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Moodle Add-ons

Below you will find some modules, plugins and other tidbits for Moodle. Feel free to do whatever you like with them and get in contact with me if you have any questions.

FocusPad (Module)

FocuspadFocusPad is a module designed to encourage and support creative writing. It's aim is to minimise distractions and maximise focus. It is ideal for essays, journals, assessment and much more.

Find out more at focuspad.mintranet.com.au

Trackpad (Module)(beta)

Todo list activityTrackpad is a module designed to help you manage projects and work in general. It is a todo/ task list which can be used in single, team or course modes and is useful managing a variety of activities allowing teachers to easily keep track of how students are progressing and allowing users to collaborate on projects.

(Last updated: 3nd December 2009)
(Mostly works, ironing out last few bugs)

trackpad.tar.gz | trackpad.zip

German Translation (de_utf8.zip) with thanks to Joachim Vogelgesang.

Choice Quick (Block)

ChoiceThis is a block that allows you to display choices down the side of your pages. Users can submit responses and see the results of the choice. It is very configurable and can be used in many different ways. Common uses include:
  • Using a set of choices to indicate attendance at an event
  • Using a choice to determine groups
  • Using a choice to determine positions
  • Finding overall opinions about a topic
(Now with a new improved layout)

choice_quick.tar.gz | choice_quick.zip


My Courses (Block)

MyCoursesThis is a block that works similar to the MyMoodle page. It displays a list of the courses you are currently enrolled in. It can also be set to identify if there are any unread forum posts in those courses.

mycourses.tar.gz | mycourses.zip


Moodle SEO (meta description)

The following code will allow you to use the Summary of your web page resources as the meta description for your pages. This can help with search engine optimisation for your moodle pages.

You will need to add the following code to the header.html of your theme.

<?php
 // work out the summary
 $mysummary = 'put your normal summary here';
 $id = optional_param('id', 0, PARAM_INT); // Course Module ID
 if ($id) {
 if ($cm = get_coursemodule_from_id('resource', $id)) {
 if ($resource = get_record('resource', 'id', $cm->instance)) {
 $mysummary = $resource->summary;
 }

 }
 }
?>
<meta name='description' content='<?php echo $mysummary;?>' />

You may need to tweak this to suit your specific needs.




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Focuspad - Creative Writing

Focuspad is a creative writing module designed to maximise focus and minimise distractions. Awesome for journals, essays, assessments, blogs and more.

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Trackpad - Task list

Trackpad is a todo list/ task list activity for Moodle. Useful for a encouraging planning and collaboration and keeping an eye on how students are progressing.

Get it here.