PoodLL Anywhere

The Moodle PoodLL Anywhere plugin for TinyMCE. It allows the user to record audio and video or draw pictures, or snap pictures, directly into forum posts, assignment descriptions, page resource content, question descriptions, question responses and other areas.

/* This version fixes a problem where in some themes, particularly Formal White, the recorders would be "displayed" off the page */

The recorders available are:

i) audio (red5)
ii) audio (mp3)
iii) video (red5)
iv) whiteboard
v) snapshot

They can be hidden or shown using the settings found at:

site administration -> plugins -> text editors -> tinymce html editor -> poodll anywhere

In some cases the Moodle text editor may be set to not allow uploaded files. Notably the question response area when using an essay question type, or in forum posts where attachments may be restricted or forbidden. In that situation we try to play nicely and hide the PoodLL Anywhere icons.

Using the Moodle capabilities system it is also possible to hide and show icons depending on the user's role.

The capabilities available to be set are:

tinymce/poodll:visible
tinymce/poodll:allowaudiored5
tinymce/poodll:allowaudiomp3
tinymce/poodll:allowvideo
tinymce/poodll:allowwhiteboard
tinymce/poodll:allowsnapshot

A brief video walkthrough of the plugin is available here:

Install PoodLL anywhere by unzipping it and putting the "poodll" folder in
[moodle]/lib/editor/tinymce/plugins
then visit your site administration -> notifications page and follow the prompts for Moodle to install it.

* NOTE: PoodLL Anywhere depends on the PoodLL Filter also being installed, and will not install or work properly without it *

The development of PoodLL Anywhere was funded by Birmingham City University.

Justin Hunt

The PoodLL Guy

http://www.poodll.com poodllsupport@gmail.com