Information Centre
Information Centre is a local plugin for Moodle that enables the management and display of information within
the Moodle platform. It offers functions for creating, updating and deleting messages, as well as for defining
message categories and visibility options based on user roles.
Features
- APIs for creating, updating and deleting messages
- Definition of message categories
- Control of message visibility based on user roles
- Clean-up of old messages via cron job
- Provision of web service functions for external message management
Installation
- Clone the repository into the
/local/information_center directory of the Moodle installation.
- Go to Site administration ' System messages to start the installation or run
admin/cli/upgrade.php.
Requirements
None
Configuration
None
Nutzung
- The messages are visible at
/local_information_centre/inbox
- Messages can be made visible to different user roles (e.g. students, teachers, managers, administrators).
- The plugin enables administrators to communicate important information to specific user groups in a targeted manner.
Rights
This plugin defines the following rights:
| Name | Description | Standard role |
|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| local/information_center:read_student_messages | Allows the user to read messages for students | Authenticated users |
| local/information_center:read_teacher_messages | Allows the user to read messages for teachers | Editingteacher, Teacher |
| local/information_center:read_manager_messages | Allows the user to read messages for managers | Manager |
| local/information_center:read_admin_messages | Allows the user to read messages for administrators | |
| local/information_center:create_message | Allows the user to create messages | Manager |
Cron jobs
This plugin defines the following cron jobs:
| Task Class | Description | Standard intervall for execution |
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| local_information_center\tasks\message_cleanup | Clears old and expired messages | Daily (at 2:00 a.m.) |
Web Services
This plugin provides the following web service functions:
| Web Service Function | Description |
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| /messages/{id}/renotify | Reset read status of specified notification. |
| /notifications/{id} | Send a notification to specified user group. |
License
This plugin is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0.
Credits
Author:
