Brickfield Education Labs

Introduction

This Reading List block provides a centralised listing for users to view all the URL resources for each course they’re enrolled in, and to download them as a list. 

 

This ability to view and download the course’s URL resources is available to both teachers and students.

 

The table results can be downloaded as whichever data formats, for instance CSV, Excel, HTML, text, in which the site administrator has configured for the table view downloads (under Manage data formats).

The Reading list page with the text at the top ‘Reading list for RLC - URL count: 3’, followed by a download table data as dropdown menu, reset table preferences link, and the reading list table. The table has 2 rows and the four columns: url resource, section name, description, and tags.

Administration

This section is for the administration of the Reading List block.

Version Support

This plugin is supported for Moodle versions 3.9, 3.11, 4.00, 4.01, 4.02, and 4.03.

Deployment

To install the Reading List block (block_reading_list):

  1. Unzip and copy the reading_list folder into Moodle’s blocks/ folder.
  2. Go to Site administration > Notifications to install the block.

 

Further installation instructions can be found on the Installing plugins Moodle documentation page.

Capabilities

Capability nameManagerTeacherNon-editing teacherStudent
block/reading_list:addinstance: Add a Reading list blockAllowAllow  
block/reading_list:download: The ability to download the Reading list content.AllowAllowAllowAllow
block/reading_list:view: The ability to view the Reading list content.AllowAllowAllowAllow

Addinstance capability

The capability “block/reading_list:addinstance” allows users with the relevant permissions for that context to add the Reading List block.

 

This capability is granted by default to these following archetype roles, using course context:

  • Manager
  • Teacher

Download capability

The capability “block/reading_list:download” allows users with the relevant permissions for that context to download the Reading List content.

 

This capability is granted by default to these following archetype roles, using course context:

  • Manager
  • Teacher
  • Non-editing teacher
  • Student

View capability

The capability “block/reading_list:view” allows users with the relevant permissions for that context to view the Reading List content.

 

This capability is granted by default to these following archetype roles, using course context:

  • Manager
  • Teacher
  • Non-editing teacher
  • Student

Copyright and funding

This plugin has been developed, maintained, and is copyrighted by Brickfield Education Labs.