| Description |
1 online resource (513 pages) |
| Contents |
Moodle 1.9 Extension Development; Moodle 1.9 Extension Development; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewer; Preface; Approach; What this book covers; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Moodle Architecture; Understanding the stack; Database; Operating system; Web server; Directory and system structure; Moodle code; Moodle database; Moodle data; Installing Moodle; Moodle program execution; Executing config.php; Including Moodle libraries; Getting our data; Displaying in Moodle; Configuring Moodle |
|
Setting configuration variablesMoodle's API; Other important libraries; PEAR; ADOdb; YUI; XMLDB; Access control, logins, and roles; Moodle permission contexts; Capabilities; Moodle roles; Assigning roles; Summary; 2. Creating and Modifying Blocks; Creating a block from scratch; Assigning content to our block; Adding a language file; Working with capabilities; Testing for built-in capabilities; Hiding a block based on capabilities; Adding your own capability; Checking for our new capability; Adding instance configuration; Capturing your configuration content; Displaying your content |
|
Adding scheduled actions to our blockReviewing a real world block; Reviewing block_instructor_contact.php; Configuring the instructor contact block; Using a block as a code container; Creating a block stub for our container; Creating capabilities for our container; Summary; 3. Creating and Modifying Filters; How a filter works; Building a filter; Getting started; Creating the language file; Creating the filter code; Activating the filter; Adding configuration settings; Using our settings; Summary; 4. Creating and Modifying Activity Modules; The scope of creating an activity module |
|
Our module-activity Foo!Getting started with the NEWMODULE template; Completing mod_form.php; Defining input values; Using common form elements; Making version.php; Setting icon.gif; Generating install.xml; Using the XMLDB editor; Defining our activity database; Defining the foo_responses table; Defining log types; Creating access.php; Updating index.php; Adding clean language strings; Looking up response data; Displaying our table of activities; Displaying course sections; Committing output; Finishing view.php; Including submit_form.php; Your code goes here; Context control |
|
Developing a formCancel option; Submitted data; Setting grades; Displaying submission form; Displaying submissions; Group support; Coding lib.php; Function add_instance; Function foo_delete_instance; Function foo_user_outline; Function foo_user_complete; Function foo_get_participants; Function reset_course_form_definition; Function foo_reset_course_form_defaults; Function foo_reset_userdata; Inserting grades into the gradebook; Using grade_update; Setting the grade type; Upgrading our activity database; Using the XMLDB editor for database upgrades; Updating upgrade.php |
| Summary |
Customize and extend Moodle using its robust plug-in systems |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Computer-assisted instruction -- Computer programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
|
|
Instructional systems -- Design.
|
|
Open source software.
|
|
Computer-assisted instruction -- Computer programs
|
|
Instructional systems -- Design
|
|
Open source software
|
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Churchward, Michael
|
| ISBN |
9781847194251 |
|
1847194257 |
|
