User Information Block

Blocks ::: block_userinfo
Maintained by fbottiFederico Botti
This block intends to give the user a few shortcuts in order to navigate quickly through every Moodle site. Besides it advices the user about unread messages and information about the last access to the LMS. It's already translated into spanish, english, portuguese and chinese.

User Information Block 2.2.x (20120303)

Moodle 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2
Released: Sunday, 4 March 2012, 9:29 AM
User Information Block for Moodle (http://moodle.org/) - Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Federico Botti

This block intends to give the user a few shortcuts in order to navigate quickly through every Moodle site. Besides it advices the user about unread messages and information about the last access to the LMS. It's already translated into spanish, english, portuguese and chinese.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html


Created by:

* Federico Botti (fbotti)

Features:

This block intends to give the user a few links in order to navigate quickly
through moodle. Besides it advices the user about unread messages and
information about the last access to the LMS.

Installation:

1- Place the userinfo folder (if you have downloaded zipped then you have to unzip
it) into the blocks folder under the root of your Moodle installation.
2- Go to the notifications page and Moodle will automatically install this new
block.
3- Turn Editing on and add the block "User Information block".
4- That's it. Enjoy it!

Version information

Version build number
2012030300
Version release name
2.2.x (20120303)
Can be updated from
2011042200
Can be updated to
2.4 (2013042500) (2013042500)
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
55231713a846b07e2e8a0211103f38e9
Supported software
Moodle 2.1, Moodle 2.0, Moodle 1.9, Moodle 2.2
  • Latest release for Moodle 1.9
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.0
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.1
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.2

Version control information

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

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Blocks

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the block folder.
  3. Place the folder (eg "myblock") in the "blocks" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to complete the installation
  5. Turn editing on in any home or course page.
  6. Add the block to the page
  7. Visit the config link in the block for more options.