Course formats: Collapsed Topics
Gareth J BarnardAn interchangeable topic or week (day for 2.3.1+) based format that solves the issue of the 'Scroll of Death' when a course has many topics / weeks. All sections except zero have a toggle that displays that section. One or more sections can be displayed at any given time. Toggles are persistent on a per browser session per course basis but can be made to persist longer by a small code change. Full installation instructions, code adapt-ions and credits are included in the 'Readme.md' file.
If you have a course with more than fifty two sections then currently the toggle persistence will not work for the fifty third section and above. Then you need to upgrade to the Moodle 2.5 version+.
Support:
The format comes with NO support. Please see the 'Support' section in 'Readme.md' file that comes with the format. This is because the format is complex and I regret that I don't have the time / resources to freely assist with questions pertaining to specific enhancements / changes / knowledge improvement.
I will investigate genuine bugs and issue fixes in a timescale set by myself. When reporting issues you MUST clearly state the full version and release of both Moodle and the Collapsed Topics format as contained within their 'version.php' files - if not it takes me longer to figure out, often resulting in me asking for the details anyway and slowing the process of solving your problem down. It really helps to read the 'Reporting Issues' section in the 'Readme.md' file and upload and describe in detail the issue you are having on the 'Course formats' forum.
Book:
NEW: 'The Complete Guide to Collapsed Topics' (and 'Blurb') book is now available, covering: installation, upgrade, uninstallation, course and global features, resetting, capabilities, language strings, overriding icons / styles in a theme and adding a new icon set.
NOTE: The latest version incorporates functionality to support new UK / EU Cookie Law which is implemented as a user acceptance in the 1.9 version and no 'cookie' is used at all in 2.x versions.
Screen casts:
Privacy API support starts with V3.3.1.2 for M3.3 and V3.4.0.2 for M3.4 where the API has been implemented in the minor release of Moodle.
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There is no code in the format that could make this happen, must be an upgrade issue on your part with the database. If you disagree, then post before and after screen shots and a copy of the course as it was on Moodle 3.0 on the courses and course formats forum. Or write a detailed instruction on how to create an M3.0 course that after upgrade to M3.4 will be affected. I need to know exactly how to replicate the problem. Also it could be that it appears to you to be in one section when it is not. What's the first unit? Did you experience the same issue with other course formats?
G
But it also happened to me in several courses when I upgraded from 2.5 to 3.0
I did not receive complaints about courses that were in a different format
As previously stated, the mbz (backup file) of a course affected, but the one from you would have made of the course before you undertook the upgrade.
G
Ok with the limited information available, I've done a test from M3.1 (cannot run M3.0 any more as MySQL version is newer) to M3.5 and cannot replicate where activities / resources are placed in one section when they were once in many. Please post screen shots of the issues on https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=47.
G
after modify the style.css I need to do sometihng else, or how can I see the changes applied to the course?
Thanks
Purge all caches.
Gareth
Are you able to explain the difference between this plugin and the Collapsible topics format (format_collapsibletopics) plugin please?
Thanks in advance,
Steve
I see you've already posted the same question here: https://moodle.org/plugins/format_collapsibletopics and got a response. Collapsed Topics supports both Bootstrap 2.3.2 and 4, has remembered toggle states and lots of additional functionality.
Gareth
Is there a way of changing all topics in all courses from horizontal to vertical all at once?
Or is the only way by making this change individually in each module?
Kind regards
Usman
Yes there is. Look in the course settings.
Kind regards,
Gareth