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Change log for mod_reader

2025-04-03 (51)

• fix error trying to set field to NOTNULL when NULL values already exist in some table records.

2025-04-03 (50)

• fix inconsistencies between database XML schema and actual fields in the DB

2024-12-11 (49)

• fix incorrect number of parameters in SQL call to select attempts from previous terms in view.php

2024-03-11 (47)

• change progress bar to one that uses Bootstrap. Also, allow teacher to specify 'Expanding progress bar'. Many thanks to Adam Jenkins

2024-03-07 (45)

• fix typo in lib.php dirroot => dirroot

2024-03-07 (44)

• convert legacy cron job to a scheduled_task (Moodle >= 2.7)

2024-03-07 (43)

• protect legacy event handlers from the code police in Moodle >= 4.2

2024-01-24 (42)

• small change to cheatsheet for compatability with Moodle 4.x

2023-03-23 (41)

• make certain tools compatible with Moodle 4.x which uses question_versions table

2023-02-19 (40)

• when showing user profile pictures on Moodle >= 3.11, use

2023-02-18 (39)

• fix permissions for displaying and acceessing the checkboxes on reports pages

2022-05-11 (38)

• add message to CHANGES.txt

2022-05-11 (38)

• compatability with Moodle 3.11: use /core_user/fields to get user name fields; user get_string('grade', 'grades')

2022-04-04 (37)

• get 'grade' from 'grades' lang pack instead of 'moodle'

2022-02-24 (36)

• replace used of 'groups' in SQL because it is a reserved word in MySQL 8

2021-09-14 (35)

• modify markdown syntax for long help messages (for compatability with Moodle 3.11)

2021-06-28 (32)

• : improve compatability wth PostgreSQL (1) use AVG function instead of (SUM / COUNT); (2) use single quotes when concatenating strings

2021-06-08 (31)

• add missing level 11 to Reading Level menu for changereaderlevel action in admin.php

2020-07-27 (30)

• fix tool to export Reader tables

2020-03-01 (29)

• include current version in tool to redo upgrade

2020-02-05 (28)

• fix import and export of attempts to include timestart/modified while maintaining backwards compatability with previous export files

2019-11-27 (27)

• fix setting of quiz id when downloading books without quizzes on sites using the mreader.org API

2019-11-20 (26)

• add 'Send message' action to 'Students (full)' and 'Books (full)' reports

2019-11-13 (25)

• fix behavior of download button on 'Edit books (Site)' page

2019-11-11 (24)

• remove unused declaration of global variables: $SESSION and $CFG

2019-11-08 (22)

• standardize layout and spelling in CHANGES.txt

2019-11-08 (22)

• when receiving quiz score from mreader API, update the image file name if necessary

2019-11-06 (21)

• include all relevant name fields from profile when filtering report results by 'Full name'

2019-10-25 (19)

• modify tool to fix book covers so that it can identify books uniquely on sites using mReader.org API

2019-09-17 (17)

• remove leftover debugging code and deal with 'abandoned' attempts more robustly when displaying main page with view.php

2019-08-08 (15)

• rename fields in install.xml: timeopen -> availablefrom, timeclose -> availableuntil, and remove private field from install.xml

2019-06-23 (13)

• fix display of teacher grades when there are multiple attempts at a book

2019-05-30 (12)

• remove 'continue' statement inside SWITCH block

2019-04-19 (11)

• fix 'Namespace declaration statement has to be the very first statement' errors when including event objects for

2019-04-19 (10)

• various small fixes to admin tools running on site where mReader API is enabled

2019-04-17 (09)

• set maturity to STABLE

2019-04-17 (08)

• modify the fix_bookcovers tool so that it works with the mreader.api

2019-04-10 (07)

• various adjustments to allow for removal of Reader Quizzes course

2019-04-05 (06)

• remove unused 'top' property of default object when fetching quizzes from moodle.reader.net

2019-04-02 (05)

• add 'Top for' question category in Moodle >= 3.5, and extract book name from new format used in XML coming from moodlereader.net

2019-03-30 (04)

• ensure 'modname' is defined when creating new activities in Moodle >= 3.5

2019-03-06 (03)

• fix downloading of images from mreader.org

2019-01-21 (02)

• remove use of 'events_trigger' for compatability with Moodle 3.6

2018-12-05 (01)

• add mreaderorg class to fetch SiteID and Key from mReader.org

2018-11-22 (00)

• add new setting to switch on use of quizzes on mReader.org

2018-09-18 (99)

• add preliminary functions to remove attempts from mreader.org

2018-09-18 (99)

• fix error using $this in static function when retrieving siteid from mreader.org

2018-09-18 (99)

• disable downloading of quizzes from mReader.org

2018-09-14 (98)

• preliminary version to use mreader.org quizzes instead of locally cached quizzes

2018-07-19 (97)

• take quizzes on mreader.org is the mreadersiteid config setting is set

2018-07-06 (95)

• add functionality to allow quizzes to be taken on the mreader.org

2018-07-04 (94)

• begin new PHP class to handle communication with mreader.org

2018-06-28 (93)

• add new mreader settings as first step to taking quizzes via mReader API

2018-05-29 (92)

• add quiz/mreader.php to handle quiz-taking on mReader.org

2018-05-29 (92)

• replace 'each()' with 'foreach()' for compatability with PHP 7.2

2017-10-04 (91)

• compatability with Moodle >= 3.3: replace use of deprecated JS (de)select_all_in

2017-10-02 (90)

• ensure 'goal' field is not set to null when creating new records in reader_levels table

2017-08-28 (89)

• fix (1) syntax bug that prevented display of import page; fix setting of 'type' in URL so that the Users -> Download book data (no quizzes) tab becomes active when it is clicked. (Thanks to Brian Nielsen for reporting these issues)

2017-06-16 (88)

• fix typo introduced in previous commit

2017-06-12 (87)

• remove IE6/7 specific CSS from styles.css because it may interfere with Boost theme in Moodle

2017-06-12 (86)

• add new fields to specify read-only until/from dates

2017-06-11 (85)

• (1) fix references to passed, credit, cheated and deleted fields; (2) add actions to detect_cheating tool; (3) add filters for cheated to user/book detailed report

2017-05-22 (84)

• reintroduce code to use reader_strict_users_list table

2017-05-22 (84)

• add 'status' column to output from tool to detect cheating

2017-05-21 (83)

• rename all uses of the 'preview' field to use the 'credit' field

2017-05-21 (83)

• add new index to reader_attempts field to speed up selection of valid passing attempts

2017-05-21 (82)

• remove 'checkbox' field from reader_attempts table, and rename 'preview' field to 'credit'

2017-05-21 (81)

• add new 'outputformat' setting to show either 'attempts grouped by user' or 'attempt grouped by book'

2017-05-19 (80)

• add actions to detect_cheating page

2017-05-19 (79)

• shprten date used on output from tool to detect cheating

2017-05-18 (78)

• add book details (word length, difficulty) and attempt details (duration) to tool for detecting cheating

2017-05-18 (78)

• add selectable checkboxes to tool for detecting cheating

2017-05-18 (77)

• display results of detect_cheating tool as an HTML table

2017-05-16 (76)

• preliminary version of tool to scna reader logs and detect suspicious behavior

2017-05-04 (75)

• force 'sequential' navigation through reader quiz questions and redirect errant or sneaky access to out-of-sequence pages back to correct page sequence

2017-04-28 (74)

• force 'sequential' navigation in Moodle >= 3.1 to prevent display of 'Previous page' button

2017-04-27 (73)

• replace use of pix_url for compatability with Moodle >= 3.3

2017-04-25 (72)

• improve borders on 'now.png' graphic

2017-04-22 (71)

• fix display of progress bar on Safari, Firefox, IE

2017-04-18 (70)

• preliminary fix for clipping of progress bar in Safari, Firefox and IE

2017-04-18 (70)

• fix teacher access to tools page

2017-04-14 (69)

• use pix_icon instead of pix_url for compatability with Moodle 3.3

2017-03-26 (68)

• fix 'Unsupported $module syntax' warning during installation via CLI

2017-01-25 (67)

• replace progress bar images and css so that the bar is fully visible on small screens (e.g. smartphones)

2017-01-16 (66)

• remove superfluous closing curly bracket from styles.css that was breaking CSS parser in Moodle >= 3.2

2017-01-06 (63)

• small improvement to the logic that issues Reader badges after a Reader quiz attempt

2017-01-02 (62)

• small fix to typo in comment

2017-01-02 (62)

• fix detection of completion conditions in lib.php, and trigger completion update and badges update when finishing an attempt at a Reader quiz in quiz/processattempt.php and quiz/attemptlib.php

2016-11-09 (61)

• use unformatted text in download progress bar messages for Moodle >= 3.2

2016-10-20 (60)

• improve the instructions in the README file

2016-10-17 (59)

• fix display of 'Tools' tab to non-editing teacher

2016-10-17 (58)

• allow teachers access to some tools

2016-09-30 (57)

• allow new term dates starting beyond current year

2016-09-29 (56)

• fix handling of "Previous page" in Moodle >= 3.1

2016-09-29 (55)

• remove unwanted HTML tags from Reader questions

2016-09-29 (54)

• remove unwanted script, style, and pre tags from question text

2016-08-20 (53)

• standardize 'die;' to 'die();'

2016-08-20 (53)

• remove use of deprecated 'error' function

2016-07-16 (52)

• Moodle coding standards compatability: remove all usage of 'print' and 'create_function' in PHP code

2016-06-30 (51)

• on Students (summary) report, fix display of words read in All Terms

2016-06-23 (50)

• add start time/date in tool to export Reader tables

2016-06-23 (50)

• fix display of links to quizzes for books that have no quizzes

2016-06-13 (49)

• add grade settings to the mod_form.php page

2016-06-13 (48)

• fix detection of unsigned DB fields in Moodle >= 3.1 when running tool to fix course page in hidden Reader Quizzes course

2016-06-09 (47)

• use $CFG->branch to detect Moodle's major version in version.php

2016-06-07 (46)

• fix download of report data in Moodle >= 3.1

2016-05-19 (45)

• fix 'duplicate record found' error when attempting book that shares a quiz with another book

2016-05-09 (44)

• add new site-side setting to allow local modifications to book difficulty (=reading level) to be maintained when book data is downloaded

2016-05-02 (43)

• allow new reader goals in steps of 25,000 between 100,000 and 300,000

2016-04-29 (42)

• fix setting of rows-per-page on reports

2016-04-28 (41)

• remove levels columns from Student (summary) report if levels are not being used; remove Groups (Summary) report if groups are not being used

2016-04-26 (40)

• fix setting of extra points doe to incorrect right padding of float numbers

2016-04-23 (39)

• replace all remaining uses of capability managequizzes by managebooks; allow teacher access to 'Admin area', but not to 'Tools' tab

2016-03-29 (37)

• ensure layouttype and grading type are set for newly downloaded Reader quizzes

2016-03-17 (36)

• add new progress bars for 10,000 - 40,000

2016-03-16 (35)

• remove unnecessary CONCAT statement from fix_missingquizzes tool

2016-03-14 (34)

• add empty sequence field when adding new section

2016-03-13 (33)

• standardize tabs and return link in admin/tools, and add new tool to move quizzes form current course to main Reader quizzes course

2016-03-04 (32)

• fix sorting of fields on reports

2016-02-27 (31)

• allow filtering of booktype on Books (summary) report

2016-02-07 (30)

• include Ordering question info in popup box containing version details

2016-01-25 (29)

• add svg versions of all ProgressBars and adjust ProgressBar background color for readability

2016-01-21 (28)

• fix folder structure for tabs in public release

2016-01-21 (27)

• fix deprecated use of class name as contructor for moodleforms in Moodle >= 3.1

2016-01-20 (26)

• allow emails to be sent from Student (summary) report

2016-01-20 (25)

• fix renamed contructor method for user_filtering class on Moodle >= 3.0

2016-01-20 (24)

• add new capability to allow teachers to check Reader/Moodle version

2016-01-20 (22)

• add new progress bars for 10,000 - 40,000

2016-01-19 (21)

• fix SQL for reports when there are no users enrolled in a course

2016-01-19 (20)

• remove empty rates records left over from delays table

2016-01-19 (19)

• reinstate mistakenly deleted string forcedtimedelay

2016-01-19 (18)

• redo SQL query to correct ly select rates even when no attempts have been made

2016-01-18 (17)

• add information about reading rates to the main view page

2016-01-18 (17)

• fix SQL to select rates on MSSQL

2016-01-18 (16)

• optimize SQL to select rate restrictions from the DB

2016-01-18 (16)

• fix initialization of array when no rates have yet been defined

2016-01-18 (16)

• modify get_delay() to use reading rates to calculate delay

2016-01-15 (15)

• fix setting and display of reading rates

2016-01-15 (15)

• display existing rates in rates page

2016-01-15 (15)

• modularize code to generate level and group rates

2016-01-15 (15)

• rename indexes on reader_rats table

2016-01-15 (15)

• rename inxes on reader_rats table

2016-01-14 (14)

• improve colors on reading rates page to isolate settings for each reading rate

2016-01-14 (14)

• add background color to LEVEL and GROUP fitems on user reading rates page

2016-01-13 (13)

• finalize format of page ot specify Reading Rates

2016-01-06 (12)

• add levels and groups to Reading Rates form

2015-11-15 (10)

• fix warning caused by printing header in startattempt.php before redirect

2015-11-13 (09)

• small fixes for Moodle 2.0

2015-11-09 (08)

• fix call to missing function get_optional_param

2015-11-09 (08)

• remove illegal MSSQL use of ORDER BY from join_users_with_attempts() in admin/reports/tablelib.php

2015-10-26 (07)

• small improvement in CSS to standardize CSS height on book form actions

2015-10-26 (07)

• allow books to be made available from the Books tab, and remove the Quizzes tab completely

2015-10-26 (07)

• add action to force the removal of a book (and all quiz attempts connected to that book

2015-10-24 (06)

• add functionality to remove books that have no live attempts

2015-10-21 (05)

• create new subtab to add a book, and remove Quizzes tab

2015-10-21 (05)

• fix display of empty genre on Books -> Edit (Site) page

2015-10-21 (04)

• improve readability of settings on Books -> Edit pages

2015-10-21 (03)

• rename 'length' fields to 'points'

2015-10-20 (02)

• fix expand/collapse functionality on list of books available for download

2015-10-19 (01)

• allow multiple 'Extra points' attempts on a student's main view page for a Reader activity

2015-10-19 (00)

• fix faulty version number

2015-10-18 (00)

• fix typos in explanation of how to use the reader for new users

2015-10-18 (99)

• add javascript to allow progress bar to fit on screens/windows smaller than 800px wide

2015-10-17 (98)

• add initial explanation of how to use reader for new students; allow teachers to switch to student view of Reader view page

2015-10-16 (97)

• allow level info to be transferred from another course

2015-10-16 (96)

• add groups column to usersummary and userdetailed reports

2015-10-14 (95)

• fix SQL to select students for reports even when they have no level set

2015-10-09 (94)

• allow non-editing teachres to see books outside their reading level on the main View page

2015-10-05 (93)

• add functions to implement course reset

2015-10-05 (93)

• add functions to implement course rest

2015-09-24 (92)

• fix "headers already sent" message when downloading from Reader reports page

2015-09-20 (91)

• improve efficiency of fetching group/grouping user ids and counts

2015-09-11 (90)

• fixed download URLs and added explanation on how to download quizzes to the readme file