Checklist

We've has this module now for several years and it is being widely used on our site, but I wondered if there was any way that it would be possible to have it so that the students names stay fixed to the side? Some checklists go "off the screen" and if they go to the point they need to check they lose the students.

Seth - I've already replied to your private message (there isn't really an need to send me a private message and post here - I get notified for both of them) - but just in case anyone else reads this: just click on the 'Edit checks' button, then you can do exactly what you are asking for (don't forget to click 'Save' when you are done).

Great plugin. Is it possible to add the yes/no to the progress table? Currently you have to access the yes/no for the checklist through the magnifying glass in the progress table.

Thanks Chris - if you're interested in Realtime Quiz, you might also want to look at https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_activequiz which was based on my Realtime Quiz (but almost completely rewritten) and adds a lot of new features that my older plugin doesn't have.

Thanks Davo, can I say the block is excellent and a really useful tool to see at a glance who has done their homework (UK school). I could try moving all desired activities to one section..that should do it. Thanks for advice. With A Level and GCSE changing next year anyway I'll build that into the new courses. Your other blocks are fab too.. have tested the realtime Quiz..great fun. Chris

Chris - have you tried just importing the items from the section the checklist is located in, or is that not helpful in this case?
I'm afraid there isn't a simple button to hide/show all automatic items - maybe it's something I could develop at some point, but i tend to only look at the plugin intermittently these days (other than making sure it continues to work with each release of Moodle).

Love this. However I have now a checklist up so it automatically shows when an activity is done. The problem arises in a large course with many items in it. I don't seem to easily switch them all off and just select a few items. Could I suggest an "All" button under the Edit Checklist...or have I missed it?

Hi,
I've noticed that all a student has to do is to display a Hot Potatoes activity for it to be checked off (when automatic checking off is selected, of course). I can see that I can prevent this by setting a minimum score, but I would prefer to avoid this: the aim of Hot Potatoes exercises is for the student to learn, not to be tested, and, when necessary, display the answer. This causes the score to go down. Is it possible for Checklist to look for the Status 'Completed' in the HotPot log (as opposed to 'Abandoned')?

That's a relief, as I hadn't had time to look at your issue and I wasn't sure quite how I was going to solve it.

Hi again,
Re my previous message, I've found the explanation for the discrepancy in the updates. (Activity records disappeared during a Moodle server update.)
Many thanks again for this valuable plug-in.
Susanna

Hi,
Many thanks for the quick update, which works fine except in a course where I have two groups. One group's activities have updated whereas there is no progress for any of the students in the other group. (There is only one list.) The list is set to 'student only' and the Hot Potatoes log shows that some activities have been completed. The activities were done before the update in both groups.
Susanna

Hi Paul,
There have been a number of suggestions around extending the teacher checklist scale to add extra options. Unfortunately, due to the way the code was written (many years ago), it would be quite a big job to disentangle the current 3-states (yes, no, not answered), to enable different options. I'm afraid it's probably more that I'm ever likely to do in my spare time, so I'm only likely to tackle such a change if it was funded.

This is a great module that I am using with many of my courses - particularly with coursework to double check that it is all handed in.
I'd like to suggest an enhancement that would enable an even broader use - rather than having just a yes or no tick box, could this easily be extended to support a RAG rating? No setting could log as 0 progress, Red as 0.1, Amber as 0.5 and Green as 1. This would enable using checklist to support PiXL style learning checklists.
What do you think?

Tim, Susanna,
I've just pushed out a new version that should hopefully fix both of your issues.
The hotpot module is now supported for automatic check-off (with completion disabled).
The forum module is not marked as complete for both new discussions and new posts (replies), instead of just posts (replies).

I don't believe the Moodle 'completion' is activated so, yes, it's the Hotpot log that triggers completion. I don't have the skills to tell you what event that is: all I can do is send a screenshot of the Hotpot report where the activity is reported as 'completed'.
The difference between overrides is now fully understood and is not a factor in this case. Thank you for the explanation.