Mass Actions block

I installed this block and it was instantly loadable, however, any attempt to use it would result in a Internal Server Error page. After an hour of exploring, I discovered that he problem was in the permissions of the block files. So, using file manager in CPanel, I found that the permission for the files "action.php" and "block_massaction.php" were set to "666" I changed the permissions on both files to "644" and now the functions work perfectly even with AJAX still enabled within Moodle.
It has already made my life so much simpler.

I've found the line that allows you to get it to work under other course formats.
It's in: ../blocks/massaction/block_massaction.php ...line 39.
Add:
'course-view-courseformatname' => true
replacing courseformatname with the appropriate course format (I've only tried it with grid).
Disclaimer: I am not a developer and I've not rigorously tested this for problems.

I grabbed the new 2.4 version, but I don't see it in the available list under the Collapsed Topics format. I changed to just Topics and it was there. Ultimately not a big deal. But is there any thoughts about adding a Mass Duplicate feature at all? I'm trying to get a common layout for each week, and was hoping that Mass Actions could shorten the work.

Thank you! Section names do appear in the Select Section drop-down. Very helpful.

Uploaded version 2013040400 that tries to parse the section names, as requested by Michele.

I thought it wasn't working with ver. 2.4. However, I had installed and was using grid format. When I switched to topic format the mass action appeared in the add a block and worked fine.

Uploaded a new version with just minimal changes to be compatible with Moodle 2.4; will look into suggested/requested features a little later. And no, this is not an April fool

I can't seem to get this to work in 2.4. Further, when it's enabled on a course, the AJAX drag and drop functions for the course are suddenly removed. In 2.2, I had both working on a course, but in 2.4 it's not.

I'm starting to migrate this block to 2.4 for UMN, will looks into your suggestions/requests. Will get back shortly. Thanks much.

Another request: take a look at this proposal: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Linked_activities
This proposal would allow the settings of multiple activities to be altered at once, e.g. changing the due dates, completion conditions, etc.
This seems like it would be a very natural direction for this plugin to grow. My institution might be able to provide some funding, if there is other interest.

Another feature request: It would be very useful when a course has custom "Section names" to have them show in the drop-downs (rather than Topic 1, Topic 2, Topic 3, or W 1, W 2, W 3, etc.).
We had a couple of requests for this from our users and told them they could note the Section number they wanted to move. However, now that we upgraded to Moodle 2.3, Sections are no longer labeled with numbers (not for either Weekly or Topics formats) and there is no longer a reference on the page. You can mouse over the Move icon for a section and the tool top will read, for example, "Move section 1," but you have to teach people it's there, so it becomes a support issue.
And while I'm here, I like Elizabeth Dalton's request to be able to duplicate items. We often use labels to organize the contents within a section, and repeat them in every section. To be able to duplicate several at once would make our users very happy.

I have not had any luck getting this to work on ver 2.4.
Has anyone else succeeded?

Oh, and I can confirm that it is working on Moodle 2.3.3.

It's a very useful block. One feature that would be a major enhancement would be the ability to duplicate all selected items. For example, sometimes one sets up the first topic and then wants to use that as a pattern for all subsequent topics. It would be very convenient to be able to select all the items in the module and "copy to" similar to the existing "move to."

is it working on moodle 2.31?
Thanks