Group formation

Activities ::: mod_groupformation
Maintained by Multimedia Communication Lab KOMMultimedia Communication Lab KOM
Formation of optimized learning groups - by topic preference or best match of individuals' charatceristics and preferences; in one easy to use Moodle acticity; languages available: German, English

Group formation v1.9.0

Moodle 3.11, 4.0, 4.1
Released: mandag, 2. januar 2023, 21:27

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1.8 (2021-04-01)

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Closed issues:

  • Undefined constant COURSE_MODULE #87
  • Missing table in privacy provider and Moodle 3.9 incompatibility #85
  • Core privacy tests are failing becuse of a typo in table name #83
  • Critical Bug for Moodle 3.8: Installation of mod_groupformation causes loss of functionality in Moodle 3.8 #79

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1.7 (2020-08-24)

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Implemented enhancements:

  • Info-text and notification (opt-in) text needs to be changed/updated, to inform students about use of the data for scientific analysis etc. #71
  • EU Datenschutzverordnung: Download aller über "mich" gespeicherten Daten (aus allen Kursen) anbieten #63
  • Student view.php: use settings for archiving days in text instead of fixed 360 #44

Fixed bugs:

  • (cron) partisipant_parser.php:85 Clone on NULL object causes exception #70
  • phpunittest error: tool_dataprivacy_expired_contexts_testcase::test_expired_course_related_contexts Unexpected debugging() call detected. #67

Closed issues:

  • End date for answers #80
  • externallib #66
  • The english language string in questionnaire_availability_info_until | groupformation is in German #65

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v1.6.2 (2018-05-11)

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v1.6.1 (2018-05-11)

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v1.6 (2018-05-10)

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Implemented enhancements:

  • "my group" does not update list of users due to leaves and manual changes #61
  • While grouping is running: better instruct user by text (reload of page after 2-5min) #60
  • Allow to dublicate a configured groupformation activity in Moodle LMS #58

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v1.5.1 (2018-01-20)

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Implemented enhancements:

  • show topic-offering ONLY when selecting "presentation groups" and DON'T offer topics for the other two scenarios #43
  • PHP notices in the cron output #28
  • Problem when both topics and knowledge questions are defined #27

Fixed bugs:

  • Type "binary" for DB-field onlyactivestudents in table groupformation causes bug with PostgreSQL #55
  • Blank screen when student access questionnaire #46

v1.5 (2017-10-06)

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Implemented enhancements:

  • Accessing URL hacks via links #18
  • Visualization of the sorted topics #16

Closed issues:

  • Unusable slow: grouping_view.php?id=XXX&do_show=grouping #17

v1.4 (2017-07-12)

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Closed issues:

  • Translation Notification preferences #53

v1.3.1 (2017-05-26)

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Implemented enhancements:

  • Takeover of group formation to Moodle groups is slow in large university environments #49
  • (anonymous) how many students selected each topic #22

Closed issues:

  • Change message for disabled "notify teacher" function #51
  • Template variable is not replaced #50

v1.3 (2017-03-01)

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Implemented enhancements:

  • Upload a version compatible with Moodle v3.2 #37
  • Reset final choices in administrator view #20

Fixed bugs:

  • Questionaire part character-3 appears in German always (missing EN texts) #36
  • layout issues with clean theme or beuth03 theme #35
  • DB error after answering character questions (only current master, not release version) #34
  • 7 invalid/missing string identifiers for english (EN) #33
  • Inconsistent handling of HTML tags in topic and knowledge #24

Closed issues:

  • Design differences in evaluation_view.php for Moodle 3.1 and 3.2 #42
  • Selected value on slider not visible #31
  • Some en_*.xml questions still in German #30
  • Unknown string in the cron output #29
  • Text hard to read on buttons #26
  • Typo in the plugin description #23
  • Wrong ordering? #21
  • Being able to extend the time after a student has submitted #19
  • Can not change the description of the activity #15
  • Lang-strings: sourceforge -> github #14

1.2.1-b (2016-10-11)

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1.2-b (2016-10-11)

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Implemented enhancements:

  • Randomize order of questionaire items #12
  • Label number of students always shows current members in course, not number of students matched #10
  • Click on tab "evaluation view" takes a lot of time (on 450 users) #8
  • Language labels for user analysis view are in wrong language #7

Closed issues:

  • DB exception for students answering the questionaire #13
  • Max. Gruppenzahl: Beschränkung in mod_form.php aufheben #11

v1.1-b (2016-09-10)

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Fixed bugs:

  • resulting in more than 99 groups leads to error/die of groupformation #9
  • Division by zero in test_user-generator #6
  • PHP 5.5 Abhängigkeit wegen self::class entfernen! #5

Closed issues:

  • Postgresql COUNT Error in SQL statement on creation of new activity instance #4
  • Requires non-standard libraries #3
  • hand-rolled forms should implement sesskey checks #2
  • direct access to $_GET/$_POST variables is not allowed #1

v1.0.1b (2015-11-18)

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v1.0 (2015-08-19)

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v0.9.1 (2015-08-17)

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v0.9 (2015-08-15)

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Version information

Version build number
2023010200
Version release name
v1.9.0
Maturity
Stabil versjon
MD5 Sum
f7c09cf6a04dad7a31f0b8117d5cc589
Supported software
Moodle 3.11, Moodle 4.0, Moodle 4.1
  • Latest release for Moodle 3.11
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.0
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.1

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL
VCS tag
1.9

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Activities

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