Moodle

Allow default topic to be set as a course setting

Details

  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 1.9.5
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Course, Usability
  • Labels:
  • Database:
    Any
  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_19_STABLE

Description

I have quite a few clients with large courses - double digit numbers of topics, each with numerous resources, leading to a scroll of death and a longer than necessary initial course load time until they click the topic focus button and collapse the whole thing down. Was thinking it would be great in the course settings (or perhaps as a setting against a topic) to be able to load only a single topic when a user first logs in to the course. Would make the initial experience in a course faster, simpler, and perhaps even get around needing to have 'stealth resources' as such a priority. Just a thought.

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Helen Foster added a comment -

Mark, thanks for your suggested improvement. Just wondering whether you've come across the Timeline course format http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=2635 ? Only the most recent sections are displayed on the course page, with older sections available on a separate page. Could this format be modified to meet your clients requirements?

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Helen Foster added a comment - Mark, thanks for your suggested improvement. Just wondering whether you've come across the Timeline course format http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=2635 ? Only the most recent sections are displayed on the course page, with older sections available on a separate page. Could this format be modified to meet your clients requirements?
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Tim Lock added a comment -

We have developed a patch which adds a course setting to configure this. Backup / Restore friendly.

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Tim Lock added a comment - We have developed a patch which adds a course setting to configure this. Backup / Restore friendly.
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Helen Foster added a comment -

Tim, thanks for your patch. Reassigning to moodle.com for consideration.

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Helen Foster added a comment - Tim, thanks for your patch. Reassigning to moodle.com for consideration.
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Mark Drechsler added a comment -

I'd love to see this get into core if possible - its something I think could completely change how people design Moodle courses due to it avoiding the initial view of the 'scroll of death'.

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Mark Drechsler added a comment - I'd love to see this get into core if possible - its something I think could completely change how people design Moodle courses due to it avoiding the initial view of the 'scroll of death'.
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Michael Blake added a comment -

This issue is affecting MP clients. Please give it priority.

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Michael Blake added a comment - This issue is affecting MP clients. Please give it priority.

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