.

    Kind regards,

    Gareth
  • Chris Bell
    Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 12:21 AM
    Hi Alberto,
    Could you please share your CSS overrides to hide the "View only" button?
    We have also just had this plugin updated and I wonder whether we may experience a high number of messages about it.
    Kind regards,
    Chris B
  • Chris Bell
    Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 12:44 AM
    I was impatient and made CSS changes straight away. For anyone that is interested:


    .right.side {
    display:none !important
    }
  • Gareth J Barnard
    Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 1:00 AM
    Hi Chris,

    That CSS will disable the section editing menu for anybody trying to edit the course.

    Gareth
  • Adrian Perez Rodriguez
    Mon, 9 Oct 2017, 7:28 PM
    Why is there no MOODLE_33 branch? https://github.com/gjb2048/moodle-format_topcoll
  • Gareth J Barnard
    Mon, 9 Oct 2017, 7:37 PM
    There is, as the current stable version of Moodle is M3.3 then 'master' is the Moodle 3.3 branch for Collapsed Topics. All the downloads with their tags point to that branch as such. And when you look at https://github.com/gjb2048/moodle-format_topcoll all you need to do is scroll down and read to see the Readme that stipulates the version that branch is for.
  • Andrew Normore
    Fri, 13 Oct 2017, 12:08 AM
    Just installed on our new clean Moodle 3.3.1, works perfectly with our courses coming from Moodle 2.4.6 and 2.6.x. Thanks for keeping this up to date.
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