From tom murdock (tom at thinkingdistance.org) Saturday, 22 May 2004, 07:57 PM:
Maybe at the backup screen, a teacher could choose save template and several decisions could be made automatically (save without users or user data), etc..
From Martin Dougiamas (martin at moodle.com) Monday, 24 May 2004, 11:41 PM:
Actually, there could be a menu in the course creation form listing all courses, and selecting any one would copy it into this new one.
From Paul Duff (paulduff at wiltscoll.ac.uk) Monday, 24 May 2004, 11:46 PM:
....... bug/feature request #735 - which was about cloning a course maybe multiple times.
This new request was intended as a feature in it's own right. ie if an institution had the same 6 links on ALL courses (poss per category), then new course would automatically populate with resources from the template.
From Martin Dougiamas (martin at moodle.com) Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 12:11 AM:
Ah, so you're thinking of a inheritance model, where activities from a master class appear inside the child classes (mingled with any unique additions from the child classes).
This has been mentioned quite a few times and sounds very hard.
From Paul Duff (paulduff at wiltscoll.ac.uk) Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 12:41 AM:
That sounds a tad more complex than I had in mind. All I meant was to have a reserved coursename (possibly within each category) to act as a template, and when adding new course, preload the values in that template into the fields prior to editing, and copy the resources from that 'template course' when clicking the 'save' button.
From Martin Dougiamas (martin at moodle.com) Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 01:00 AM:
In that case what I said earlier would get two bird with one stick ... if any course could be used as the source template, then it's easy to create a hidden course with a meaningful name and choose it from the menu.
From Paul Duff (paulduff at wiltscoll.ac.uk) Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 01:17 AM:
On reflection - little difference. You can delete this request if you like.
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From tom murdock (tom at thinkingdistance.org) Saturday, 22 May 2004, 07:57 PM:
Maybe at the backup screen, a teacher could choose save template and several decisions could be made automatically (save without users or user data), etc..
From Martin Dougiamas (martin at moodle.com) Monday, 24 May 2004, 11:41 PM:
Actually, there could be a menu in the course creation form listing all courses, and selecting any one would copy it into this new one.
From Paul Duff (paulduff at wiltscoll.ac.uk) Monday, 24 May 2004, 11:46 PM:
....... bug/feature request #735 - which was about cloning a course maybe multiple times.
This new request was intended as a feature in it's own right. ie if an institution had the same 6 links on ALL courses (poss per category), then new course would automatically populate with resources from the template.
From Martin Dougiamas (martin at moodle.com) Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 12:11 AM:
Ah, so you're thinking of a inheritance model, where activities from a master class appear inside the child classes (mingled with any unique additions from the child classes).
This has been mentioned quite a few times and sounds very hard.
From Paul Duff (paulduff at wiltscoll.ac.uk) Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 12:41 AM:
That sounds a tad more complex than I had in mind. All I meant was to have a reserved coursename (possibly within each category) to act as a template, and when adding new course, preload the values in that template into the fields prior to editing, and copy the resources from that 'template course' when clicking the 'save' button.
From Martin Dougiamas (martin at moodle.com) Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 01:00 AM:
In that case what I said earlier would get two bird with one stick ... if any course could be used as the source template, then it's easy to create a hidden course with a meaningful name and choose it from the menu.
From Paul Duff (paulduff at wiltscoll.ac.uk) Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 01:17 AM:
On reflection - little difference. You can delete this request if you like.