Moodle Plugins directory: Treasure Hunt: Comments

Wednesday, 4 February 2026, 6:32 PM - Juan Pablo de Castro

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:32:10 GMT

by Juan Pablo de Castro.

Hi everyone. Many people asked for a way to lock a quiz or other activity until student reach a location in the map. Recently I released a companion plugin that allows that very feature: Search "Availability by Treasurehunt state" in the directory

Thursday, 21 August 2025, 8:43 PM - Peterson Picorv

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:43:37 GMT

by Peterson Picorv.

How does the TreasureHunt module for Moodle enhance the learning experience through outdoor and virtual treasure hunts with geolocation and QR codes?

Monday, 31 March 2025, 3:41 PM - Juan Pablo de Castro

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:41:51 GMT

by Juan Pablo de Castro.

In v1.6.1 and v1.7.0 Classic and Fancy styles were deprecated because they were based on jquerymobile.js 1.4 which is very old and it is based on jquery.js which in turn is not compatible enought with modern Moodle. (https://moodledev.io/docs/4.4/guides/javascript/jquery). Fancy and Classic players do not work for Moodle 4.5.
Currently I can't support them anymore while improving the plugin.
However, the old code are still there if you wanna experiment whiti it, you can remove the comments at https://github.com/juacas/moodle-mod_treasurehunt/blob/4ea1e8e72052b6a95ead2f5d937071cbee7d67ed/locallib.php#L2940
If somebody contribute new player styles I'll be more that happy to include it in the project.

Sorry for the inconveniences.

Monday, 31 March 2025, 6:49 AM - Luca Bellani

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 22:49:29 GMT

by Luca Bellani.

I have version 1.7.1, and only BOOTSTRAP appears in the plugin admin.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FGTxehYLMUtnDQvQXwuMx4V9KeB86s-U/view?usp=sharing

Monday, 31 March 2025, 6:45 AM - Luca Bellani

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 22:45:49 GMT

by Luca Bellani.

Thanks so much, Juan!
I was missing that update! XYZ works like a charm!

I have a few other questions I'd like to address:
1. Is there a way to disable the search button located at the top (left or right) of the map? This would make it a little more complex and force students to compare images from other apps.
2. Out of nowhere, starting today, the screen styles menu only shows BOOTSTRAP. For both existing and new games...
Any thoughts on this? Because I didn't change any settings.

Thank you so much!! I'm writing in English so everyone on the forum can read it!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FGMMareVxwEBiYwpQtVHfaSE-AWL7FnS/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F97FuNddUXtyX8LpYZAvQF_y5l8C2AJe/view?usp=sharing

Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 3:19 AM - Juan Pablo de Castro

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:19:27 GMT

by Juan Pablo de Castro.

v1.7.0 now supports XYZ services. Enjoy and report!
¡Saludos desde España!

Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 7:47 AM - Luca Bellani

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:47:18 GMT

by Luca Bellani.

Yes, I tried that. I don't have a personal WMS service, but I was looking for the basemaps I use in QGIS, but I can't configure them, because they are not WMS, but XYZ services or with the link configured differently.

Monday, 17 March 2025, 5:00 PM - Juan Pablo de Castro

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:00:58 GMT

by Juan Pablo de Castro.

Hi Luca, thank you for your kind words.
You can define a custom background map configuring a WMS service of you election as shown in https://juacas.github.io/moodle-mod_treasurehunt/custom_maps.html

Monday, 17 March 2025, 1:11 PM - Luca Bellani

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 05:11:47 GMT

by Luca Bellani.

Hi Juan Pablo Castro. This plugin is a dream come true!
But I have a problem I'd like to mention: I'm making a game with locations from all over the world.
This creates problems because the "street" layer, which is the only one that actually has location labels, changes language depending on the country...
And it's difficult for a young person in Mexico to learn Middle Eastern languages to locate specific locations.
I wanted to add maps, like OSM, but I haven't been able to. Any ideas on how to do that?
Thank you very much.
Luca

Thursday, 26 December 2024, 5:36 PM - Oscar Martínez

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:36:02 GMT

by Oscar Martínez.

Hi,
I have installed the versión 1.6.0 on Moodle 4.1 with PHP 7.4 and de upgrade of this plugin crashed. Where can i find the php minimun requirements for this plugin? I think that if a plugin is published as compatible with Moodle 4.1, it would be compatible with PHP 7.4. Is not this true?
Thanks!

Monday, 10 June 2024, 4:26 PM - Juan Pablo de Castro

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:26:28 GMT

by Juan Pablo de Castro.

Treasurehunt works the opposite way. You can unlock stages (GPS locations) when the student complete a quiz (any activity indeed).
What you are looking for is a conditional availability based on GPS (like https://moodle.org/plugins/availability_gps) or a course format (like https://moodle.org/plugins/format_gps).
Of course, you can combine Treasure Hunt with the other.

Monday, 10 June 2024, 5:04 AM - Andy Hill

Sun, 09 Jun 2024 21:04:22 GMT

by Andy Hill.

Can this be used for unlocking a quiz when you reach a GPS location? Forcing the learner to attend the location to undertake the quiz?

Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 5:02 PM - Juan Pablo de Castro

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:02:25 GMT

by Juan Pablo de Castro.

It should be possible to enable or disable the ranking. It is under "settings" worded as "Show other students progress". Try to check/save/uncheck/save it. Maybe there is a bug with pre-existent instances.

Monday, 25 September 2023, 2:37 AM - David Delcò

Sun, 24 Sep 2023 18:37:17 GMT

by David Delcò.

Hi Juan Pablo,
Thank you for your reply.
I installed the update, but it seems to me that the current games have not been changed (possibility to hide the ranking), I guess it can be normal. I will check now with a new game.

Another interesting feature could be to have hints available to reach a stage. It is possible that in some cases the hints may not be found by the participants and it would be a shame to stop the game. A hint system with penalties could be thought of.

I am testing the plugin for territory knowledge, but I would like the participant to have more attempts available, would that be possible? At least for the game without moving.

The plugin is really wonderful, I think with these tweaks it would become stellar!
Muchas gracias y buen trabajo.

Monday, 11 September 2023, 9:31 PM - Juan Pablo de Castro

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:31:46 GMT

by Juan Pablo de Castro.

Good point, David.
I've just released v1.5.5 with a new setting for enabling/disabling the progress board for students.