Course End Date Restriction

This release introduces major feature enhancements, including global configuration settings and custom audit logging, while bringing the codebase up to 100% compliance with strict Moodle coding standards.

Changelog:

• Features: Added a global administration panel (Site administration > Plugins > Local plugins) with a toggle to enable or disable automatic date synchronization without uninstalling the plugin.


• Audit & Logging: Introduced a custom Moodle log event (\local_enddateaccess\event\module_restriction_updated) that triggers whenever a module restriction is automatically modified, ensuring complete traceability for site administrators.


• Code Quality: Refactored the codebase to fully pass all Moodle CodeSniffer and PHPDoc validations with zero warnings. English and Spanish language strings have been cleaned and sorted alphabetically to comply with AMOS standards.


• Documentation: Added standardized YAML GitHub Issue templates for bug reports and feature requests.

This release addresses the issues raised during the MoodleHQ plugin review process, focusing on licensing compliance, performance improvements, and correct API usage.

Changelog:

• Licensing: Added the missing GNU GPL v3 LICENSE file to the repository root (#1).


• Performance: Refactored the course_updated event observer. Heavy synchronous logic (DB queries, JSON parsing) has been moved to a background Ad-hoc task (sync_enddate_task) to prevent UI blocking (#2).


• API Compliance: Added the missing manual trigger for the \core\event\course_module_updated event after direct database updates, ensuring Moodle caches and logs are properly notified (#3).

This release focuses on strict compliance with Moodle's coding style guidelines and CI stability to ensure a clean review process by MoodleHQ.

Changelog:

• Fixed Moodle CodeSniffer (phpcs) violations across the plugin.


• Updated variable naming to match Moodle's strict lowercase standard.


• Added mandatory GPL boilerplate and docblocks to all required files.


• Fixed CI pipeline configurations to successfully test against legacy (PHP 7.2+) and modern (PHP 8.4) environments.

Description

This local plugin automates the process of restricting access to course modules based on the course end date. It listens to course update events and automatically applies a "prevent access after course end date" availability restriction to all modules that are tracked for course completion.

Instead of manually editing the deadline for every single activity when a course schedule changes, administrators and teachers can simply update the course end date. The plugin will instantly sync the deadline across all relevant activities.

Key Features

• Automatic Synchronization: Instantly updates module availability restrictions when the course end date is modified.


• Safe Merging (Non-destructive): The plugin intelligently parses the existing availability JSON. It safely adds or updates the date restriction without overwriting or destroying existing conditions (e.g., group restrictions, grade requirements, or user profiles).


• Targeted Action: Only applies restrictions to activities that have course completion criteria enabled, leaving optional resources untouched.


• Cleanup: If the completion tracking is removed from a module, the plugin automatically removes the injected date restriction while keeping any other conditions intact.

Installation

1. Download the plugin and extract the .zip file.


2. Rename the extracted folder to enddateaccess (if it isn't already).


3. Upload or move the enddateaccess folder into the local/ directory of your Moodle installation.


4. Log in as an administrator and go to Site administration > Notifications (or run the upgrade script via CLI) to complete the installation process.

Usage

The plugin works silently in the background. To trigger it:

1. Ensure your course has an End date set in the course settings.


2. Add an activity (like a Quiz or Assignment) and configure its Activity completion settings to require a specific condition (e.g., "Student must view this activity to complete it" or "Student must receive a grade").


3. Save the activity. The plugin will automatically append the date restriction based on the course end date.

Requirements

• Moodle 3.5 or later (Requires version 2018051700).

License

This plugin 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.