Directory: MooTyper v4.2.8

[9D3F]

Hi @drachels

can you say something about when we can expect the version MooTyper v4.2.8 in the directory?

And thanks again for the quick revision of the previous version!

Best Regards Dominic

[drachels]

Hi Dominic, Things have been really hectic here lately. Been trying to upgrade my old main server from Centos 7 to AlmaLinux or Rocky via leapp with no success due to using alternate repos. Plus my eye problems have come back and I have had to go to a couple of doctors appointments. Go another one on the 28 of this month to find out if I have to have an aorta heart valve replacement.

I think the code is ready, but me and one other guy were doing some last minute completion settings testing when I had to take some time off. I am also doing bunch of other plugin work and doing some testing and set up here at my house as yesterday I got a new internet modem to go from 100Mbps to 300Mbps service. Plus I'm trying to get a new domain name for my IP address. I have the domain but it has not propagated yet.

Anyway, enough whining. LOL I will quit playing with the old server for now and see about getting the MooTyper 4.2.8 out. Just remembered, I will need to check it on the new code for Moodle 4.4 as QA Testing for that is going on right now.

[drachels]

Well, it is now released and I need to get back to work on my old server. I REALLY need to get Behat back to working so I don't have to do all this manual testing. It's just too easy to miss something.

[9D3F]

@drachels wonderful thank you very much, great work - our almost 3000 schools will thank you for it!

[drachels]

Thanks for your kind comments. By any chance, can you tell me what country/state your schools are located in? I'm always like the curious cat, wanting to know things, and a couple of days ago I was creating a bunch of MooTyper Lessons for possible inclusion with the code. I'm actually trying to think of a possible and reliable way for people to get lessons from my server so they can install just the lesson files they want/need. Maybe there is some way I can set it up as part of the install/upgrade process.

[9D3F]

Sure @drachels, we are responsible for the product development of moodle in one of the largest federal states in Germany and currently have almost 3000 schools using the state's free service. Moodle is one of three components provided by the state, the other two being a messenger service and a cloud solution.

[drachels]

Thanks for the feedback. I think you may have told me this in the past, but my memory has never been the greatest, and with age, it is NOT getting any better.

Anyway, the reason I asked is that I know that I have users out there who have come up with various training aides to help there students. I was working with users in Rome last year who started every new lesson with a mostly blank keyboard picture. The only keys with letters on them were the keys with new letters being introduced in the lesson. There is also a color coded list above the keyboard, pointing out which finger to use to type the new keys.

I have started developing a new English(USV5.2)masterlayout that will do this with an actual lesson. It is the normal v5.1 layout with extra buttons to indicate which finger to use to touch type with.

Here is their final one:

And here is what I have so far. Still working on the making the extra buttons animate the same way the regular keys do. Just wondering if you would be interested in something like this for whatever keyboard layout your teachers might be using?

[9D3F]

Dear @drachels, thanks for the info, your further development sounds promising and makes total sense in my opinion - to what extent possibly other pedagogical concepts for learning to write with ten fingers are used here in germany, whether they are identical worldwide i cannot judge, but basically the plan is of course top, as it sets the right finger for the right typing.

[drachels]

I know it's not identical world wide as currently there are 60 different keyboard layouts in my development server's MooTyper. LOL Basically, any country that uses a "slightly" different alphabet, has their own hardware design and layout for the physical keyboards used by computers in their country. The only two I have not been able to accommodate so far when asked about it, are Chinese and Korean. Chinese because it is not alphabet based, but drawn. The Korean because even though it is a very nicely designed alphabet, words are written and typed in syllables. So far the few times I've worked on it, I just have not figured out a way for MooTyper to handle that when it comes time for the student to type an exercise. By the way, I am not sure what you mean by, "but basically the plan is of course top, as it sets the right finger for the right typing."

[9D3F]

@drachels my comment was intended to refer to the screenshot showing that as a student or learner you get extra support when typing here. sry for the confusion! "The only keys with letters on them were the keys with new letters being introduced in the lesson. There is also a color coded list above the keyboard, pointing out which finger to use to type the new keys."