Basic Calculator

The basic Calculator is a straightforward calculator with the most common operators such as plus,
minus, times and divide. Unlike other calculator programs this calculator can perform correct floating point operations.

Description

The calculator is integrated as a block plugin in the Moodle course and can be used by any user in this course.

It can be used by simply clicking on the buttons or with the keyboard. The buttons look like this:

0 - 9          --> Numbers

+              --> Add

-              --> Subtract

*              --> Multiply

/ or ÷         --> Divide

( and )        --> Open and closed parentheses

,              --> decimal number

N              --> Negative number

Enter          --> Calculate

Backwards      --> Delete

ESC            --> Delete all

Changes

v5.2.0

• Moodle 5.2 compatibility


• Moodle 4.3 removed

Installing via uploaded ZIP file

1. Log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration >
   Plugins > Install plugins.


2. Upload the ZIP file with the plugin code. You should only be prompted to add
   extra details if your plugin type is not automatically detected.


3. Check the plugin validation report and finish the installation.

Installing manually

The plugin can be also installed by putting the contents of this directory to

{your/moodle/dirroot}/blocks/calculator

Afterwards, log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration >
Notifications to complete the installation.

Alternatively, you can run

$ php admin/cli/upgrade.php

to complete the installation from the command line.

Credits

Inspired by A K M SAFAT SHAHIN with his Moodle Plugin calculator.
https://moodle.org/plugins/block_simple_calculator

License

2024 Leon Berau leon.berau@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Basic Calculator

The basic Calculator is a straightforward calculator with the most common operators such as plus,
minus, times and divide. Unlike other calculator programs this calculator can perform correct floating point operations.

Description

The calculator is integrated as a block plugin in the Moodle course and can be used by any user in this course.

It can be used by simply clicking on the buttons or with the keyboard. The buttons look like this:

0 - 9          --> Numbers

+              --> Add

-              --> Subtract

*              --> Multiply

/ or ÷         --> Divide

( and )        --> Open and closed parentheses

,|.              --> decimal number

N              --> Negative number

Enter          --> Calculate

Backwards      --> Delete

ESC            --> Delete all

Changes

v5.1.2

• Better Drag Feedback


• Clamping for the Calculator


• Position Reset Button


• changed Instructions for Decimal from , to ,|.

Installing via uploaded ZIP file

1. Log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration >
   Plugins > Install plugins.


2. Upload the ZIP file with the plugin code. You should only be prompted to add
   extra details if your plugin type is not automatically detected.


3. Check the plugin validation report and finish the installation.

Installing manually

The plugin can be also installed by putting the contents of this directory to

{your/moodle/dirroot}/blocks/calculator

Afterwards, log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration >
Notifications to complete the installation.

Alternatively, you can run

$ php admin/cli/upgrade.php

to complete the installation from the command line.

Credits

Inspired by A K M SAFAT SHAHIN with his Moodle Plugin calculator.
https://moodle.org/plugins/block_simple_calculator

License

2024 Leon Berau leon.berau@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

What's Changed

• Comply to Moodle Plugin CI and Coding guidelines. by @lucaboesch in https://github.com/RUB-ITS-SL-Moodle/moodle-block_calculator/pull/1


• fixed issue #4 and new grunt errors by @Berauls8 in https://github.com/RUB-ITS-SL-Moodle/moodle-block_calculator/pull/6


• Moodle 501 dev by @Berauls8 in https://github.com/RUB-ITS-SL-Moodle/moodle-block_calculator/pull/7


• default support only for en and correct langfile formatting issue #3 by @Berauls8 in https://github.com/RUB-ITS-SL-Moodle/moodle-block_calculator/pull/8


• Moodle 501 dev by @Berauls8 in https://github.com/RUB-ITS-SL-Moodle/moodle-block_calculator/pull/9

New Contributors

• @lucaboesch made their first contribution in https://github.com/RUB-ITS-SL-Moodle/moodle-block_calculator/pull/1


• @Berauls8 made their first contribution in https://github.com/RUB-ITS-SL-Moodle/moodle-block_calculator/pull/6

Full Changelog: https://github.com/RUB-ITS-SL-Moodle/moodle-block_calculator/commits/v5.0.2

Basic Calculator

The basic Calculator is a straightforward calculator with the most common operators such as plus,
minus, times and divide. Unlike other calculator programs this calculator can perform correct floating point operations.

Description

The calculator is integrated as a block plugin in the Moodle course and can be used by any user in this course.

It can be used by simply clicking on the buttons or with the keyboard. The buttons look like this:

0 - 9          --> Numbers

+              --> Add

-              --> Subtract

*              --> Multiply

/ or ÷         --> Divide

( and )        --> Open and closed parentheses

,              --> decimal number

N              --> Negative number

Enter          --> Calculate

Backwards      --> Delete

ESC            --> Delete all

Installing via uploaded ZIP file

1. Log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration >
   Plugins > Install plugins.


2. Upload the ZIP file with the plugin code. You should only be prompted to add
   extra details if your plugin type is not automatically detected.


3. Check the plugin validation report and finish the installation.

Installing manually

The plugin can be also installed by putting the contents of this directory to

{your/moodle/dirroot}/blocks/calculator

Afterwards, log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration >
Notifications to complete the installation.

Alternatively, you can run

$ php admin/cli/upgrade.php

to complete the installation from the command line.

Credits

Inspired by A K M SAFAT SHAHIN with his Moodle Plugin calculator.
https://moodle.org/plugins/block_simple_calculator

License

2024 Leon Berau leon.berau@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.