Skype

Thank you very much Al. Adding the FEATURE list in the lib.php file worked PERFECTLY. I can now narrow the skype participant list to the current year's group {houray}

Hi Diane, Sorry to take so long to reply. Been very busy and my wife is extremely ill, but today I had a chance to look at your request. It is actually very easy to add groups to Skype. It basically just needs the missing, function for the supported FEATURES list, added to the Skype lib.php. I have included the code in a message to you. Just copy and paste it after the last function listed in Skype's lib.php file. Once you do that, edit a Skype activity, then save it. I have just one Skype on my front page in Main menu b;ock, and have Main menu set to to show on Any page. After editing the Skype and setting the Groups (I use visible groups) the group selector started appearing right above the list of users, because the view.php file already has the code to make those things show up if the FEATURE is enabled. If you set yours up like mine, you have to create the groups on the front page. Using Boost theme, click the edit gear at top right and select more. Click on the Users tab. Then Select, Groups. I leave that part up to you. Let me know if you need more help.

Thank Al for the 3.4 module. It is still working with version 3.6. I'm wondering if the module could be enhanced when the "Group mode" setting is set to separate groups or visible groups that the resulting list ONLY include students with ACTIVE status? Currently, the instructor sees over 200 students (i.e., since the beginning of the course) instead of just the ones in this year's group.

Don't know, but it might be worth a try. Basically, all this plugin does is to act as a "phone book" of Skype ID's. If you click one of the contact methods, it runs a script to check if Skype is installed, and if so, it uses it to initiate the contact. Don't know if it matters if it is the common Skype or Business Skype installed.

I don't suppose this will work with Skype for Business will it?

Yes, and also works with the Moodle code in master branch, scheduled to become Moodle 3.5.

It seems to work with 3.4, too.

The current Skype v2.7 for Moodle 3.0 and 3.1 seems to work fine in both Moodle 3.2 and 3.3 as long as you remove or comment out line 73 of view.php, to remove the old style, Update this Skype, button that is deprecated.

Hi AL Rachels,
Any chance the latest version of the plugin would work with Moodle 3.3 or 3.2?

Hi,
is this plugin working with moodle 3.2.3? If not, when we can expect version that works? Thank you.

Sorry, I don't currently have a Moodle 2.8.8 to test with. I would try the one for Moodle 2.9 or Moodle 3.0, 3.1. Either one should work.

For 2.8.8 the version which should I download?thanks

Thanks for the rapid response Al! I will update as to whether it works once we've got there, cheers.

Hi Chris, not really sure but it would not hurt to try it out. Basically all this module does is allow Moodle to create a Skype phone book based off the Skype ID's that users put in their profiles. When a user makes a Skype call, it uses whatever version of Skype you have on your computer.

Hi, just a quick question, does this work with skype for business?