Moodle plugins directory: Courses to Calendar

General plugins (Local): Courses to Calendar

local_coursetocal

Maintained by

Andres Ramos,

LMS Doctor

Display all your courses in the Calendar as Site Events from selected categories. Sometimes and for some reasons, you want to display to everyone your courses in the Calendar and this is exactly what this plugin does.

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Courses to Calendar

This plugin allows you to display the courses in the Calendar as Site Events. Sometimes and for some reasons, you want to display to everyone your courses in the Calendar and this is exactly what this plugin does.

You are able to decide what categories of courses can be displayed as site events in the Moodle Calendar.

Features

From the calendar, users can access a course through a Link.
As an admin, you can update the course's date directly from the calendar. It supports drag and drops functionality so it automatically updates the course with the new dates.
As an admin, you can update the course's summary from the calendar.
You can change the text link that takes the user to the course from the calendar.
You can change the courses categories that will display the courses in the calendar as Site Events.

How to use?

Go to Site Administration > Plugins > Local > Courses to Calendar, access the plugin's settings and select 1 or more categories that you wish your courses to be displayed in the calendar.
After you save, the plugin will automatically run in the background and add to the Calendar your courses as long as they have the Start Date and End Date enabled.
Now you will be able to edit the events to update the courses, or simply by updating the courses the events will be updated.

Support

Report any issues directly on https://github.com/andresmrg/local_coursetocal/issues
Source code https://github.com/andresmrg/local_coursetocal/

Thanks to

This plugin was sponsored by ECBOCES www.ecboces.org and developed by LMS Doctor, Inc. www.lmsdoctor.com

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Emma Richardson
Tue, Aug 4, 2020, 2:54 AM
It should work just fine - I have it running on 3.8 and getting ready to test on 3.9...
Stephen Wallace
Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 3:17 AM
When I install, it gets stuck on the settings page where I have the option to change the default text for links. Even after saving the settings, it goes back to the same screen. Moodle 3.8.4.
LMS Doctor
Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 6:55 AM
Hi Stephen, That's odd. Can you make a small video and share it to helpdesk@lmsdoctor.com ? I would love to take a look.
Stephen Wallace
Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 1:21 AM
I could attempt to make a video. On the discussion forums, I posted there too but with an image. Basically, after the installation, I can modify any of the settings (I believe it's just one). After I click on Save. The screen reloads but without the option for changing the setting but just the New Setting screen. I have to manually leave the page but if I go to Site Admin-> Notifications, it comes back. So I uninstall.
LMS Doctor
Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 1:54 AM
Hi Stephen, provide me with the link to the discussion forum and I'll try to replicate your issue and notify you if there is something for us to fix.
Stephen Wallace
Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 4:53 PM
Actually, it was on Github where I posted the screen shot. It is here. https://github.com/andresmrg/local_coursetocal/issues/2 If you need more, let me know.
David Futuro
Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 5:45 PM
With this plugins are you able to add into calendar when and where studnets have its dayly classes of each course?
LMS Doctor
Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 11:06 PM
Hi David. It exposes the courses dates in the calendar for all authenticated users, only those enrolled would access to the courses
David Futuro
Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 2:59 PM
Is there a demo?
I wanna try, it works with 3.7.1? Thanks.
LMS Doctor
Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 10:06 PM
You can use it for free. It works with 3.7.1 You can download the plugin from this page directly or from the repository: https://github.com/andresmrg/local_coursetocal/ ... It is very simple to use.
Emma Richardson
Fri, Sep 4, 2020, 1:20 AM
I have run it on 3.8 and just tested successfully on 3.9. Andres, can you add those versions to this?
LMS Doctor
Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 5:25 AM
It was resolved for Stephen. We figured out what was causing the issue and resolved it. Basically, he had all categories hidden and the plugin needs at least 1 available for the settings, otherwise it doesn't allow to move forward from the new settings page.
Sabu snp
Thu, Nov 26, 2020, 1:32 PM
Hi, is anyone feel Moodle get slow after this plugin installed. In my site after install plugin, when each student login it showing loading "Course overview" for around more then 1 minute or sometimes it showing database overload error also.

My Moodle version is (v3.7.6)
Installed plugin version:Courses to Calendar v3.6.2
Emma Richardson
Thu, Nov 26, 2020, 8:46 PM
Course overview should not be affected at all. We are currently we reworking the plugin to avoid a large database call when system admin settings page is loaded but that is the only I have noticed. Have you turned debugging on?
LMS Doctor
Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 3:34 AM
@Sabu snp , The latest version fixes the loading problem. Feel free to upgrade and test.

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