N.B: If you click on any of the images, it
will pop up in a larger zoomed in display
for you.
Installation
- Download
the plugin from
the plugin
database on
moodle.org
- Unzip and
copy "board"
folder into
Moodle's "mod"
folder
- Visit admin
page to install
module
Further
installation instructions
can be found on the
"Installing
plugins"
Moodle documentation
page.
Global
configurations for
Board
The Board (mod_board) can be
installed using all the default settings
safely.
To access the global configuration
for the Board plugin, navigate to:
- Site administration > Plugins >
Activity Modules > Board
The global configurations for Board
are as follows:
- New column icon: Icon displayed on the
new
button for columns.
- New post icon: Icon displayed on the
new
button for posts.
- Media selection: Configure how the
media
selection for posts will be displayed
as.
- Post maximum length: The maximum
allowed
content length. Anything over this
length
will be trimmed.
- Board refresh timer : Timeout in
seconds
between automatic board refreshes. If
set
to 0 or empty then the board will only
refresh during board actions
(add/update/etc)
- Column colours: The colours used at
the
top of each column. These are hex
colors
and should be placed once per line as
3 or
6 characters. If any of these values
are
not equal to a colour then the
defaults
will be used.
- Allow youtube: If activated a button
to
add an embeded Youtube Video is
supported.
- Embed width: Width to use for the
iframe
when embedding the board within the
course. This should be a valid CSS
value,
e.g. px, rem, %, etc…
- Embed height: Height to use for the
iframe
when embedding the board within the
course. This should be a valid CSS
value,
e.g. px, rem, %, etc...
- Accepted filetypes for background images: Select the filetypes for background images to be supported.
- Accepted filetypes for content images: Select the filetypes for content to be supported.
- Enabled single user modes: Allow/Disallow usage of certain single user modes. Does not affect already created boards.
