Course Control Hub: Course dates

A companion block for the Course Control Hub (local_coursectrl) Moodle plugin. The block displays upcoming course activity dates directly on the course page and lets editing teachers open the Course Control Hub shift workflow without leaving the course.

• Mini calendar — configurable 1–6 week view from today, highlighting days with upcoming activity dates
• Chronological event list — groups upcoming dates by day ' time slot ' activity entry, sorted chronologically
• Shift buttons — slot, following, and per-entry shift links that open local_coursectrl/timeline.php with the shift dialog pre-opened (only shown to users with local/coursectrl:bulkaction capability)
• Termin-Assistent — context-aware notification card that appears when new course content is detected (course newly created or imported, reset, or time-dependent activities added); configurable triggers, time window, and dismiss behaviour

• Moodle 4.5 – 5.2
• PHP 8.1 or later
• local_coursectrl 1.2.0 or later (version 2026051100+)

1. Copy or clone this repository into blocks/coursectrldates/ inside your Moodle installation.
2. Ensure local_coursectrl is installed and up to date.
3. Visit Site administration ' Notifications to trigger the plugin installation.
4. Add the block to a course page via the block drawer.

The block stores no personal data of its own. Two Moodle user preferences per block instance are used to track dismiss and force-show state:

• block_coursectrldates_splash_dismissed_ — permanent dismiss flag per user
• block_coursectrldates_force_show_ — one-shot force-display flag per user

Both preferences are deleted when the block instance is removed. They are exported via Moodle's Privacy API.