Moodle Plugins directory: GPS Format: Comments

Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 10:01 PM - Ralf Krause

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:01:29 GMT

by Ralf Krause.

Hi Lars
Yes, the plugin works in Moodle 3.9 ... but it is no longer Moodle like. This is not surprising since the GPS format was developed for Moodle 2.5

Moodle now has a whole range of availability restriction plugins which regulate access depending on very different features (date, course role, cohort, language, course completion, mobile app, paypal, ....). All of these features can be combined as conditional availabilities. And all features can be applied to course sections and individual activities.

The GPS format does not work with the mobile app. If you watch a course in GPS format with the mobile app, you will find that nothing is hidden depending on the location. The course is always fully visible in the mobile app.

Ralf

Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 9:41 PM - Lars Aamodt

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:41:11 GMT

by Lars Aamodt.

Seems to work great with M3.9

Friday, 15 May 2020, 8:20 PM - Jürgen Kappus

Fri, 15 May 2020 12:20:15 GMT

by Jürgen Kappus.

Actually there are no plans to do any code updates on the plugin.

Thursday, 26 September 2019, 6:54 PM - Henrik sune Pedersen

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:54:35 GMT

by Henrik sune Pedersen.

Will it be updated to moodle 3.6?

Monday, 15 April 2019, 1:17 AM - Adam Conrad

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 17:17:01 GMT

by Adam Conrad.

Hi, Jürgen Kappus, a newbie question...
Can this module be used to import GPS data from a Satellite pet containment fence?

Thursday, 28 July 2016, 10:45 PM - Ralf Krause

Thu, 28 Jul 2016 14:45:00 GMT

by Ralf Krause.

Bug report:
If you access to a course in gps format with the Moodle Mobile app then you will get all sections without any gps restriction.

Thursday, 18 February 2016, 12:33 PM - Jürgen Kappus

Thu, 18 Feb 2016 04:33:48 GMT

by Jürgen Kappus.

The programming is still in progress.
We will publish the new versio (hopefully) in March.

The Plugin will then run in Moodle 3.0.x.
The language files will be cleaned up and will be published im AMOS. So everybody can create and publish own translations of the Plugin.

We will actually not fix the behavior that a GPS hidden section is still accessible by the standard navigation menue, if the menue in your Moodle installation is set up to show single activities.

Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 3:40 PM - Chris Schembri Baldacchino

Wed, 17 Feb 2016 07:40:31 GMT

by Chris Schembri Baldacchino.

I just came across this plugin and am very interested in trying it out. While I've read that it was "Recently updated for Moodle 3.0", I cannot find the download version for Moodle 3.0. Please advise. Thanks!

Friday, 26 June 2015, 3:09 PM - Jürgen Kappus

Fri, 26 Jun 2015 07:09:29 GMT

by Jürgen Kappus.

BUG Info: There is a known bug in the format. You can hide Topics from Students based on their location. But single activities within the topics could be accessed if you show activities in the navigation block. Until we fix it, it pays to hide the navigation block completely on course pages that use GPS restrictions.

Wednesday, 24 December 2014, 12:27 AM - Jürgen Kappus

Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:27:48 GMT

by Jürgen Kappus.

We just started to work on version 1.4 of the plugin. So we are really open to any bug report or feature suggestion. Feel free to post them here.

Sunday, 7 September 2014, 10:39 AM - Wesley Viana

Sun, 07 Sep 2014 02:39:47 GMT

by Wesley Viana.

Which the date set for the next version of the plugin?

Monday, 7 July 2014, 7:52 PM - Wesley Viana

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:52:41 GMT

by Wesley Viana.

Hello Jürgen Kappus,
Thanks for the help
My suggestion is to update the position when user clicks on "update my position" and then click "update"
The current version updates the position as follows:
1) to load a course
2) by clicking the button "update my position" (updated again)
3) After click on the button "update my position" click update (updated again)
I would like to update only when the user clicked on "update my position" and then click "update" (a single update of position). I'm modifying the source code, but I'm not getting any suggestions to help me?

Monday, 7 July 2014, 3:33 PM - Jürgen Kappus

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 07:33:28 GMT

by Jürgen Kappus.

Data security:
I was asked to keep learners position data more secure than we already do and not to update it automatically when the course is loaded.
We will take this suggestion into our TODO list for the next release.

@all: please feel free to make more suggestions directly here.

Monday, 7 July 2014, 3:30 PM - Jürgen Kappus

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 07:30:48 GMT

by Jürgen Kappus.

Radius:
I was asked for the range in Meters of the GPS area of a restricted topic.
A: we set it to 50 meters in the free GPS format for Moodle. That means - based on the accuracy of your device a range of 20 meters should be matched correctly on any device.
Keep in mind this only works when you are outside of buildings.

A programmer or an admin can change this value in the locallib.php in line 84 for your complete Moodle installation to set up different values:

" $locationradius = 50; "

Monday, 7 July 2014, 9:14 AM - Wesley Viana

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 01:14:16 GMT

by Wesley Viana.

thanks Jürgen Kappus and Ralf Krause.
I have a few more questions and would like to chat by email. I sent an email with your questions.
When will be released a new version of the plugin?