Moodle Plugins directory: Event Reminders: Comments

Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 1:05 AM - Justinol Ruso

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:05:38 GMT

by Justinol Ruso.

Please update to the latest version, which is Moodle 5.1.

Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 7:36 PM - Tim Hardy

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:36:35 GMT

by Tim Hardy.

Hi,

We're just starting to make use of the plugin (version 2.7.3 on Moodle 4.1.9+) and I have a couple of questions:

Is it possible to open up the options for setting the frequency of reminders to course-level administrators/teachers? At present, we have a site default set but a site administrator has to make changes on an event by event basis within a course if the staff want them sending with a different frequency.

In a number of our courses, an activity becomes available to learners once they have attended a training session and they then have six weeks to complete it. We'd like to be able to send a reminder a week before the deadline (which varies from group to group) - is there a way to do this automatically, or will the course administrator need to set a calendar event for each instance?

Thank you,

Tim

Thursday, 12 June 2025, 9:13 PM - Patricia Mercier

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:13:27 GMT

by Patricia Mercier.

Hi We are currently testing 4.5 and 5.0 for September ; eager to check the plugin with our platform

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 3:16 PM - Isuru Madushanka Weerarathna

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 07:16:09 GMT

by Isuru Madushanka Weerarathna.

@Zissis Stogiannis

Thank you for the response. However, I still don't see any developer doc even in version 4.5 https://moodledev.io/docs/4.5/apis/core/message

Anyway, I am planning to release a Moodle v4.5 before the end of this month, but I cannot guarantee that the templating will be fixed, if it is not documented in the official docs.
But, if I encounter any issues related to rendering subject, I will definitely fix it with the release.

Thank you again.

Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 7:47 PM - Zissis Stogiannis

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:47:10 GMT

by Zissis Stogiannis.

@Isuru Madushanka Weerarathna

Thank you for your response.

The link you provided is correct, and it refers to the Moodle 4.3 Messaging API documentation, which outlines the changes and features related to the email templating system. However, the issue we are experiencing concerns the Moodle 4.5 version, where the email subject in reminders includes the placeholder " ", which does not render correctly.

Regarding your request, the introduction of the email templating system in Moodle is part of the updates in Moodle 4.5, specifically outlined in the release notes and the documentation related to the new messaging system. This could be the reason why the plugin is not fully compatible with the new email templating system.

Could you let me know if there are any planned updates for this plugin to support Moodle 4.5?

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.

Saturday, 29 March 2025, 11:36 AM - Isuru Madushanka Weerarathna

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 03:36:18 GMT

by Isuru Madushanka Weerarathna.

@Zissis Stogiannis
Thank you for sharing me about this detail and feedback.

Still this plugin does not officially support Moodle v4.5, but there is a plan.
However, could you kindly share the release document where the 'email templating system' is introduced or released in Moodle? As a developer, it appears that the messaging API used in this plugin does not include this feature.
Ref: https://moodledev.io/docs/4.3/apis/core/message

Thursday, 27 March 2025, 8:22 PM - Zissis Stogiannis

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:22:36 GMT

by Zissis Stogiannis.

Dear Reminders plugin developers,

I am contacting you regarding an issue we encountered after upgrading our Moodle installation from version 4.1 to 4.5.

While the Reminders plugin still sends notifications correctly, the email subject line includes unresolved template placeholders instead of the actual subject text. Here is an example of what recipients currently see:
[Moodle-Reminder] Assignment This behavior did not occur in version 4.1. It seems that the plugin might not be fully compatible with the email templating system introduced in recent Moodle versions.

Could you please confirm if there is a planned update for the plugin to fully support Moodle 4.5+? Additionally, is there any temporary workaround you would recommend?

Thank you very much for your support and for maintaining this useful plugin.

Best regards,

Thursday, 13 February 2025, 12:05 AM - Dave Foord

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:05 GMT

by Dave Foord.

I have a site that has been using reminders at course and group level very successfully, but they want to now start adding other things to the calendar - but ones that don't send reminders. We have experimented with adding things as site events and course category events - but these always trigger an email which we don't want. Is there a setting that I am missing when I can choose to turn off reminders for certain types of event (e.g. Site and Course Category).

Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 1:24 AM - Simon Davies

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:24:33 GMT

by Simon Davies.

Hi Reminders developers, I'm experiencing an issue with the Custom schedule setting. I specify a custom schedule in the plugin, but on the course level I am unable to check the box to enable this to filter through. When I hover my mouse over the checkbox, it generates a (/) no access icon. Am I missing something here?

Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 6:35 AM - Nikunj Gajjar

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:35:30 GMT

by Nikunj Gajjar.

Does this plugin send an email notification to complete the course? The notification should be sent on a weekly basis and to only users who have not completed the course.

Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 1:50 PM - Julie Croft

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 05:50:31 GMT

by Julie Croft.

Hi there, I am not sure this is the right location to ask for help or if there is a specific forum for installation issues? We recently installed Event Reminders, we are running Moodle 3.6, we followed the documentation for installation but oddly though we can see the plugin now, we can't see how to use it within the calendar, we simply can't see the option to set reminders that is shown in the documentation. Happy to explain in more detail just didn't want to go into detail here if there is a better forum.

Thursday, 25 July 2024, 3:32 AM - Justinol Ruso

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:32:53 GMT

by Justinol Ruso.

I have identified a bug in this module. When an event is set to repeat 99 times, and the "update or remove create notification" setting is enabled, the system sends 99 separate emails to the student whenever we update or remove all events in the series. This results in the student receiving excessive emails, which can be perceived as spam and inconvenient.

To address this, we must ensure that the system sends a single, consolidated email to the student instead of multiple individual notifications. This will enhance the user experience and maintain a professional communication standard.

Sunday, 19 May 2024, 9:17 AM - Isuru Madushanka Weerarathna

Sun, 19 May 2024 01:17:50 GMT

by Isuru Madushanka Weerarathna.

@Rudraksh Batra
Could you please share the reminder cron job logs that happened 15 minutes before the event which the reminder should have sent. First, the cron must have triggered before within 15minutes of the event to send the reminder. If that happens, the cron logs must have something in the logs about why that particular user was not able to receive the notification. There are several exclusion rules in the plugin, but it can be better said after investigating the logs.

I advice you to create an issue in the plugin Github repository with the cron job logs (also with reproducible steps) so, I can investigate and provide a resolution quickly. Github: https://github.com/isuru89/moodle-local_reminders

Sunday, 19 May 2024, 9:11 AM - Isuru Madushanka Weerarathna

Sun, 19 May 2024 01:11:16 GMT

by Isuru Madushanka Weerarathna.

@Simon Davies
Would you be able to report an issue in the github repository https://github.com/isuru89/moodle-local_reminders, so that if that is indeed an issue, I will fix it. Course level events should be as same as others and should have displayed all 1,3,7 days reminders to be chosen.

Sunday, 19 May 2024, 2:16 AM - Rudraksh Batra

Sat, 18 May 2024 18:16:45 GMT

by Rudraksh Batra.

A student has added a course event reminder from their login, and as an admin, I can see the reminder in the course's reminder section. However, neither the student nor I are receiving email notifications for this reminder. For example, if the student sets a reminder to receive an email in 15 minutes, no email is sent. Could you advise on which setting I might be missing?