Brickfield Education Labs

Table of Contents

Introduction

Once the Brickfield Alternate Format deployment is completed, it will then automatically be available on your Moodle courses’ main pages.  

Requesting file conversions

Requesting file conversions is controlled by capabilities as outlined below and works by displaying a Request conversion icon beside the following:

  • File resources
  • Folder resources
  • Book resources
  • Page resources

 

N.B. files above 1GB in size are not accepted by our file conversion partner, SensusAccess, therefore will have their conversion icon hidden and disabled.

 

N.B. Books can be converted to HTML.

A book module named 'welcome to rome' with the conversion icon beside it.

When users with the relevant capabilities click on the Request conversion icon, a popup “Accessibility File Conversion” screen appears, where they can select the different conversion types available for converting the file.

The Accessibility file conversion modal with the modal heading, an x button, conversion type dropdown, document language dropdown, audio speed dropdown open, and the request and cancel buttons. The audio speed dropdown displayed options are: normal, fastest, faster, fast, slow, slower, and slowest.

Once the user’s file conversion request is submitted, it will take some time before they can retrieve the file conversion. They will receive a new notification alert confirming the status of their file conversion. However, if the conversion has already been requested,  processed and completed on the site, the file will be automatically downloaded as soon as the request is made.

Capability Requirements

Access to Brickfield Alternate Formats is controlled by capabilities and users must have the correct capabilities in the correct context.

  • ‘local/bfaltformat:convertfiles’ capability – Request Brickfield Alternate Format file conversions

 

For more information, see: Capabilities.