Thanks!
Clark

1. LMB (Luminis Message Broker Plugin)

* as we’ve already discussed, getting this into CONTRIB/tracker, CVS, etc.

* I’d really like the ability to have the LMB use the Course Default Settings (admin/settings.php?section=coursesettings) when it sets up new courses – so that all courses are set up with the number of weeks/topics I have there,

* Add setting menu for “Course Enrollable: Yes/No” since that is not in the Course Default settings above (though I started a ticket to get it included in course default settings: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-21162
I would love to have the LMB also set up courses with one “general forum” in addition to the “News Forum” so that all courses would have those 2 things at the very least as a default.

* If it hasn’t already been added, the LMB log should be able to include a timestamp with date/time of all entries. I had to have Moodlerooms do this custom for me.

2. IMPORT – this function is great for those who use the LMB, who normally need to have users move their content from course to course each term. The backup/restore thing, while similar, requires downloading and uploading files, and is just more difficult for users to do on their own. However, IMPORT has a number of drawbacks:

* BLOCKS: it doesn’t bring in blocks http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18240 such as custom blocks (our faculty use the custom HTML block for contact info, etc.) The backup/restore process DOES copy the blocks from course to course. It would be great if the IMPORT function also had checkboxes for the blocks, just like the resources and activities.

* COURSE SETTINGS – these are in the backup file, but are never brought into a new course, whether by import, or even restore to an existing course, deleting it first. Generally instructors would like an easier way to import not only the content of their courses, but also the course settings, such as forced theme, # of weeks/modules, language, etc etc… http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-15659

* NUMBER OF WEEKS/TOPICS: A related issue, where when importing from a course with 20 weeks into a course with 6 weeks, the contents of weeks 7-20 are shoved into week 0 or 1: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-12283

* ROLL ACTIVITY DUE DATES: Don’t have a ticket for this yet, but it would be powerful if the user could enter a new course start date and it would roll forward all the assignment, quiz or other open/close/due dates in the course based on the relative position to the start date. So, for example, if the Fall 2008 course started on September 1 and assignment 1 was due on October 1, in 2009, the start date changed to Sept. 3rd, the assignment 1 due date would change accordingly to Oct 3rd. This would automate something that ultimately is one of the most time-consuming tasks of instructors – changing all the due dates each term. It would likely not be perfect, but at least it would make it much easier.

3. Another custom security item Moodlerooms did, they included at the top a username/password interface for the password protected “upload” folder so that we wouldn’t have to go into PHP or etc. to set up /change that username and password. (See attachment)

So basically, something is wonky with the text field for grade items.

Filtered Course List:
- Configure role checking so that if a role is assigned at the category level, the user sees categories (or “own courses”), NOT every single course in the category.

- Add ability to choose which field to filter on (shortname, full name, course ID)

- Add administrative option to specify own filter names, and the block title. (I.e. instead of “Current Courses,” filter title can be set by the Moodle administrator)

Add the ability to import department categories into a term category using LMB Enrollment.

Document (in plain language) the differences (in code and functionality) between LAE and core Moodle. There aren’t many, but based on queries we’ve received, I think folks are anticipating that there are more than there actually are.