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+.
REPORTING ISSUES: 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' file and upload and describe in detail the issue you are having on the 'Course formats' forum.
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.
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I wanna use this format in all my courses. One question: there is a way to hide the text "open all" and "close all"? I think they are not necessary, this format is very intuitive. Thanks in advance
That can only be hidden with code changes.
Kind regards,
Gareth
There are a couple of issues with this plugin that I'd like to request be updated.
1. When tabbing through the course menu settings the colored boxes are totally skipped while tabbing - this is an accessibility issue.
2. it might be a good idea to update the text from Toggle Foreground to "Toggle Text" You explain it in the question mark, but it might make more sense to put it right in the title for clarity's sake.
3. Please add the ability to include "transparent" in the color options. I would like the background to flow through the background without having to recreate the color.
4. It feels like your Open all/close all icons are backward. For instance, the light diode icon colors are backward in the Open All Close all buttons. Open all should be green and Close all should be red.
Thanks for the plugin!
Thank you for your comments.
1. Can be solved by removing 'tabindex' from tc_colourpopup.php.
2. I'll think about it.
3. Would you willing to fund this enhancement please?
4. This was debated at length many years ago and the icon before hover shows the icons affected and when hovering what will happen. So is correct unless diode is specifically wrong.
Kind regards,
Gareth
Like the others on the list, I think that this is a great plugin - thank you so much. The plugin does not currently work for the new feature of "stealth activities". Is it on your roadmap to update this and if so what timeframe would you have in mind?
Kind regards
Mark
The format does currently implement "stealth activities" as implemented in version 3.3.0.2 of the 6th June 2017: https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversion.php?id=14147.
Kind regards,
Gareth
How can I disable the "One section only" function?
Thank you very much.
Alberto
What version of Collapsed Topics are you running? Could you be a bit more specific please.
Kind regards,
Gareth
We need to disable the "View only..." button:
Thank you.
I see, currently that cannot be done without changing the code, however the client loves the functionality.
Kind regards,
Gareth
We are going to hide it using css.
Kind regards
Alberto
Fair enough.
Kind regards,
Gareth
Could you please share your CSS overrides to hide the "View only" button?
We have also just had this plugin updated and I wonder whether we may experience a high number of messages about it.
Kind regards,
Chris B
.right.side {
display:none !important
}
That CSS will disable the section editing menu for anybody trying to edit the course.
Gareth