Cursive Moodle TinyMCE Plugin

At Cursive Technology, Inc., we're focused on the writing process. By capturing key event data (also known by the scary euphemism "key logging"), we can make new opportunities for teaching, learning, and research in a low-cost, low-effort way, all in the existing workflows of your course and site.

Currently, the extension captures key event data in a structured JSON file, which a teacher or administrator can download and review. This is for each use of the TinyMCE text editor by a student, sortable by course, assignment, student, and attempt. This data can be utilized with the shared Excel or Google document which provide analysis that may help determine the level of effort by a student.

Premium/Subscription: Cursive's plugin is designed to interact with our ML server as a paid service. This integration is optional and adds the following capabilities: 1 identify student authorship across their submissions, 2 provide writing analytics automatically, 3 provide students a running total of their words, pages, typing speed, and assignments across their courses.

Ultimately, we believe in human contribution as captured through the writing process, the beautiful production of written work expressing your individual thoughts that cannot be completed by a third party nor replicated by generative AI. We're excited to work with you.

If you have questions, or comments, or would like to request a trial API key, please reach out to us at contact@cursivetechnology.com

Instatllation

Install by downloading the ZIP file

• Install by downloading the ZIP file from the Moodle plugins directory
• Download the zip file from GitHub
• Unzip the zip file in /path/to/moodle/lib/editor/tiny/plugins/cursive folder or upload the zip file in the install plugins options from site administration: Site Administration -> Plugins -> Install Plugins -> Upload zip file

Install using git clone

Go to Moodle Project root/lib/editor/tiny/plugins/cursive directory and clone code by using the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/cursiveinc/moodle-tinymce_cursive.git cursive

• In your Moodle site (as admin), Visit site administration to finish the installation.

Alternatively, you can run $ php admin/cli/upgrade.php

Instatllation

Install by downloading the ZIP file

• Install by downloading the ZIP file from the Moodle plugins directory
• Download the zip file from GitHub
• Unzip the zip file in /path/to/moodle/lib/editor/tiny/plugins/cursive folder or upload the zip file in the install plugins options from site administration: Site Administration -> Plugins -> Install Plugins -> Upload zip file

Install using git clone

Go to Moodle Project root/lib/editor/tiny/plugins/cursive directory and clone code by using the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/cursiveinc/moodle-tinymce_cursive.git cursive

• In your Moodle site (as admin), Visit site administration to finish the installation.

Alternatively, you can run $ php admin/cli/upgrade.php to complete the installation from the command line.

How to Set TinyMCE as the Default Editor in Moodle 4.1

Moodle 4.1 allows administrators to switch the default editor from Atto to TinyMCE. Follow the steps below to set TinyMCE as the default editor:

Steps

1. Log in as Admin

• Navigate to your Moodle site and log in with your Administrator credentials.

2. Go to Site Administration

• In the menu, click on Site administration.
• Then go to Plugins > Text editors > Manage editors.

3. Rearrange Editors

• You will see a list of available editors, with Atto set as the default.
• Drag TinyMCE to the top of the list to make it the default editor.

4. Save Changes

• Scroll down and click Save changes.
• TinyMCE is now set as the default editor for all users on the platform.

5. Optional: User-Specific Setting

• Users can individually select TinyMCE as their preferred editor by going to their Profile settings.
• Note: If you need to install additional plugins like the Cursive Plugin for TinyMCE, make sure TinyMCE is set as the default or preferred editor before doing so.

Configuration

After installing the plugin, you can update the settings.

To update the plugin settings, navigate to plugin settings:

Site Administration->Plugins->Cursive

If you want to use the Analytics And Diff feature then you need to fill up those informations. for subscription please reach out to us at contact@cursivetechnology.com

There are several configuration options for the plugin. The free version allows you to enable or disable "Cite Source" student copy/paste comment features. By entering an agreement with Cursive, an API URL and key will be provided to manage the premium ML features. A custom threshold for API-generated values of identify verification is also available to tune the threshold to display a green check verification.

License

2023 Cursive Technology, Inc.

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.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.