Via - Virtual Classroom

This file defines the changes made to Via - Virtual classroom
last update 01/03/2024 2024030602

• Fix install error

last update 01/03/2024 2024030101

• Ensure Azure compatibility

last update 25/07/2022 2022060702

• Add resource management for ViaHTML


• Fix for Presence page which could have an "communication with the server" error


• Allow Host to manage resources and playbacks


• Show playback presence duration for viahtml5 activities

last update 07/06/2022 2022060701

• Plugin is now compatible with Moodle 4.0


• Fix PHP 8.0 compatibility issues

last update 12/01/2022 2021011112

• Cleanup in code


• Prevent multiple API calls when unsubscribing a user


• Fix updating multimediaquality in viaassign

last update 12/01/2022 2021011111

• Fix for Via HTML when Moodle is not at root


• Add validation to end tasks if configuration is empty


• Fix for emailstop property which was nos correctly used


• Add log to understand why some participant have no userid


• Add validation to prevent error in presence list

last update 09/12/2021 2021011110

• New option in viahtml API: PortalID


• Fix test of API before saving

last update 30/11/2021 2021011109

• Fix duration of playback could exceed the max size allowed


• Fix encoding error in language file

last update 17/11/2021 2021011108

• Handle activity version in activity template


• Fix text with invalid char resulting in SQL error

last update 09/09/2021 2021011107

• Fix bug of users becoming animators unexpectedly.


• Fix diplay of record options


• Fix : Options for ViaHTML5 are shown if company is in VRoomOnly mode


• Fix : Admin not subscribed can now access to the activity

last update 26/07/2021 2021011106

• New parameter to link activities and users to a Lära branch.


• Apply this new settings to activity and users


• Fix for data not synchronized between Lära and Moodle


• Show record options for ViaHTML5.

last update 22/07/2021 2021011105

• fix : prevent removing subscription of Host even if no change.


• Users unsubscribed from a course remain the host of activities in that course.

last update 20/05/2021 2021011104

• New option for Via HTML5 to use presence tracking

last update 13/05/2021 2021011103
-Fixes in users and subscriptions synchronisation
-New options in plugin settings for Via HTML5 API + button to test it
-New option to clean up Via users
-New option to create Via HTML5 activities instead of Via9
-New capability to allow access to via even if not subscribed

last update 22/10/2020 2020102201
-Plugin for Moodle 3.9
-Keep tasks running after exception

last update 07/07/2020 2020011403
-New option to disable unplanned activities

last update 05/06/2020 2020011402
-Fix restore course whith deleted activity
-Fix remove participants from invalid activity

last update 04/02/2020 2020011401
-Fix authentification from Via app
-Integration of Moodle 3.8

last update 19/02/2019 (2018042005)
-The courseID is no more stored during backup /restore
-Bug fixes for compatibiliy with viaassign

last update 09/10/2018 (2018042004)
-Bug fix

last update 07/09/2018 (2018042003)

• Prevent Moodle to overwrite UserData in Via


• Add option to synchronise immediately playback records with Via

last update 19/07/2018 (2018042002)

• Bug fixes

last update 20/04/2018 (2018042001)

• Integration of Moodle 3.4


• Improvement for Grouping and Group with Moodle 3.X


• Improvements to delegate activities


• Bug fixes for user synchronisation when the activity has been deleted from Via


• Bug fixes for category use (when activated in parameters)


• you can access to the activity after the end if there is still someone inside


• Correction of Users SetupState synchronisation


• Bug fixe for viaassign activity with multiple pages


• Management of viaassign events: we can attach them to the class or to the activity depending on the parameters.


• Integration of new release of Chrome ( micro and camera not available during configuration)


• Activity Completion by grade has been desactivated

last update 14/09/2017 (2017030108)

• Bug fixes for Grouping and Group


• Bug fix for activity completion on view


• Some improvements on the display of Via parameters

last update 10/07/2017 (2017030107)

• Improvement on a new activityType: desactivated. Only availabale with manual operations: ask SVI for more informations

last update 06/06/2017 (2017030106)

• Improvements on user synchronization:


• User's picture in png are now included


• First and last names can now be not synchronized

last update 31/05/2017 (2017030105)

• Modifications on activity duplication: the old host is now saved


• Correction on delete issues


• Bug fixes for downloading documents


• We don't keep user in deleted activity to avoid restoration issues


• New Option to choose enrol type in Via


• Availability confirmation is now available for everyone except the host

last update 05/04/2017 (2017030104)

• Bug fixes for email reminder sended from viaassign


• Bug fixes for export from Via


• Bug fixes for the access to unified reccordings

last update 27/03/2017 (2017030103)

• Bug fixes for incompatibility with IE

last update 17/03/2017 (2017030102)

• Bug fixes for incompatibility with php7.1


• Bug fixes for upgrade from version via 2016042016

last update 01/03/2017 (2017030101)

• new tables were created to render the recylcle bin functional


• new settings were created to permit users to personnalise their mails and reminders


• if the setting 'via_activitydeletion' is true we still pemit users to delete recordings but only in moodle,
  they continue to existe in Via.


• a new status exists for duplicated or restored activities; these are now unplanned activities and do not yet existe in Via.


• PHP 7 was installed and used to validate the code.


• many bug fixes included.

last update 01/01/2016 (2016042009)

• bug fix in playbacksync when retrieving and saveing breakouts!

last update 01/01/2016 (2016042008)

• bug fix in content management for the URL types

last update 01/01/2016 (20160420)

• new user association


• new document upload


• new cron tasks


• new visual, using font awsome

last update 01/01/2016 (2016010101)

• config link is not visible on computer (NOT on mobiles)

last update 08/09/2015 (2015050106)

• correction to the list of recordings; if isnewvia(Via 8) recordings can be viewed on mobiles.

last update 28/08/2015 (2015050105)

• A new button was added for M@gistère to synchronise large groupes before the start of an activity.


• M@gistère we be the only ones with this version.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050103)

• corrections were made to the activity duplication function which was not passing on the isnewvia value.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050102)

• validations were added to replace commas and replace them with dots for the presence tables.
  Commas were returned by french servers.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050100)

• new tables were created for storing API information to call Via less often.


• functions were added in the cron to call these new functions at varying intervals
  and may be modified depending on the needs of the client.


• a new option was added in the activity creation to chose the type of acivity that is to be created;
  Via 6 or the most recent version of Via


• a new option was added in the activity creation to chose whether or not to display the user list in a webinare.


• an email will be sent automatically to the user who exported a recording once the export is ready to be downloaded.


• certain moodle functions were taken out of the code in order to be called depending on the moodle version,
  this will help have less plugin versions in the long term.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012004)

• Indexes were corrected in the install page.


• Resizeable was added to the view.via openpopup parameters.


• Access to the activity for admins was modified.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012002)

• Indexes were add to the via tables to increase efficiency.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012001)

• New pagination on the via details page, only the first 50 users will be displayed.


• Removed the setting in the plugins parameters to permit sending reminders from Via. They are always send through moodle.


• We have modified how users are synchronized with Via to reduce the amount of calls made to via.
  -- Only the first 50 users will be synched.
  --- on creation on an activity or on modification.
  -- the 50 displayed in the details page will be synched
  -- the presence status will be calculated on the display of the presence report.
  -- cron - new enrollements will be added to the via_pariticipants table but not added to via
  -- cron - old enrollements will be removed from the via_participants table and from via, only if they had been synched.


• a wysiwyg was added to the via invitation page for flexibility.


• Avatars added in Moodle will be added to Via.


• It is now possible to download Via recordings.


• For activities that are not permanent a 'prensece status' will be calculated from the minutes
  entered in the activity parameters. A printable version of this status is available.


• Both these options can be activated or not from the plugins' settings.


• Cleaned up code following commentes made by Moodle.org
  -- removed mdl_ prefixs that had been hardcoded at Moodle.org's request.
  -- added via_ to add function that did not already have it.
  -- removed all $_POST references
  -- displaced many functions to locallib
  -- replaced fopen by cURL for security reasons


• the via interface opens as a new page without tools to use as much of the screen as possible.

last update 01/11/2014 (2014110101)

• New capability was created to view presence reports


• New option was added during the creation of an activity to add the minimum time required for an activity to be considered present.


• New table was created that calculated if the user was present or not depending on the value above.


• A printable version of this table is created on the click of a button.

Last update 01/08/2014 (2014080162)

NEEDS VIA 6.2!

-Recordings can be deleted individually
-Activities can be duplicated, documents and associated users follow - with or without whiteboards and surveys.
-Activities can be backupes and restored, documents follow and associated users if desired -
with or without whiteboards and surveys.
-New settings were added to select if the whitebords and surveys will be added during the duplication or
backup & restore process. The parameter applies to all activities.
-Duplicated activities will be created one month in the future to the present, leaving enough time to go
modify the actual date and time. Unless it is a permanent activity, in which case there is no start time or duration.
-If a grouping is selected for an activity, only the users associated with the grouping will be synchronised.
If manual enrollemnt is chosen, other users may be added to the activity but will not be synchronised.
-A new list of users was added to the details page for a quick over view. We also added their 'set up wizard'
state. And added the confirmation status to this table, we removed the confirmation table from underneath the participants table.
-A new parmeter was added to the settings page, to limit deletion to moodle. If checked activities will
be deleted in Moodle but not in Via.
-The log tables were droped!
-The file UApi was renamed to uapi and moved inside mod/via to satisfy the moodle community.
-More information will be synchronised with Via if the option is checked, example the phone number and the
moodle name will be added as the organisation name.
-Users deleted in Moodle will be deleted in the via_users table and removed from the activities in
which they were meant to take part.
-Possibility to add the description on the course page
-Permissions (capabilities)
-CSS
-special access is granted to administrators and manangers not added to an activity.
-A new option was added in the plugin's parameters to limit access to the via portal.
-All the code was checked with the code checker to be permitted to be added to the moodle community.

Last update 01/07/2014
-Corrections we made for Moodle 2.7

Last update 01/04/2014
-Validations added in case a user is deleted or deactivated in Via after being associated in moodle
-Validations added in order not to give more than one role to a user in one activity
-Validations added in order to always have one host and only one host.
-If a host is replaced and the enrollment is set to automatic then we add the user in the standard role.
-A modification was made to the automatic enrolment method, animators remain modifiable.
-If an animator is removed and the enrollment is set to automatic then we add the user as participant.
-A new feature was added in order to add all students as animators
-Extra validations were added in case an activity is created with manual enrollment then changed to automatic, etc.
-A bug was fixed when students with the animator role were set back to participant at access of an activite.
-Modifications were made so that recordings are always visible for the users were editing rights, they can
then display or hide any recording R set them all to public.
-Hides recordings on tablettes and mobiles, as they can not be opened.
-Modifications were made to the way config information is stored, it is now in the 'config_plugin' table,
instead of in 'config'

Last update 21/11/2013
-Mofications made for Moodle 2.6
-Added proxy information
-Made corrections after errors were reported

Last update 06/11/2013 Version 2013092001
-Correction to the playback list - recordings

Last update 20/09/2013 Version 20130920
-In this version we have made modifications to the cron synchronisation of users for all types of enrollments!
-We have also added validations at many levels to add users that were added in moodle but not in via.
-We have added a log to keep track of these errors and later additions.
-We have also given it a new more modern look!!!
-For connexion on mobiles using moodle with a mobile theme we have made modifications to the connexion
-As well as improvements following feedback from moodle.org :

• GPL licence


• changing the page encode from Western European (Windows) to UTF-8 with signature

last update 02/07/2013
-In this version we have removed the added code to the moodle core. Users will be
synchronised with the help of the cron.
-So changes to the courses' participants will not be instananious, rather it can
take up to 10 minutes before the changes are made to the via participants table.
-For this to work a new column was added to the via participants table and new
functions were added to via_cron.
-The categories in Via are reproduced in moodle, the admin can choose which
categories will be available and can even add one as default.
-Then when an activity is created the teacher can chose from the available categories.
-These are only helpful for invoicing; the category can only be seen when editing an activity.
-The connection test was modified, we test the API connection, then we test the new moodle key, independently.

last update 01/05/2013
-Modification to UserGetSSOtoken to create link accessible from mobiles.
-We validate the user and the plugin version, needs via 5.2 or above to work.
-Validations were also added to the emails and reminders, reminders can now only be sent for
activities with a fixed time and date.
-The emails are different for the permanent activities.

last update 06/02/2013
Corrections were brought to the send invite function.

last update 27/03/2013
-Addition of a visible version to the settings page for quick reference.
-Correction to sql search for user type, mssql vs. mysql.

last update 01/05/2013
-In the settings page we added a via_adminID, this id will be used to create and modify activities.
-In the settings we also added a check box to chose if the users' via information should be synchronized with
the moodle's values.
-If checked users' information will be updated when they connect to an activity, but the user name,
password and user type will not be affected.
-When synchronizing the information we validate if the user's email exists as email or as login, if
it does we assume it is the same person.

updated 27/11/2012
-Corrections were made to the reminder email.
-Corrections were made in the automatic enrollment for the animators and hosts, these are now modifiable

updated 19/09/2012
-In this version the cron function : via_update_enrolment() was uncommented to synchronize users
but instructions were provided to run in only once before commenting it out again
also a last minute change was made in mod/via/lib.php in function via_update_participants_list
as an error was occurring in manual inscription when users were removed.

This file defines the changes made to Via - Virtual classroom
last update 25/07/2022 2022060702

• Add resource management for ViaHTML


• Fix for Presence page which could have an "communication with the server" error


• Allow Host to manage resources and playbacks


• Show playback presence duration for viahtml5 activities

last update 07/06/2022 2022060701

• Plugin is now compatible with Moodle 4.0


• Fix PHP 8.0 compatibility issues

last update 12/01/2022 2021011112

• Cleanup in code


• Prevent multiple API calls when unsubscribing a user


• Fix updating multimediaquality in viaassign

last update 12/01/2022 2021011111

• Fix for Via HTML when Moodle is not at root


• Add validation to end tasks if configuration is empty


• Fix for emailstop property which was nos correctly used


• Add log to understand why some participant have no userid


• Add validation to prevent error in presence list

last update 09/12/2021 2021011110

• New option in viahtml API: PortalID


• Fix test of API before saving

last update 30/11/2021 2021011109

• Fix duration of playback could exceed the max size allowed


• Fix encoding error in language file

last update 17/11/2021 2021011108

• Handle activity version in activity template


• Fix text with invalid char resulting in SQL error

last update 09/09/2021 2021011107

• Fix bug of users becoming animators unexpectedly.


• Fix diplay of record options


• Fix : Options for ViaHTML5 are shown if company is in VRoomOnly mode


• Fix : Admin not subscribed can now access to the activity

last update 26/07/2021 2021011106

• New parameter to link activities and users to a Lära branch.


• Apply this new settings to activity and users


• Fix for data not synchronized between Lära and Moodle


• Show record options for ViaHTML5.

last update 22/07/2021 2021011105

• fix : prevent removing subscription of Host even if no change.


• Users unsubscribed from a course remain the host of activities in that course.

last update 20/05/2021 2021011104

• New option for Via HTML5 to use presence tracking

last update 13/05/2021 2021011103
-Fixes in users and subscriptions synchronisation
-New options in plugin settings for Via HTML5 API + button to test it
-New option to clean up Via users
-New option to create Via HTML5 activities instead of Via9
-New capability to allow access to via even if not subscribed

last update 22/10/2020 2020102201
-Plugin for Moodle 3.9
-Keep tasks running after exception

last update 07/07/2020 2020011403
-New option to disable unplanned activities

last update 05/06/2020 2020011402
-Fix restore course whith deleted activity
-Fix remove participants from invalid activity

last update 04/02/2020 2020011401
-Fix authentification from Via app
-Integration of Moodle 3.8

last update 19/02/2019 (2018042005)
-The courseID is no more stored during backup /restore
-Bug fixes for compatibiliy with viaassign

last update 09/10/2018 (2018042004)
-Bug fix

last update 07/09/2018 (2018042003)

• Prevent Moodle to overwrite UserData in Via


• Add option to synchronise immediately playback records with Via

last update 19/07/2018 (2018042002)

• Bug fixes

last update 20/04/2018 (2018042001)

• Integration of Moodle 3.4


• Improvement for Grouping and Group with Moodle 3.X


• Improvements to delegate activities


• Bug fixes for user synchronisation when the activity has been deleted from Via


• Bug fixes for category use (when activated in parameters)


• you can access to the activity after the end if there is still someone inside


• Correction of Users SetupState synchronisation


• Bug fixe for viaassign activity with multiple pages


• Management of viaassign events: we can attach them to the class or to the activity depending on the parameters.


• Integration of new release of Chrome ( micro and camera not available during configuration)


• Activity Completion by grade has been desactivated

last update 14/09/2017 (2017030108)

• Bug fixes for Grouping and Group


• Bug fix for activity completion on view


• Some improvements on the display of Via parameters

last update 10/07/2017 (2017030107)

• Improvement on a new activityType: desactivated. Only availabale with manual operations: ask SVI for more informations

last update 06/06/2017 (2017030106)

• Improvements on user synchronization:


• User's picture in png are now included


• First and last names can now be not synchronized

last update 31/05/2017 (2017030105)

• Modifications on activity duplication: the old host is now saved


• Correction on delete issues


• Bug fixes for downloading documents


• We don't keep user in deleted activity to avoid restoration issues


• New Option to choose enrol type in Via


• Availability confirmation is now available for everyone except the host

last update 05/04/2017 (2017030104)

• Bug fixes for email reminder sended from viaassign


• Bug fixes for export from Via


• Bug fixes for the access to unified reccordings

last update 27/03/2017 (2017030103)

• Bug fixes for incompatibility with IE

last update 17/03/2017 (2017030102)

• Bug fixes for incompatibility with php7.1


• Bug fixes for upgrade from version via 2016042016

last update 01/03/2017 (2017030101)

• new tables were created to render the recylcle bin functional


• new settings were created to permit users to personnalise their mails and reminders


• if the setting 'via_activitydeletion' is true we still pemit users to delete recordings but only in moodle,
  they continue to existe in Via.


• a new status exists for duplicated or restored activities; these are now unplanned activities and do not yet existe in Via.


• PHP 7 was installed and used to validate the code.


• many bug fixes included.

last update 01/01/2016 (2016042009)

• bug fix in playbacksync when retrieving and saveing breakouts!

last update 01/01/2016 (2016042008)

• bug fix in content management for the URL types

last update 01/01/2016 (20160420)

• new user association


• new document upload


• new cron tasks


• new visual, using font awsome

last update 01/01/2016 (2016010101)

• config link is not visible on computer (NOT on mobiles)

last update 08/09/2015 (2015050106)

• correction to the list of recordings; if isnewvia(Via 8) recordings can be viewed on mobiles.

last update 28/08/2015 (2015050105)

• A new button was added for M@gistère to synchronise large groupes before the start of an activity.


• M@gistère we be the only ones with this version.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050103)

• corrections were made to the activity duplication function which was not passing on the isnewvia value.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050102)

• validations were added to replace commas and replace them with dots for the presence tables.
  Commas were returned by french servers.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050100)

• new tables were created for storing API information to call Via less often.


• functions were added in the cron to call these new functions at varying intervals
  and may be modified depending on the needs of the client.


• a new option was added in the activity creation to chose the type of acivity that is to be created;
  Via 6 or the most recent version of Via


• a new option was added in the activity creation to chose whether or not to display the user list in a webinare.


• an email will be sent automatically to the user who exported a recording once the export is ready to be downloaded.


• certain moodle functions were taken out of the code in order to be called depending on the moodle version,
  this will help have less plugin versions in the long term.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012004)

• Indexes were corrected in the install page.


• Resizeable was added to the view.via openpopup parameters.


• Access to the activity for admins was modified.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012002)

• Indexes were add to the via tables to increase efficiency.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012001)

• New pagination on the via details page, only the first 50 users will be displayed.


• Removed the setting in the plugins parameters to permit sending reminders from Via. They are always send through moodle.


• We have modified how users are synchronized with Via to reduce the amount of calls made to via.
  -- Only the first 50 users will be synched.
  --- on creation on an activity or on modification.
  -- the 50 displayed in the details page will be synched
  -- the presence status will be calculated on the display of the presence report.
  -- cron - new enrollements will be added to the via_pariticipants table but not added to via
  -- cron - old enrollements will be removed from the via_participants table and from via, only if they had been synched.


• a wysiwyg was added to the via invitation page for flexibility.


• Avatars added in Moodle will be added to Via.


• It is now possible to download Via recordings.


• For activities that are not permanent a 'prensece status' will be calculated from the minutes
  entered in the activity parameters. A printable version of this status is available.


• Both these options can be activated or not from the plugins' settings.


• Cleaned up code following commentes made by Moodle.org
  -- removed mdl_ prefixs that had been hardcoded at Moodle.org's request.
  -- added via_ to add function that did not already have it.
  -- removed all $_POST references
  -- displaced many functions to locallib
  -- replaced fopen by cURL for security reasons


• the via interface opens as a new page without tools to use as much of the screen as possible.

last update 01/11/2014 (2014110101)

• New capability was created to view presence reports


• New option was added during the creation of an activity to add the minimum time required for an activity to be considered present.


• New table was created that calculated if the user was present or not depending on the value above.


• A printable version of this table is created on the click of a button.

Last update 01/08/2014 (2014080162)

NEEDS VIA 6.2!

-Recordings can be deleted individually
-Activities can be duplicated, documents and associated users follow - with or without whiteboards and surveys.
-Activities can be backupes and restored, documents follow and associated users if desired -
with or without whiteboards and surveys.
-New settings were added to select if the whitebords and surveys will be added during the duplication or
backup & restore process. The parameter applies to all activities.
-Duplicated activities will be created one month in the future to the present, leaving enough time to go
modify the actual date and time. Unless it is a permanent activity, in which case there is no start time or duration.
-If a grouping is selected for an activity, only the users associated with the grouping will be synchronised.
If manual enrollemnt is chosen, other users may be added to the activity but will not be synchronised.
-A new list of users was added to the details page for a quick over view. We also added their 'set up wizard'
state. And added the confirmation status to this table, we removed the confirmation table from underneath the participants table.
-A new parmeter was added to the settings page, to limit deletion to moodle. If checked activities will
be deleted in Moodle but not in Via.
-The log tables were droped!
-The file UApi was renamed to uapi and moved inside mod/via to satisfy the moodle community.
-More information will be synchronised with Via if the option is checked, example the phone number and the
moodle name will be added as the organisation name.
-Users deleted in Moodle will be deleted in the via_users table and removed from the activities in
which they were meant to take part.
-Possibility to add the description on the course page
-Permissions (capabilities)
-CSS
-special access is granted to administrators and manangers not added to an activity.
-A new option was added in the plugin's parameters to limit access to the via portal.
-All the code was checked with the code checker to be permitted to be added to the moodle community.

Last update 01/07/2014
-Corrections we made for Moodle 2.7

Last update 01/04/2014
-Validations added in case a user is deleted or deactivated in Via after being associated in moodle
-Validations added in order not to give more than one role to a user in one activity
-Validations added in order to always have one host and only one host.
-If a host is replaced and the enrollment is set to automatic then we add the user in the standard role.
-A modification was made to the automatic enrolment method, animators remain modifiable.
-If an animator is removed and the enrollment is set to automatic then we add the user as participant.
-A new feature was added in order to add all students as animators
-Extra validations were added in case an activity is created with manual enrollment then changed to automatic, etc.
-A bug was fixed when students with the animator role were set back to participant at access of an activite.
-Modifications were made so that recordings are always visible for the users were editing rights, they can
then display or hide any recording R set them all to public.
-Hides recordings on tablettes and mobiles, as they can not be opened.
-Modifications were made to the way config information is stored, it is now in the 'config_plugin' table,
instead of in 'config'

Last update 21/11/2013
-Mofications made for Moodle 2.6
-Added proxy information
-Made corrections after errors were reported

Last update 06/11/2013 Version 2013092001
-Correction to the playback list - recordings

Last update 20/09/2013 Version 20130920
-In this version we have made modifications to the cron synchronisation of users for all types of enrollments!
-We have also added validations at many levels to add users that were added in moodle but not in via.
-We have added a log to keep track of these errors and later additions.
-We have also given it a new more modern look!!!
-For connexion on mobiles using moodle with a mobile theme we have made modifications to the connexion
-As well as improvements following feedback from moodle.org :

• GPL licence


• changing the page encode from Western European (Windows) to UTF-8 with signature

last update 02/07/2013
-In this version we have removed the added code to the moodle core. Users will be
synchronised with the help of the cron.
-So changes to the courses' participants will not be instananious, rather it can
take up to 10 minutes before the changes are made to the via participants table.
-For this to work a new column was added to the via participants table and new
functions were added to via_cron.
-The categories in Via are reproduced in moodle, the admin can choose which
categories will be available and can even add one as default.
-Then when an activity is created the teacher can chose from the available categories.
-These are only helpful for invoicing; the category can only be seen when editing an activity.
-The connection test was modified, we test the API connection, then we test the new moodle key, independently.

last update 01/05/2013
-Modification to UserGetSSOtoken to create link accessible from mobiles.
-We validate the user and the plugin version, needs via 5.2 or above to work.
-Validations were also added to the emails and reminders, reminders can now only be sent for
activities with a fixed time and date.
-The emails are different for the permanent activities.

last update 06/02/2013
Corrections were brought to the send invite function.

last update 27/03/2013
-Addition of a visible version to the settings page for quick reference.
-Correction to sql search for user type, mssql vs. mysql.

last update 01/05/2013
-In the settings page we added a via_adminID, this id will be used to create and modify activities.
-In the settings we also added a check box to chose if the users' via information should be synchronized with
the moodle's values.
-If checked users' information will be updated when they connect to an activity, but the user name,
password and user type will not be affected.
-When synchronizing the information we validate if the user's email exists as email or as login, if
it does we assume it is the same person.

updated 27/11/2012
-Corrections were made to the reminder email.
-Corrections were made in the automatic enrollment for the animators and hosts, these are now modifiable

updated 19/09/2012
-In this version the cron function : via_update_enrolment() was uncommented to synchronize users
but instructions were provided to run in only once before commenting it out again
also a last minute change was made in mod/via/lib.php in function via_update_participants_list
as an error was occurring in manual inscription when users were removed.

This file defines the changes made to Via - Virtual classroom

last update 07/06/2022 2022060701

• Plugin is now compatible with Moodle 4.0


• Fix PHP 8.0 compatibility issues

last update 12/01/2022 2021011112

• Cleanup in code


• Prevent multiple API calls when unsubscribing a user


• Fix updating multimediaquality in viaassign

last update 12/01/2022 2021011111

• Fix for Via HTML when Moodle is not at root


• Add validation to end tasks if configuration is empty


• Fix for emailstop property which was nos correctly used


• Add log to understand why some participant have no userid


• Add validation to prevent error in presence list

last update 09/12/2021 2021011110

• New option in viahtml API: PortalID


• Fix test of API before saving

last update 30/11/2021 2021011109

• Fix duration of playback could exceed the max size allowed


• Fix encoding error in language file

last update 17/11/2021 2021011108

• Handle activity version in activity template


• Fix text with invalid char resulting in SQL error

last update 09/09/2021 2021011107

• Fix bug of users becoming animators unexpectedly.


• Fix diplay of record options


• Fix : Options for ViaHTML5 are shown if company is in VRoomOnly mode


• Fix : Admin not subscribed can now access to the activity

last update 26/07/2021 2021011106

• New parameter to link activities and users to a Lära branch.


• Apply this new settings to activity and users


• Fix for data not synchronized between Lära and Moodle


• Show record options for ViaHTML5.

last update 22/07/2021 2021011105

• fix : prevent removing subscription of Host even if no change.


• Users unsubscribed from a course remain the host of activities in that course.

last update 20/05/2021 2021011104

• New option for Via HTML5 to use presence tracking

last update 13/05/2021 2021011103
-Fixes in users and subscriptions synchronisation
-New options in plugin settings for Via HTML5 API + button to test it
-New option to clean up Via users
-New option to create Via HTML5 activities instead of Via9
-New capability to allow access to via even if not subscribed

last update 22/10/2020 2020102201
-Plugin for Moodle 3.9
-Keep tasks running after exception

last update 07/07/2020 2020011403
-New option to disable unplanned activities

last update 05/06/2020 2020011402
-Fix restore course whith deleted activity
-Fix remove participants from invalid activity

last update 04/02/2020 2020011401
-Fix authentification from Via app
-Integration of Moodle 3.8

last update 19/02/2019 (2018042005)
-The courseID is no more stored during backup /restore
-Bug fixes for compatibiliy with viaassign

last update 09/10/2018 (2018042004)
-Bug fix

last update 07/09/2018 (2018042003)

• Prevent Moodle to overwrite UserData in Via


• Add option to synchronise immediately playback records with Via

last update 19/07/2018 (2018042002)

• Bug fixes

last update 20/04/2018 (2018042001)

• Integration of Moodle 3.4


• Improvement for Grouping and Group with Moodle 3.X


• Improvements to delegate activities


• Bug fixes for user synchronisation when the activity has been deleted from Via


• Bug fixes for category use (when activated in parameters)


• you can access to the activity after the end if there is still someone inside


• Correction of Users SetupState synchronisation


• Bug fixe for viaassign activity with multiple pages


• Management of viaassign events: we can attach them to the class or to the activity depending on the parameters.


• Integration of new release of Chrome ( micro and camera not available during configuration)


• Activity Completion by grade has been desactivated

last update 14/09/2017 (2017030108)

• Bug fixes for Grouping and Group


• Bug fix for activity completion on view


• Some improvements on the display of Via parameters

last update 10/07/2017 (2017030107)

• Improvement on a new activityType: desactivated. Only availabale with manual operations: ask SVI for more informations

last update 06/06/2017 (2017030106)

• Improvements on user synchronization:


• User's picture in png are now included


• First and last names can now be not synchronized

last update 31/05/2017 (2017030105)

• Modifications on activity duplication: the old host is now saved


• Correction on delete issues


• Bug fixes for downloading documents


• We don't keep user in deleted activity to avoid restoration issues


• New Option to choose enrol type in Via


• Availability confirmation is now available for everyone except the host

last update 05/04/2017 (2017030104)

• Bug fixes for email reminder sended from viaassign


• Bug fixes for export from Via


• Bug fixes for the access to unified reccordings

last update 27/03/2017 (2017030103)

• Bug fixes for incompatibility with IE

last update 17/03/2017 (2017030102)

• Bug fixes for incompatibility with php7.1


• Bug fixes for upgrade from version via 2016042016

last update 01/03/2017 (2017030101)

• new tables were created to render the recylcle bin functional


• new settings were created to permit users to personnalise their mails and reminders


• if the setting 'via_activitydeletion' is true we still pemit users to delete recordings but only in moodle,
  they continue to existe in Via.


• a new status exists for duplicated or restored activities; these are now unplanned activities and do not yet existe in Via.


• PHP 7 was installed and used to validate the code.


• many bug fixes included.

last update 01/01/2016 (2016042009)

• bug fix in playbacksync when retrieving and saveing breakouts!

last update 01/01/2016 (2016042008)

• bug fix in content management for the URL types

last update 01/01/2016 (20160420)

• new user association


• new document upload


• new cron tasks


• new visual, using font awsome

last update 01/01/2016 (2016010101)

• config link is not visible on computer (NOT on mobiles)

last update 08/09/2015 (2015050106)

• correction to the list of recordings; if isnewvia(Via 8) recordings can be viewed on mobiles.

last update 28/08/2015 (2015050105)

• A new button was added for M@gistère to synchronise large groupes before the start of an activity.


• M@gistère we be the only ones with this version.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050103)

• corrections were made to the activity duplication function which was not passing on the isnewvia value.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050102)

• validations were added to replace commas and replace them with dots for the presence tables.
  Commas were returned by french servers.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050100)

• new tables were created for storing API information to call Via less often.


• functions were added in the cron to call these new functions at varying intervals
  and may be modified depending on the needs of the client.


• a new option was added in the activity creation to chose the type of acivity that is to be created;
  Via 6 or the most recent version of Via


• a new option was added in the activity creation to chose whether or not to display the user list in a webinare.


• an email will be sent automatically to the user who exported a recording once the export is ready to be downloaded.


• certain moodle functions were taken out of the code in order to be called depending on the moodle version,
  this will help have less plugin versions in the long term.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012004)

• Indexes were corrected in the install page.


• Resizeable was added to the view.via openpopup parameters.


• Access to the activity for admins was modified.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012002)

• Indexes were add to the via tables to increase efficiency.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012001)

• New pagination on the via details page, only the first 50 users will be displayed.


• Removed the setting in the plugins parameters to permit sending reminders from Via. They are always send through moodle.


• We have modified how users are synchronized with Via to reduce the amount of calls made to via.
  -- Only the first 50 users will be synched.
  --- on creation on an activity or on modification.
  -- the 50 displayed in the details page will be synched
  -- the presence status will be calculated on the display of the presence report.
  -- cron - new enrollements will be added to the via_pariticipants table but not added to via
  -- cron - old enrollements will be removed from the via_participants table and from via, only if they had been synched.


• a wysiwyg was added to the via invitation page for flexibility.


• Avatars added in Moodle will be added to Via.


• It is now possible to download Via recordings.


• For activities that are not permanent a 'prensece status' will be calculated from the minutes
  entered in the activity parameters. A printable version of this status is available.


• Both these options can be activated or not from the plugins' settings.


• Cleaned up code following commentes made by Moodle.org
  -- removed mdl_ prefixs that had been hardcoded at Moodle.org's request.
  -- added via_ to add function that did not already have it.
  -- removed all $_POST references
  -- displaced many functions to locallib
  -- replaced fopen by cURL for security reasons


• the via interface opens as a new page without tools to use as much of the screen as possible.

last update 01/11/2014 (2014110101)

• New capability was created to view presence reports


• New option was added during the creation of an activity to add the minimum time required for an activity to be considered present.


• New table was created that calculated if the user was present or not depending on the value above.


• A printable version of this table is created on the click of a button.

Last update 01/08/2014 (2014080162)

NEEDS VIA 6.2!

-Recordings can be deleted individually
-Activities can be duplicated, documents and associated users follow - with or without whiteboards and surveys.
-Activities can be backupes and restored, documents follow and associated users if desired -
with or without whiteboards and surveys.
-New settings were added to select if the whitebords and surveys will be added during the duplication or
backup & restore process. The parameter applies to all activities.
-Duplicated activities will be created one month in the future to the present, leaving enough time to go
modify the actual date and time. Unless it is a permanent activity, in which case there is no start time or duration.
-If a grouping is selected for an activity, only the users associated with the grouping will be synchronised.
If manual enrollemnt is chosen, other users may be added to the activity but will not be synchronised.
-A new list of users was added to the details page for a quick over view. We also added their 'set up wizard'
state. And added the confirmation status to this table, we removed the confirmation table from underneath the participants table.
-A new parmeter was added to the settings page, to limit deletion to moodle. If checked activities will
be deleted in Moodle but not in Via.
-The log tables were droped!
-The file UApi was renamed to uapi and moved inside mod/via to satisfy the moodle community.
-More information will be synchronised with Via if the option is checked, example the phone number and the
moodle name will be added as the organisation name.
-Users deleted in Moodle will be deleted in the via_users table and removed from the activities in
which they were meant to take part.
-Possibility to add the description on the course page
-Permissions (capabilities)
-CSS
-special access is granted to administrators and manangers not added to an activity.
-A new option was added in the plugin's parameters to limit access to the via portal.
-All the code was checked with the code checker to be permitted to be added to the moodle community.

Last update 01/07/2014
-Corrections we made for Moodle 2.7

Last update 01/04/2014
-Validations added in case a user is deleted or deactivated in Via after being associated in moodle
-Validations added in order not to give more than one role to a user in one activity
-Validations added in order to always have one host and only one host.
-If a host is replaced and the enrollment is set to automatic then we add the user in the standard role.
-A modification was made to the automatic enrolment method, animators remain modifiable.
-If an animator is removed and the enrollment is set to automatic then we add the user as participant.
-A new feature was added in order to add all students as animators
-Extra validations were added in case an activity is created with manual enrollment then changed to automatic, etc.
-A bug was fixed when students with the animator role were set back to participant at access of an activite.
-Modifications were made so that recordings are always visible for the users were editing rights, they can
then display or hide any recording R set them all to public.
-Hides recordings on tablettes and mobiles, as they can not be opened.
-Modifications were made to the way config information is stored, it is now in the 'config_plugin' table,
instead of in 'config'

Last update 21/11/2013
-Mofications made for Moodle 2.6
-Added proxy information
-Made corrections after errors were reported

Last update 06/11/2013 Version 2013092001
-Correction to the playback list - recordings

Last update 20/09/2013 Version 20130920
-In this version we have made modifications to the cron synchronisation of users for all types of enrollments!
-We have also added validations at many levels to add users that were added in moodle but not in via.
-We have added a log to keep track of these errors and later additions.
-We have also given it a new more modern look!!!
-For connexion on mobiles using moodle with a mobile theme we have made modifications to the connexion
-As well as improvements following feedback from moodle.org :

• GPL licence


• changing the page encode from Western European (Windows) to UTF-8 with signature

last update 02/07/2013
-In this version we have removed the added code to the moodle core. Users will be
synchronised with the help of the cron.
-So changes to the courses' participants will not be instananious, rather it can
take up to 10 minutes before the changes are made to the via participants table.
-For this to work a new column was added to the via participants table and new
functions were added to via_cron.
-The categories in Via are reproduced in moodle, the admin can choose which
categories will be available and can even add one as default.
-Then when an activity is created the teacher can chose from the available categories.
-These are only helpful for invoicing; the category can only be seen when editing an activity.
-The connection test was modified, we test the API connection, then we test the new moodle key, independently.

last update 01/05/2013
-Modification to UserGetSSOtoken to create link accessible from mobiles.
-We validate the user and the plugin version, needs via 5.2 or above to work.
-Validations were also added to the emails and reminders, reminders can now only be sent for
activities with a fixed time and date.
-The emails are different for the permanent activities.

last update 06/02/2013
Corrections were brought to the send invite function.

last update 27/03/2013
-Addition of a visible version to the settings page for quick reference.
-Correction to sql search for user type, mssql vs. mysql.

last update 01/05/2013
-In the settings page we added a via_adminID, this id will be used to create and modify activities.
-In the settings we also added a check box to chose if the users' via information should be synchronized with
the moodle's values.
-If checked users' information will be updated when they connect to an activity, but the user name,
password and user type will not be affected.
-When synchronizing the information we validate if the user's email exists as email or as login, if
it does we assume it is the same person.

updated 27/11/2012
-Corrections were made to the reminder email.
-Corrections were made in the automatic enrollment for the animators and hosts, these are now modifiable

updated 19/09/2012
-In this version the cron function : via_update_enrolment() was uncommented to synchronize users
but instructions were provided to run in only once before commenting it out again
also a last minute change was made in mod/via/lib.php in function via_update_participants_list
as an error was occurring in manual inscription when users were removed.

This file defines the changes made to Via - Virtual classroom

last update 10/02/2022 2021011112

• Cleanup in code


• Prevent multiple API calls when unsubscribing a user


• Fix updating multimediaquality in viaassign

last update 12/01/2022 2021011111

• Fix for Via HTML when Moodle is not at root


• Add validation to end tasks if configuration is empty


• Fix for emailstop property which was nos correctly used


• Add log to understand why some participant have no userid


• Add validation to prevent error in presence list

last update 09/12/2021 2021011110

• New option in viahtml API: PortalID


• Fix test of API before saving

last update 30/11/2021 2021011109

• Fix duration of playback could exceed the max size allowed


• Fix encoding error in language file

last update 17/11/2021 2021011108

• Handle activity version in activity template


• Fix text with invalid char resulting in SQL error

last update 09/09/2021 2021011107

• Fix bug of users becoming animators unexpectedly.


• Fix diplay of record options


• Fix : Options for ViaHTML5 are shown if company is in VRoomOnly mode


• Fix : Admin not subscribed can now access to the activity

last update 26/07/2021 2021011106

• New parameter to link activities and users to a Lära branch.


• Apply this new settings to activity and users


• Fix for data not synchronized between Lära and Moodle


• Show record options for ViaHTML5.

last update 22/07/2021 2021011105

• fix : prevent removing subscription of Host even if no change.


• Users unsubscribed from a course remain the host of activities in that course.

last update 20/05/2021 2021011104

• New option for Via HTML5 to use presence tracking

last update 13/05/2021 2021011103
-Fixes in users and subscriptions synchronisation
-New options in plugin settings for Via HTML5 API + button to test it
-New option to clean up Via users
-New option to create Via HTML5 activities instead of Via9
-New capability to allow access to via even if not subscribed

last update 22/10/2020 2020102201
-Plugin for Moodle 3.9
-Keep tasks running after exception

last update 07/07/2020 2020011403
-New option to disable unplanned activities

last update 05/06/2020 2020011402
-Fix restore course whith deleted activity
-Fix remove participants from invalid activity

last update 04/02/2020 2020011401
-Fix authentification from Via app
-Integration of Moodle 3.8

last update 19/02/2019 (2018042005)
-The courseID is no more stored during backup /restore
-Bug fixes for compatibiliy with viaassign

last update 09/10/2018 (2018042004)
-Bug fix

last update 07/09/2018 (2018042003)

• Prevent Moodle to overwrite UserData in Via


• Add option to synchronise immediately playback records with Via

last update 19/07/2018 (2018042002)

• Bug fixes

last update 20/04/2018 (2018042001)

• Integration of Moodle 3.4


• Improvement for Grouping and Group with Moodle 3.X


• Improvements to delegate activities


• Bug fixes for user synchronisation when the activity has been deleted from Via


• Bug fixes for category use (when activated in parameters)


• you can access to the activity after the end if there is still someone inside


• Correction of Users SetupState synchronisation


• Bug fixe for viaassign activity with multiple pages


• Management of viaassign events: we can attach them to the class or to the activity depending on the parameters.


• Integration of new release of Chrome ( micro and camera not available during configuration)


• Activity Completion by grade has been desactivated

last update 14/09/2017 (2017030108)

• Bug fixes for Grouping and Group


• Bug fix for activity completion on view


• Some improvements on the display of Via parameters

last update 10/07/2017 (2017030107)

• Improvement on a new activityType: desactivated. Only availabale with manual operations: ask SVI for more informations

last update 06/06/2017 (2017030106)

• Improvements on user synchronization:


• User's picture in png are now included


• First and last names can now be not synchronized

last update 31/05/2017 (2017030105)

• Modifications on activity duplication: the old host is now saved


• Correction on delete issues


• Bug fixes for downloading documents


• We don't keep user in deleted activity to avoid restoration issues


• New Option to choose enrol type in Via


• Availability confirmation is now available for everyone except the host

last update 05/04/2017 (2017030104)

• Bug fixes for email reminder sended from viaassign


• Bug fixes for export from Via


• Bug fixes for the access to unified reccordings

last update 27/03/2017 (2017030103)

• Bug fixes for incompatibility with IE

last update 17/03/2017 (2017030102)

• Bug fixes for incompatibility with php7.1


• Bug fixes for upgrade from version via 2016042016

last update 01/03/2017 (2017030101)

• new tables were created to render the recylcle bin functional


• new settings were created to permit users to personnalise their mails and reminders


• if the setting 'via_activitydeletion' is true we still pemit users to delete recordings but only in moodle,
  they continue to existe in Via.


• a new status exists for duplicated or restored activities; these are now unplanned activities and do not yet existe in Via.


• PHP 7 was installed and used to validate the code.


• many bug fixes included.

last update 01/01/2016 (2016042009)

• bug fix in playbacksync when retrieving and saveing breakouts!

last update 01/01/2016 (2016042008)

• bug fix in content management for the URL types

last update 01/01/2016 (20160420)

• new user association


• new document upload


• new cron tasks


• new visual, using font awsome

last update 01/01/2016 (2016010101)

• config link is not visible on computer (NOT on mobiles)

last update 08/09/2015 (2015050106)

• correction to the list of recordings; if isnewvia(Via 8) recordings can be viewed on mobiles.

last update 28/08/2015 (2015050105)

• A new button was added for M@gistère to synchronise large groupes before the start of an activity.


• M@gistère we be the only ones with this version.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050103)

• corrections were made to the activity duplication function which was not passing on the isnewvia value.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050102)

• validations were added to replace commas and replace them with dots for the presence tables.
  Commas were returned by french servers.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050100)

• new tables were created for storing API information to call Via less often.


• functions were added in the cron to call these new functions at varying intervals
  and may be modified depending on the needs of the client.


• a new option was added in the activity creation to chose the type of acivity that is to be created;
  Via 6 or the most recent version of Via


• a new option was added in the activity creation to chose whether or not to display the user list in a webinare.


• an email will be sent automatically to the user who exported a recording once the export is ready to be downloaded.


• certain moodle functions were taken out of the code in order to be called depending on the moodle version,
  this will help have less plugin versions in the long term.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012004)

• Indexes were corrected in the install page.


• Resizeable was added to the view.via openpopup parameters.


• Access to the activity for admins was modified.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012002)

• Indexes were add to the via tables to increase efficiency.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012001)

• New pagination on the via details page, only the first 50 users will be displayed.


• Removed the setting in the plugins parameters to permit sending reminders from Via. They are always send through moodle.


• We have modified how users are synchronized with Via to reduce the amount of calls made to via.
  -- Only the first 50 users will be synched.
  --- on creation on an activity or on modification.
  -- the 50 displayed in the details page will be synched
  -- the presence status will be calculated on the display of the presence report.
  -- cron - new enrollements will be added to the via_pariticipants table but not added to via
  -- cron - old enrollements will be removed from the via_participants table and from via, only if they had been synched.


• a wysiwyg was added to the via invitation page for flexibility.


• Avatars added in Moodle will be added to Via.


• It is now possible to download Via recordings.


• For activities that are not permanent a 'prensece status' will be calculated from the minutes
  entered in the activity parameters. A printable version of this status is available.


• Both these options can be activated or not from the plugins' settings.


• Cleaned up code following commentes made by Moodle.org
  -- removed mdl_ prefixs that had been hardcoded at Moodle.org's request.
  -- added via_ to add function that did not already have it.
  -- removed all $_POST references
  -- displaced many functions to locallib
  -- replaced fopen by cURL for security reasons


• the via interface opens as a new page without tools to use as much of the screen as possible.

last update 01/11/2014 (2014110101)

• New capability was created to view presence reports


• New option was added during the creation of an activity to add the minimum time required for an activity to be considered present.


• New table was created that calculated if the user was present or not depending on the value above.


• A printable version of this table is created on the click of a button.

Last update 01/08/2014 (2014080162)

NEEDS VIA 6.2!

-Recordings can be deleted individually
-Activities can be duplicated, documents and associated users follow - with or without whiteboards and surveys.
-Activities can be backupes and restored, documents follow and associated users if desired -
with or without whiteboards and surveys.
-New settings were added to select if the whitebords and surveys will be added during the duplication or
backup & restore process. The parameter applies to all activities.
-Duplicated activities will be created one month in the future to the present, leaving enough time to go
modify the actual date and time. Unless it is a permanent activity, in which case there is no start time or duration.
-If a grouping is selected for an activity, only the users associated with the grouping will be synchronised.
If manual enrollemnt is chosen, other users may be added to the activity but will not be synchronised.
-A new list of users was added to the details page for a quick over view. We also added their 'set up wizard'
state. And added the confirmation status to this table, we removed the confirmation table from underneath the participants table.
-A new parmeter was added to the settings page, to limit deletion to moodle. If checked activities will
be deleted in Moodle but not in Via.
-The log tables were droped!
-The file UApi was renamed to uapi and moved inside mod/via to satisfy the moodle community.
-More information will be synchronised with Via if the option is checked, example the phone number and the
moodle name will be added as the organisation name.
-Users deleted in Moodle will be deleted in the via_users table and removed from the activities in
which they were meant to take part.
-Possibility to add the description on the course page
-Permissions (capabilities)
-CSS
-special access is granted to administrators and manangers not added to an activity.
-A new option was added in the plugin's parameters to limit access to the via portal.
-All the code was checked with the code checker to be permitted to be added to the moodle community.

Last update 01/07/2014
-Corrections we made for Moodle 2.7

Last update 01/04/2014
-Validations added in case a user is deleted or deactivated in Via after being associated in moodle
-Validations added in order not to give more than one role to a user in one activity
-Validations added in order to always have one host and only one host.
-If a host is replaced and the enrollment is set to automatic then we add the user in the standard role.
-A modification was made to the automatic enrolment method, animators remain modifiable.
-If an animator is removed and the enrollment is set to automatic then we add the user as participant.
-A new feature was added in order to add all students as animators
-Extra validations were added in case an activity is created with manual enrollment then changed to automatic, etc.
-A bug was fixed when students with the animator role were set back to participant at access of an activite.
-Modifications were made so that recordings are always visible for the users were editing rights, they can
then display or hide any recording R set them all to public.
-Hides recordings on tablettes and mobiles, as they can not be opened.
-Modifications were made to the way config information is stored, it is now in the 'config_plugin' table,
instead of in 'config'

Last update 21/11/2013
-Mofications made for Moodle 2.6
-Added proxy information
-Made corrections after errors were reported

Last update 06/11/2013 Version 2013092001
-Correction to the playback list - recordings

Last update 20/09/2013 Version 20130920
-In this version we have made modifications to the cron synchronisation of users for all types of enrollments!
-We have also added validations at many levels to add users that were added in moodle but not in via.
-We have added a log to keep track of these errors and later additions.
-We have also given it a new more modern look!!!
-For connexion on mobiles using moodle with a mobile theme we have made modifications to the connexion
-As well as improvements following feedback from moodle.org :

• GPL licence


• changing the page encode from Western European (Windows) to UTF-8 with signature

last update 02/07/2013
-In this version we have removed the added code to the moodle core. Users will be
synchronised with the help of the cron.
-So changes to the courses' participants will not be instananious, rather it can
take up to 10 minutes before the changes are made to the via participants table.
-For this to work a new column was added to the via participants table and new
functions were added to via_cron.
-The categories in Via are reproduced in moodle, the admin can choose which
categories will be available and can even add one as default.
-Then when an activity is created the teacher can chose from the available categories.
-These are only helpful for invoicing; the category can only be seen when editing an activity.
-The connection test was modified, we test the API connection, then we test the new moodle key, independently.

last update 01/05/2013
-Modification to UserGetSSOtoken to create link accessible from mobiles.
-We validate the user and the plugin version, needs via 5.2 or above to work.
-Validations were also added to the emails and reminders, reminders can now only be sent for
activities with a fixed time and date.
-The emails are different for the permanent activities.

last update 06/02/2013
Corrections were brought to the send invite function.

last update 27/03/2013
-Addition of a visible version to the settings page for quick reference.
-Correction to sql search for user type, mssql vs. mysql.

last update 01/05/2013
-In the settings page we added a via_adminID, this id will be used to create and modify activities.
-In the settings we also added a check box to chose if the users' via information should be synchronized with
the moodle's values.
-If checked users' information will be updated when they connect to an activity, but the user name,
password and user type will not be affected.
-When synchronizing the information we validate if the user's email exists as email or as login, if
it does we assume it is the same person.

updated 27/11/2012
-Corrections were made to the reminder email.
-Corrections were made in the automatic enrollment for the animators and hosts, these are now modifiable

updated 19/09/2012
-In this version the cron function : via_update_enrolment() was uncommented to synchronize users
but instructions were provided to run in only once before commenting it out again
also a last minute change was made in mod/via/lib.php in function via_update_participants_list
as an error was occurring in manual inscription when users were removed.

This file defines the changes made to Via - Virtual classroom

last update 09/09/2021 2021011107

• Fix bug of users becoming animators unexpectedly.


• Fix diplay of record options


• Options for ViaHTML5 are shown if company is in VRoomOnly mode

last update 26/07/2021 2021011106

• New parameter to link activities and users to a L�ra branch.


• Apply this new settings to activity and users


• Fix for data not synchronized between L�ra and Moodle


• Show record options for ViaHTML5.

last update 22/07/2021 2021011105

• fix : prevent removing subscription of Host even if no change.


• Users unsubscribed from a course remain the host of activities in that course.

last update 20/05/2021 2021011104

• New option for Via HTML5 to use presence tracking

last update 13/05/2021 2021011103
-Fixes in users and subscriptions synchronisation
-New options in plugin settings for Via HTML5 API + button to test it
-New option to clean up Via users
-New option to create Via HTML5 activities instead of Via9
-New capability to allow access to via even if not subscribed

last update 22/10/2020 2020102201
-Plugin for Moodle 3.9
-Keep tasks running after exception

last update 07/07/2020 2020011403
-New option to disable unplanned activities

last update 05/06/2020 2020011402
-Fix restore course whith deleted activity
-Fix remove participants from invalid activity

last update 04/02/2020 2020011401
-Fix authentification from Via app
-Integration of Moodle 3.8

last update 19/02/2019 (2018042005)
-The courseID is no more stored during backup /restore
-Bug fixes for compatibiliy with viaassign

last update 09/10/2018 (2018042004)
-Bug fix

last update 07/09/2018 (2018042003)

• Prevent Moodle to overwrite UserData in Via


• Add option to synchronise immediately playback records with Via

last update 19/07/2018 (2018042002)

• Bug fixes

last update 20/04/2018 (2018042001)

• Integration of Moodle 3.4


• Improvement for Grouping and Group with Moodle 3.X


• Improvements to delegate activities


• Bug fixes for user synchronisation when the activity has been deleted from Via


• Bug fixes for category use (when activated in parameters)


• you can access to the activity after the end if there is still someone inside


• Correction of Users SetupState synchronisation


• Bug fixe for viaassign activity with multiple pages


• Management of viaassign events: we can attach them to the class or to the activity depending on the parameters.


• Integration of new release of Chrome ( micro and camera not available during configuration)


• Activity Completion by grade has been desactivated

last update 14/09/2017 (2017030108)

• Bug fixes for Grouping and Group


• Bug fix for activity completion on view


• Some improvements on the display of Via parameters

last update 10/07/2017 (2017030107)

• Improvement on a new activityType: desactivated. Only availabale with manual operations: ask SVI for more informations

last update 06/06/2017 (2017030106)

• Improvements on user synchronization:


• User's picture in png are now included


• First and last names can now be not synchronized

last update 31/05/2017 (2017030105)

• Modifications on activity duplication: the old host is now saved


• Correction on delete issues


• Bug fixes for downloading documents


• We don't keep user in deleted activity to avoid restoration issues


• New Option to choose enrol type in Via


• Availability confirmation is now available for everyone except the host

last update 05/04/2017 (2017030104)

• Bug fixes for email reminder sended from viaassign


• Bug fixes for export from Via


• Bug fixes for the access to unified reccordings

last update 27/03/2017 (2017030103)

• Bug fixes for incompatibility with IE

last update 17/03/2017 (2017030102)

• Bug fixes for incompatibility with php7.1


• Bug fixes for upgrade from version via 2016042016

last update 01/03/2017 (2017030101)

• new tables were created to render the recylcle bin functional


• new settings were created to permit users to personnalise their mails and reminders


• if the setting 'via_activitydeletion' is true we still pemit users to delete recordings but only in moodle,
  they continue to existe in Via.


• a new status exists for duplicated or restored activities; these are now unplanned activities and do not yet existe in Via.


• PHP 7 was installed and used to validate the code.


• many bug fixes included.

last update 01/01/2016 (2016042009)

• bug fix in playbacksync when retrieving and saveing breakouts!

last update 01/01/2016 (2016042008)

• bug fix in content management for the URL types

last update 01/01/2016 (20160420)

• new user association


• new document upload


• new cron tasks


• new visual, using font awsome

last update 01/01/2016 (2016010101)

• config link is not visible on computer (NOT on mobiles)

last update 08/09/2015 (2015050106)

• correction to the list of recordings; if isnewvia(Via 8) recordings can be viewed on mobiles.

last update 28/08/2015 (2015050105)

• A new button was added for M@gist�re to synchronise large groupes before the start of an activity.


• M@gist�re we be the only ones with this version.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050103)

• corrections were made to the activity duplication function which was not passing on the isnewvia value.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050102)

• validations were added to replace commas and replace them with dots for the presence tables.
  Commas were returned by french servers.

last update 01/05/2015 (2015050100)

• new tables were created for storing API information to call Via less often.


• functions were added in the cron to call these new functions at varying intervals
  and may be modified depending on the needs of the client.


• a new option was added in the activity creation to chose the type of acivity that is to be created;
  Via 6 or the most recent version of Via


• a new option was added in the activity creation to chose whether or not to display the user list in a webinare.


• an email will be sent automatically to the user who exported a recording once the export is ready to be downloaded.


• certain moodle functions were taken out of the code in order to be called depending on the moodle version,
  this will help have less plugin versions in the long term.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012004)

• Indexes were corrected in the install page.


• Resizeable was added to the view.via openpopup parameters.


• Access to the activity for admins was modified.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012002)

• Indexes were add to the via tables to increase efficiency.

last update 20/01/2015 (2015012001)

• New pagination on the via details page, only the first 50 users will be displayed.


• Removed the setting in the plugins parameters to permit sending reminders from Via. They are always send through moodle.


• We have modified how users are synchronized with Via to reduce the amount of calls made to via.
  -- Only the first 50 users will be synched.
  --- on creation on an activity or on modification.
  -- the 50 displayed in the details page will be synched
  -- the presence status will be calculated on the display of the presence report.
  -- cron - new enrollements will be added to the via_pariticipants table but not added to via
  -- cron - old enrollements will be removed from the via_participants table and from via, only if they had been synched.


• a wysiwyg was added to the via invitation page for flexibility.


• Avatars added in Moodle will be added to Via.


• It is now possible to download Via recordings.


• For activities that are not permanent a 'prensece status' will be calculated from the minutes
  entered in the activity parameters. A printable version of this status is available.


• Both these options can be activated or not from the plugins' settings.


• Cleaned up code following commentes made by Moodle.org
  -- removed mdl_ prefixs that had been hardcoded at Moodle.org's request.
  -- added via_ to add function that did not already have it.
  -- removed all $_POST references
  -- displaced many functions to locallib
  -- replaced fopen by cURL for security reasons


• the via interface opens as a new page without tools to use as much of the screen as possible.

last update 01/11/2014 (2014110101)

• New capability was created to view presence reports


• New option was added during the creation of an activity to add the minimum time required for an activity to be considered present.


• New table was created that calculated if the user was present or not depending on the value above.


• A printable version of this table is created on the click of a button.

Last update 01/08/2014 (2014080162)

NEEDS VIA 6.2!

-Recordings can be deleted individually
-Activities can be duplicated, documents and associated users follow - with or without whiteboards and surveys.
-Activities can be backupes and restored, documents follow and associated users if desired -
with or without whiteboards and surveys.
-New settings were added to select if the whitebords and surveys will be added during the duplication or
backup & restore process. The parameter applies to all activities.
-Duplicated activities will be created one month in the future to the present, leaving enough time to go
modify the actual date and time. Unless it is a permanent activity, in which case there is no start time or duration.
-If a grouping is selected for an activity, only the users associated with the grouping will be synchronised.
If manual enrollemnt is chosen, other users may be added to the activity but will not be synchronised.
-A new list of users was added to the details page for a quick over view. We also added their 'set up wizard'
state. And added the confirmation status to this table, we removed the confirmation table from underneath the participants table.
-A new parmeter was added to the settings page, to limit deletion to moodle. If checked activities will
be deleted in Moodle but not in Via.
-The log tables were droped!
-The file UApi was renamed to uapi and moved inside mod/via to satisfy the moodle community.
-More information will be synchronised with Via if the option is checked, example the phone number and the
moodle name will be added as the organisation name.
-Users deleted in Moodle will be deleted in the via_users table and removed from the activities in
which they were meant to take part.
-Possibility to add the description on the course page
-Permissions (capabilities)
-CSS
-special access is granted to administrators and manangers not added to an activity.
-A new option was added in the plugin's parameters to limit access to the via portal.
-All the code was checked with the code checker to be permitted to be added to the moodle community.

Last update 01/07/2014
-Corrections we made for Moodle 2.7

Last update 01/04/2014
-Validations added in case a user is deleted or deactivated in Via after being associated in moodle
-Validations added in order not to give more than one role to a user in one activity
-Validations added in order to always have one host and only one host.
-If a host is replaced and the enrollment is set to automatic then we add the user in the standard role.
-A modification was made to the automatic enrolment method, animators remain modifiable.
-If an animator is removed and the enrollment is set to automatic then we add the user as participant.
-A new feature was added in order to add all students as animators
-Extra validations were added in case an activity is created with manual enrollment then changed to automatic, etc.
-A bug was fixed when students with the animator role were set back to participant at access of an activite.
-Modifications were made so that recordings are always visible for the users were editing rights, they can
then display or hide any recording R set them all to public.
-Hides recordings on tablettes and mobiles, as they can not be opened.
-Modifications were made to the way config information is stored, it is now in the 'config_plugin' table,
instead of in 'config'

Last update 21/11/2013
-Mofications made for Moodle 2.6
-Added proxy information
-Made corrections after errors were reported

Last update 06/11/2013 Version 2013092001
-Correction to the playback list - recordings

Last update 20/09/2013 Version 20130920
-In this version we have made modifications to the cron synchronisation of users for all types of enrollments!
-We have also added validations at many levels to add users that were added in moodle but not in via.
-We have added a log to keep track of these errors and later additions.
-We have also given it a new more modern look!!!
-For connexion on mobiles using moodle with a mobile theme we have made modifications to the connexion
-As well as improvements following feedback from moodle.org :

• GPL licence


• changing the page encode from Western European (Windows) to UTF-8 with signature

last update 02/07/2013
-In this version we have removed the added code to the moodle core. Users will be
synchronised with the help of the cron.
-So changes to the courses' participants will not be instananious, rather it can
take up to 10 minutes before the changes are made to the via participants table.
-For this to work a new column was added to the via participants table and new
functions were added to via_cron.
-The categories in Via are reproduced in moodle, the admin can choose which
categories will be available and can even add one as default.
-Then when an activity is created the teacher can chose from the available categories.
-These are only helpful for invoicing; the category can only be seen when editing an activity.
-The connection test was modified, we test the API connection, then we test the new moodle key, independently.

last update 01/05/2013
-Modification to UserGetSSOtoken to create link accessible from mobiles.
-We validate the user and the plugin version, needs via 5.2 or above to work.
-Validations were also added to the emails and reminders, reminders can now only be sent for
activities with a fixed time and date.
-The emails are different for the permanent activities.

last update 06/02/2013
Corrections were brought to the send invite function.

last update 27/03/2013
-Addition of a visible version to the settings page for quick reference.
-Correction to sql search for user type, mssql vs. mysql.

last update 01/05/2013
-In the settings page we added a via_adminID, this id will be used to create and modify activities.
-In the settings we also added a check box to chose if the users' via information should be synchronized with
the moodle's values.
-If checked users' information will be updated when they connect to an activity, but the user name,
password and user type will not be affected.
-When synchronizing the information we validate if the user's email exists as email or as login, if
it does we assume it is the same person.

updated 27/11/2012
-Corrections were made to the reminder email.
-Corrections were made in the automatic enrollment for the animators and hosts, these are now modifiable

updated 19/09/2012
-In this version the cron function : via_update_enrolment() was uncommented to synchronize users
but instructions were provided to run in only once before commenting it out again
also a last minute change was made in mod/via/lib.php in function via_update_participants_list
as an error was occurring in manual inscription when users were removed.

Version 2020011403

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.7 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key



As added security you will need to provide us with your IP address.

This will be validated along with the IDs provided.

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle.
Note these need to be created in Via to be available.
The moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page.
He may also select a default category.

Version 2018042004

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.7 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key



As added security you will need to provide us with your IP address.

This will be validated along with the IDs provided.

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle.
Note these need to be created in Via to be available.
The moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page.
He may also select a default category.

Version 2017030102

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.7 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key



As added security you will need to provide us with your IP address.

This will be validated along with the IDs provided.

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle.
Note these need to be created in Via to be available.
The moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page.
He may also select a default category.

Version 2017030102

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.7 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key



As added security you will need to provide us with your IP address.

This will be validated along with the IDs provided.

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle.
Note these need to be created in Via to be available.
The moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page.
He may also select a default category.

Version 2016042016

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.6 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle.
Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page,
it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2016042006

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.6 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle.
Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page,
it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2016042006

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.6 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle.
Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page,
it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2016042006

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.6 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle.
Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page,
it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2016042006

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.6 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle.
Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page,
it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2016042006

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.6 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle. Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page, it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2016042006

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.6 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle. Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page, it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2016042006

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.6 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle. Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page, it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2016042006

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.6 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle. Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page, it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2016042006

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 8.6 or greater */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle. Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page, it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2015050101

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 7 */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle. Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page, it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2015050101

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 7 */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle. Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page, it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2015050101

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin requires Via 7 */

Procedure for a NEW installation of this plugin :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle. Note these need to be created in Via to be available.

For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page, it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.

Version 2015012001

/* for more information on the version please see mod/via/version.php /
/ This plugin required Via 6.5 */

Procedure for a NEW installation of the Via plugin for Moodle 2.7 :

1 - Copy the Via folder into the mod folder of your moodle.

2 - You will need to contact SVIeSolutions (http://sviesolutions.com/) for the following access codes.
- API's URL
- Via ID (CieID)
- Via API ID (ApiID)
- You can test the connexion + validate that you are connected to the correct version of Via

- Moodle admin ID

- You can test the key

3 - For invoicing and statistics purposes you may create categories in Via and make them available in Moodle. Note these need to be created in Via to be available. For these to be available, the moodle administrator must check the ckeckbox in the settings page, it is them possible to chose which categories will be avaiable and set one as default.