Ability to configure the block to be used to show the teaching staff of category and/course levels

[jtyronian]

I'm looking amoung other things, having something like this that for example show the category or course level teachers (or custom role name), preferably with the ability for the student to click on either a message me or email icon OR at the very least go to that 'teachers' profile page to get that info. Is this something this plugin can do?

So I’m at category ABC, the custom HTML block would show me who is in charge of the category.

likewise once at a course level it would show the teaching staff (say list by say role name then list automatically the teaches in that role).

ability to, if it were possible to indicate which roles to use eg we use 2 roles at category level and 4 at the teacher level that are custom.

man icon to email and / or Moodle message under or beside the teacher name would be great or failing that at least linked to the teachers Moodle profile.

[michael-milette]

Thanks for the great suggestion @jtyronian . I see this as being created in 3 stages.

1. Initially, it will just include teachers of the course. I can see a lot of people using this feature. I will see if I can get this into the next release of FilterCodes in May 2021.
2. As for support for category level teachers, because they are not a Moodle feature enabled out of the box, I suspect that there might be less of a demand for this but will definitely consider it for a future release.
3. As for support for custom roles, I am not sure when I would get to this as it is not a priority. However you never know - someone could offer to pay me to implement it.

If you need any of it sooner, financially supporting development would make this feature request a higher priority.

Best regards,

Michael

[michael-milette]

Hi @jtyronian ,

I was looking over your request and was wondering if you had considered the Message My Teacher block plugin: https://moodle.org/plugins/block_messageteacher

Although it says that is it compatible with up to Moodle 3.7, I just tried it with more recent versions and it seems to work just fine. It even supports category level Teachers.

If it does not meet your needs, please tell me why and how a FilterCode would be better.

Best regards,

Michael

[jtyronian]

Hi Michael

I have looked at that block. It’s only available to apply at the course level not categories above it (it’s not accessible in the block in categories above). Plus it’s not very customisable that we need.

We were using another one which is supposed to work 3.10 but it’s not.

So I was hoping that’s FilterCode could be better with more flexibility etc.

Jayden

On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 at 3:04 pm, Michael Milette notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi @jtyronian https://github.com/jtyronian ,

I was looking over your request and was wondering if you had considered the Message My Teacher block plugin: https://moodle.org/plugins/block_messageteacher

Although it says that is it compatible with up to Moodle 3.7, I just tried it with more recent versions and it seems to work just fine. It even supports category level Teachers.

If it does not meet your needs, please tell me why and how a FilterCode would be better.

Best regards,

Michael

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[michael-milette]

Hi @jtyronian ,

Thank you for getting back to me. I will take the information you've provided and give it some thought. However, the implementation in FilterCodes would be pretty basic with a fixed configuration. That plugin I mentioned seemed like it had most of the features you were looking for even if it could not be configured at a category level. But that is definitely an interesting idea and not something I had previously considered. Thank you for sharing. :-)

Best regards,

Michael Milette

[michael-milette]

Hi @jtyronian ,

I just wanted to let you know that I recently added a new {courseteachers} tag to FilterCodes. The new tag has a couple of FilterCodes settings which enable you to:

1. Enable or disable the profile photo of the teacher.
2. Give you the choice of targets for the link of the teacher's name including: None (no link), the teacher's e-mail address, the teacher's profile, or a link to message the teacher.

One of the options you were hoping for, category teachers is not supported.

This new feature is currently only available on GitHub but will be included in the upcoming release on Moodle.org in the very near future.

Best regards,

Michael

[jtyronian]

Hi Michael

Awesome thank you. I’ll take a look.

When you say the category part isn’t supported, as in it just won’t work with this?

This probably okay as we were thinking of maybe doing something different at the category level as people at that level are those overseeing below them and we intend to have a generic email and this using something like html for that.

Anyway very cool looking forward to testing :)

Jayden

On Thu, 20 May 2021 at 1:13 pm, Michael Milette @.***> wrote:

Hi @jtyronian https://github.com/jtyronian ,

I just wanted to let you know that I recently added a new {courseteachers} tag to FilterCodes. The new tag has a couple of FilterCodes settings which enable you to:

1. Enable or disable the profile photo of the teacher.
2. Give you the choice of targets for the link of the teacher's name including: None (no link), the teacher's e-mail address, the teacher's profile, or a link to message the teacher.

One of the options you were hoping for, category teachers is not supported.

This new feature is currently only available on GitHub but will be included in the upcoming release on Moodle.org in the very near future.

Best regards,

Michael

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[michael-milette]

Hi @jtyronian

By the category part, I mean that it does not detect teacher roles assigned at the category level, only at the course level. I just have not looked into it, coded it to detect this, or tested for it. However, if you notice that it is detecting teacher roles assigned at the category level, let me know.

Best regards,

Michael

[jtyronian]

Hi Michael

I had an opportunity to try this out. I can get it to recognise the code {courseteachers} and have it display "No teachers in this course yet", however even though I have 'teachers' on the course, it isn't showing.

I'm not sure where I've gone wrong.

Jayden

On Thu, 20 May 2021 at 22:47, Michael Milette @.***> wrote:

Hi @jtyronian https://github.com/jtyronian

By the category part, I mean that it does not detect teacher roles assigned at the category level, only at the course level. I just have not looked into it, coded it to detect this, or tested for it. However, if you notice that it is detecting teacher roles assigned at the category level, let me know.

Best regards,

Michael

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[michael-milette]

Hi @jtyronian ,

Where did you put the tag? It only works inside a course. It won't work in places like the course description because that is displayed outside the course.

Please let me know.

Michael

[jtyronian]

It was in a block but I’ll try within one something in the course itself and get back to you.

Jayden

On Mon, 24 May 2021 at 8:31 am, Michael Milette @.***> wrote:

Hi @jtyronian https://github.com/jtyronian ,

Where did you put the tag? It only works inside a course. It won't work in places like the course description because that is displayed outside the course.

Please let me know.

Michael

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[jtyronian]

Hi Michael

I have gone back into a course and I've gone right into the course and picked somewhere in the course (not the course description) and its still saying the same thing. I've tried adding names to different 'roles' and none come through.

I've also tried on a block set at the course level, same, I've tried a few different course only level things too again it seems to run, but says there are no teachers in this course yet message.

Jayden

On Mon, 24 May 2021 at 10:43, Jayden Tyronian @.***> wrote:

It was in a block but I’ll try within one something in the course itself and get back to you.

Jayden

On Mon, 24 May 2021 at 8:31 am, Michael Milette @.***> wrote:

Hi @jtyronian https://github.com/jtyronian ,

Where did you put the tag? It only works inside a course. It won't work in places like the course description because that is displayed outside the course.

Please let me know.

Michael

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[michael-milette]

Hi @jtyronian , in order to help me reproduce the issue, could you please answer the following questions?

1. What version if Moodle are you using?
2. Where exactly did you put the {courseteachers} tag in the course?
3. Are these users assigned the teacher role at the course level or the category level?
4. Do the users with a teacher role have other roles in the same course?
5. Are you using the default Teacher roles or have you created a custom role for them?
6. What type of database are you using for your Moodle site (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)

Hopefully this information will enable me to figure out what is going on.

Best regards,

Michael

[jtyronian]

• What version if Moodle are you using? 3.10
• Where exactly did you put the {courseteachers} tag in the course?

a - a HTML block that is set to only show at the 'course' level or below. b - Topic 0 (aka General) within the course c - Topic 1 (within the course itself) d - Added a 'label' activity/resource and added it there - within the course only)

Note: I deliberately put it in a few places to see where I was putting it was the issue)

• Are these users assigned the teacher role at the course level or the category level? a 'teacher' role within the course level
• Do the users with a teacher role have other roles in the same course? Where I was testing I did, but the other person did not. I did try using one of our test accounts which was only applied at the course level when I was testing
• Are you using the default Teacher roles or have you created a custom role for them? custom for the most part, however I did try using the defaulted teacher one that is setup in moodle and had the same result. And it was applied at the course level as well like the above.
• What type of database are you using for your Moodle site (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) MySQL

Jayden

On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 04:25, Michael Milette @.***> wrote:

Hi @jtyronian https://github.com/jtyronian , in order to help me reproduce the issue, could you please answer the following questions?

1. What version if Moodle are you using?
2. Where exactly did you put the {courseteachers} tag in the course?
3. Are these users assigned the teacher role at the course level or the category level?
4. Do the users with a teacher role have other roles in the same course?
5. Are you using the default Teacher roles or have you created a custom role for them?
6. What type of database are you using for your Moodle site (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)

Hopefully this information will enable me to figure out what is going on.

Best regards,

Michael

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[michael-milette]

Hi @jtyronian

So far, everything looks good but unfortunately I have not been able to reproduce your issue in Moodle 3.10 (or any version).

The only thing I can think of is that you are not using the default teacher role, (roleid = 3 in the role_assignments table) - which is the default when you first install Moodle. The functionality of the {courseteachers} tag has not yet evolved to identify custom roles based on the teacher archetype.

If you would like this fixed, please submit a new ticket describing your issue. I will try to include a fix for it in a future version of FilterCodes.

Alternatively, I can always be hired if you are in a hurry ;-) . Just visit my website at https://www.tngconsulting.ca/contact

Best regards,

Michael