Friction Radar

Maintained by Jan Svoboda

Makes structural learning friction in Moodle courses visible, helping educators spot problematic course design patterns.

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Supports Moodle 4.5-5.1 See all versions

Latest release: 4 months ago

Installations: 30

Downloads (last 90 days): 36

Frankenstyle name: coursereport_frictionradar

Course reports

Current version

0.6.1 (2026031602)

Moodle 4.5, 5.0, 5.1

Uploaded on Monday, 16 March 2026 at 13:03 (GMT+0)

Plugin type: Course reports

Frankenstyle component name: coursereport_frictionradar

Version build number: 2026031602

Version release name: 0.6.1

Maturity: Stable

Supported Moodle versions: 4.5, 5.0, 5.1

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/AeternumModulae/moodle-coursereport_frictionradar

Repository branch:

Repository tag: v0.6.1

Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/AeternumModulae/moodle-coursereport_frictionradar/issues

Changelog

0.6.1 - 2026-03-16

Added a per-course analysis mode setting with structural preview support.

Improved report prioritization UX and the friction indicator presentation.

Fixed review findings around cache refresh handling, task deduplication, log reading, and course-setting persistence.

Corrected the XMLDB key definition for the course settings table.

Preserved the English brand name in exposed UI locations while keeping the clock center label short.

Fixed report spacing, content top alignment, empty-state refresh button padding, and the theme-aware navigation icon.

Bumped the plugin version for the UI/icon update series.

Refreshed the bundled documentation screenshots in docs/screenshots/.

Added a screenshot section to the README for the current UI.

0.5.8 - 2026-02-04

Fixed duplicate admin settings registration for reports.

Added CI guard to prevent manual settings registration regressions.

Updated renderer test to use renderables.

0.5.7 - 2026-02-04

Fixed settings category parent (moved to admin "reports" category).

PHPCS compliance fix in output renderable ternary formatting.

Version bump for workflow rerun.

0.5.6 - 2026-02-04

Migrated report output to Mustache template/Output API.

Added configurable student-like roles for log/attempt analysis.

Reduced DB load by batching intro/due date fetches and caching table existence checks.

Excluded dev tooling files from release exports via .gitattributes.

0.5.5 - 2026-01-29

Added Moodle GPL headers for CSS and AMD JS files.

Standardized English strings to sentence case and added capability strings.

Removed non-English language pack from plugin bundle (AMOS-managed translations).

Expanded README with plugin directory metadata and repository URLs.

Renamed repository to moodle-coursereport_frictionradar.

0.5.8 (2026020402)

Moodle 4.5, 5.0, 5.1

Uploaded on Wednesday, 4 February 2026 at 17:20 (GMT+0)

Plugin type: Course reports

Frankenstyle component name: coursereport_frictionradar

Version build number: 2026020402

Version release name: 0.5.8

Maturity: Alpha