Moodle

Enable the courses block to have alternative sort orders - particularly by descending date

Details

  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 1.9, 2.0
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Blocks
  • Labels:
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  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_19_STABLE, MOODLE_20_STABLE

Description

The course block always sorts the list of courses by name. It would be useful to also be able to sort by course start date. This would enable older courses (typically ones that have finished but are still being kept available for reference) to be pushed down the list.

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Séverin Terrier added a comment -

See this discussion http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=96764 for ideas, comments...

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Séverin Terrier added a comment - See this discussion http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=96764 for ideas, comments...
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Peter Sereinigg added a comment -

we should think about a new structure and oportunity to organise sites ith a lot of courses.

  • favorites for user links to courses
  • sortorders
  • archive capabilities
    ...

Peter

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Peter Sereinigg added a comment - we should think about a new structure and oportunity to organise sites ith a lot of courses.
  • favorites for user links to courses
  • sortorders
  • archive capabilities ...
Peter
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Howard Miller added a comment -

I think it might then be more sensible to write this an optional block for comment.

I'll put something together

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Howard Miller added a comment - I think it might then be more sensible to write this an optional block for comment. I'll put something together

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