telegram_forum

Maintained by Marcelo Augusto Rauh Schmitt

This block allows teachers to automatically send all new forum topics to Telegram Channels.

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Supports Moodle 3.9-5.1 See all versions

Latest release: 8 months ago

Installations: 74

Downloads (last 90 days): 35

Frankenstyle name: block_telegram_forum

Blocks

Current version

v4.0 (2025112101)

Moodle 5.0, 5.1

Uploaded on Friday, 21 November 2025 at 16:36 (GMT+0)

Plugin type: Blocks

Frankenstyle component name: block_telegram_forum

Version build number: 2025112101

Version release name: v4.0

Maturity: Stable

Supported Moodle versions: 5.0, 5.1

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum

Repository branch: 4.0

Repository tag: v4.0

Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum/issues

moodle-block_telegram_forum

INSTALLATION WITH GIT

Go to block directory.

Execute "git clone https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum.git telegram_forum".

Configure the plugin as administrator:

Create a Telegram account for the organization where Moodle is installed or use its own (https://telegram.org or download Telegram APP in cell phone).

Create a Telegram Bot and take note of its token and its name (https://core.telegram.org/bots, item 6).

Set the Token of Telegram bot created for the organization.

Set the name of Telegram bot created for the organization

Voilá. Now each teacher that wants to integrate ther course foruns with Telegram must configure in each course:

Teacher enables telegram block in the desired course.

Teacher configures the block
Create a Telegram account (https://telegram.org or download Telegram APP in cell phone).
Create a Telegram Private Channel.
Take note of the channel share link. Just go into your channel and click in the channel name.
Take note of Channel ID.
log in web telegram
Click on the target channel then you will find the url displayed on your browser.
If it's a private channel then the url must be similar to:
https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=c1018013852_555990343349619165
For this case, the channel ID would be 1018013852.
It's important to know that channel's IDs are always negative and 13 characters long!
So add -100 to it, making the correct ID -1001018013852.

Teacher sets the channel link in the block so that students can register.

Teacher adds the bot as an admin of the Private Channel.

v3.0 (2023020401)

Moodle 4.0, 4.1

Uploaded on Friday, 3 February 2023 at 17:20 (GMT+0)

Plugin type: Blocks

Frankenstyle component name: block_telegram_forum

Version build number: 2023020401

Version release name: v3.0

Maturity: Stable

Supported Moodle versions: 4.0, 4.1

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum

Repository branch: 3.0

Repository tag: v3.0

Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum/issues

moodle-block_telegram_forum

INSTALLATION WITH GIT

Go to block directory.

Execute "git clone https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum.git telegram_forum".

Configure the plugin as administrator:

Create a Telegram account for the organization where Moodle is installed or use its own (https://telegram.org or download Telegram APP in cell phone).

Create a Telegram Bot and take note of its token and its name (https://core.telegram.org/bots, item 6).

Set the Token of Telegram bot created for the organization.

Set the name of Telegram bot created for the organization

Voilá. Now each teacher that wants to integrate ther course foruns with Telegram must configure in each course:

Teacher enables telegram block in the desired course.

Teacher configures the block
Create a Telegram account (https://telegram.org or download Telegram APP in cell phone).
Create a Telegram Private Channel.
Take note of the channel share link. Just go into your channel and click in the channel name.
Take note of Channel ID.
log in web telegram
Click on the target channel then you will find the url displayed on your browser.
If it's a private channel then the url must be similar to:
https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=c1018013852_555990343349619165
For this case, the channel ID would be 1018013852.
It's important to know that channel's IDs are always negative and 13 characters long!
So add -100 to it, making the correct ID -1001018013852.

Teacher sets the channel link in the block so that students can register.

Teacher adds the bot as an admin of the Private Channel.

v2.1 (2021070506)

Moodle 3.10, 3.11, 3.9

Uploaded on Monday, 5 July 2021 at 21:43 (GMT+0)

Plugin type: Blocks

Frankenstyle component name: block_telegram_forum

Version build number: 2021070506

Version release name: v2.1

Maturity: Release Candidate

Supported Moodle versions: 3.10, 3.11, 3.9

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum

Repository branch: 2.1-RC

Repository tag: v2.1

Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum/issues

moodle-block_telegram_forum

INSTALLATION WITH GIT

Go to block directory.

Execute "git clone https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum.git telegram_forum".

Configure the plugin as administrator:

Create a Telegram account for the organization where Moodle is installed or use its own (https://telegram.org or download Telegram APP in cell phone).

Create a Telegram Bot and take note of its token and its name (https://core.telegram.org/bots, item 6).

Set the Token of Telegram bot created for the organization.

Set the name of Telegram bot created for the organization

Voilá. Now each teacher that wants to integrate ther course foruns with Telegram must configure in each course:

Teacher enables telegram block in the desired course.

Teacher configures the block
Create a Telegram account (https://telegram.org or download Telegram APP in cell phone).
Create a Telegram Private Channel.
Take note of the channel share link. Just go into your channel and click in the channel name.
Take note of Channel ID.
log in web telegram
Click on the target channel then you will find the url displayed on your browser.
If it's a private channel then the url must be similar to:
https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=c1018013852_555990343349619165
For this case, the channel ID would be 1018013852.
It's important to know that channel's IDs are always negative and 13 characters long!
So add -100 to it, making the correct ID -1001018013852.

Teacher sets the channel link in the block so that students can register.

v2.0 (2021031804)

Moodle 3.10, 3.9

Uploaded on Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 18:16 (GMT+0)

Plugin type: Blocks

Frankenstyle component name: block_telegram_forum

Version build number: 2021031804

Version release name: v2.0

Maturity: Release Candidate

Supported Moodle versions: 3.10, 3.9

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum

Repository branch: 2.0-RC

Repository tag: v.2.0

Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum/issues

moodle-block_telegram_forum

INSTALLATION WITH GIT

Go to block directory.

Execute "git clone https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum.git telegram_forum".

Configure the plugin as administrator:

Create a Telegram account for the organization where Moodle is installed or use its own (https://telegram.org or download Telegram APP in cell phone).

Create a Telegram Bot and take note of its token and its name (https://core.telegram.org/bots, item 6).

Set the Token of Telegram bot created for the organization.

Set the name of Telegram bot created for the organization.

Select the kind of message that should be sent for each forum (topic creation / message inside topic).

Voilá. Now each teacher that wants to integrate ther course foruns with Telegram must configure in each course:

Teacher enables telegram block in the desired course.

Teacher configures the block
Create a Telegram account (https://telegram.org or download Telegram APP in cell phone).
Create a Telegram Private Channel.
Take note of the channel share link. Just go into your channel and click in the channel name.
Take note of Channel ID.
log in web telegram
Click on the target channel then you will find the url displayed on your browser.
If it's a private channel then the url must be similar to:
https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=c1018013852_555990343349619165
For this case, the channel ID would be 1018013852.
It's important to know that channel's IDs are always negative and 13 characters long!
So add -100 to it, making the correct ID -1001018013852.

Teacher sets the channel link in the block so that students can register.

v1.0 (2021020702)

Moodle 3.10, 3.9

Uploaded on Sunday, 7 February 2021 at 21:24 (GMT+0)

Plugin type: Blocks

Frankenstyle component name: block_telegram_forum

Version build number: 2021020702

Version release name: v1.0

Maturity: Release Candidate

Supported Moodle versions: 3.10, 3.9

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum

Repository branch: 1.0-RC

Repository tag: v.1.0

Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum/issues

moodle-block_telegram_forum

INSTALLATION WITH GIT

Go to block directory.

Execute "git clone https://github.com/marceloschmitt/moodle-block_telegram_forum.git telegram_forum".

Configure the plugin as administrator:

Create a Telegram account for the organization where Moodle is installed or use its own (https://telegram.org or download Telegram APP in cell phone).

Create a Telegram Bot and take note of its token and its name (https://core.telegram.org/bots, item 6).

Set the Token of Telegram bot created for the organization.

Set the name of Telegram bot created for the organization

Voilá. Now each teacher that wants to integrate ther course foruns with Telegram must configure in each course:

Teacher enables telegram block in the desired course.

Teacher configures the block
Create a Telegram account (https://telegram.org or download Telegram APP in cell phone).
Create a Telegram Private Channel.
Take note of the channel share link. Just go into your channel and click in the channel name.
Take note of Channel ID.
log in web telegram
Click on the target channel then you will find the url displayed on your browser.
If it's a private channel then the url must be similar to:
https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=c1018013852_555990343349619165
For this case, the channel ID would be 1018013852.
It's important to know that channel's IDs are always negative and 13 characters long!
So add -100 to it, making the correct ID -1001018013852.

Teacher sets the channel link in the block so that students can register.

v1.0 (2021013102)

Moodle 3.10, 3.9

Uploaded on Sunday, 31 January 2021 at 13:24 (GMT+0)

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Versions

v4.0 (2025112101)

v3.0 (2023020401)

v2.1 (2021070506)

v2.0 (2021031804)

v1.0 (2021020702)

v1.0 (2021013102)