Advanced Notifications

Will this plugin be available for Moodle 4.0?

Hi L. Caputo,
If you add a block to a page and add a notification from that block (and deselect the global type option) it should only display for that block on that page.
Global types are displayed everywhere as it’s meant for very important alerts - site going down for maintenance, holiday closures, etc.
Hope this helps! 😊
Thanks,
Zander

Hi there A Via & Allen & others, I’ll try to release a version for the latest version of Moodle in the near future. Allen, have you tried displaying a notification as a global type? Any error messages?
Thanks,
Zander

Hi Anie, sorry for the very delayed response. I’m not sure about the ‘sender’ functionality, as this just displays the message. You can add the ‘from’ name in the message itself?
Also, the text supports filters, so if you use a filter that can display the user’s name, etc, it should work. 👌
Thanks,
Zander

Hi Zander,
Thanks so much for creating this plugin. I have a question regarding the plugin capabilities.
Currently if you are using the advanced notifications, if you create one more than one announcement, they all show up. Is there a way that only one announcement can show up depending on which page you put it on? or am I doing something incorrectly?
Thank you in advance.
Thanks,
Lisa

Any chance for an upgrade to 3.11? Cannot get it to display, currently using 3.11.2. Very handy plugin...

Dear all,
What is the forecast to release version 3.11?

Hello, I like your plugin, nice and simple.
is it possible to individualize the notification also e.g.: " Hello "title" "firstname" "lastname".
And to select the "sender" of the message so that the attendees can see who the message is from?
We have many course trainers/managers who manage their own courses.
Maybe it already works and I didn't find it.

Hi Stefan, sorry for the delayed response… That is all dependant on the theme, this block can be placed wherever the theme allows blocks to be placed. You can ask the theme developer if they could add a block region there?
Hope that helps.
Thanks,
Zander

Hi there,
thank you for that great plugin! 🙏
Seems to be exactly what I was looking for to enhance sending out messages of different kinds to my students. 😊
What I don't get: how can I achieve that the messages are displayed in the content area of a course page, not as a small block on the right side?
I am using Moodle 3.9, Fordson theme and Edwiser course format.
Currently it looks like this: but I would love to have the notification where the empty red rectangle is (as it is displayed on the Dashboard).
Is there any way to achieve this?
Stefan

Hi Kushan,
I think that's a bit beyond the scope of this plugin. You can bulk message students from the 'Participants' page in a course to notify them of updates to the course, or another custom plugin is needed, sorry.
All the best,
Zander

Dear All,
I want to send auto-generated email to the enrolled students on new activity uploaded to the particular course. My moodle version is 3.10. Any possibility to accommodate that ? Pls Guide.

Hi Shurmano,
What role(s) do you have in the system? And what were you doing before the message showed up?
There are two main permissions that manage your access to the plugin's features - your role will need to be granted these permissions by an admin of the site:
- block/advnotifications:managenotifications => Allows you create & manage ALL notifications
- block/advnotifications:manageownnotifications => Allows you to create & manage ONLY notifications you created
You can also create an issue here with detailed steps of how the error occurred, screenshots, Moodle/plugin version, etc: https://github.com/learningworks/moodle-block_advnotifications/issues
Thanks,
Zander

Hi. When i manage your plugin says: You don’t have permissions. ¿How can i fix?

Thanks for reporting the issue and the detailed info, Ricardo!
I've replied on GitHub and have now released a new version (v1.4.1) which significantly increases the maximum number of times a notification can be seen by a user. Please have a look at https://github.com/learningworks/moodle-block_advnotifications/issues/27 for more info.
Hope that helps & thanks again,
Zander