1 This files describes API changes in /course/*,
2 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
6 * The function make_categories_options() has now been deprecated. Please use \core_course_category::make_categories_list() instead.
7 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns a new field contextid with the module context id.
8 * The core_course_external class methods get_courses(), get_courses_by_field() and search_courses() now return a "valueraw" property
9 for each custom course field, which contains the original/unformatted version of the custom field value.
10 * The `\core\event\course_category_deleted` event is now created with a snapshot of the category record being deleted,
11 available inside event observers via `$event->get_record_snapshot`
15 * The function get_module_metadata is now deprecated. Please use \core_course\local\service\content_item_service instead.
16 * Activity module names are now PARAM_ALPHANUM instead of PARAM_ALPHA so integers can be used in activity module names
17 * The following functions have been added to core_course_renderer class to have more granularity. They can be overriden in
20 - course_enrolment_icons
23 - course_overview_files
24 - course_category_name
25 - course_custom_fields
29 * The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used any more:
30 - core_course_external::get_activities_overview
31 * External function core_course_external::get_enrolled_courses_by_timeline_classification now also supports the classification
32 'allincludinghidden' which delivers all courses including hidden courses. The classification 'all' still returns all courses
33 without hidden courses.
37 * The course pattern function in course_summary_exporter::get_course_pattern has been moved to $OUTPUT->get_generated_image_for_id.
38 * The course color function in course_summary_exporter::coursecolor has been moved to $OUTPUT->get_generated_color_for_id.
39 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents new returns the following additional completiondata field:
40 - valueused (indicates whether the completion state affects the availability of other content)
41 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns a new contentsinfo field with summary files information.
42 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns an additional field "tags" returning the content tags.
46 * External function core_course_external::get_course_public_information now returns the roles and the primary role of course
48 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following additional file fields:
49 - onclick (onclick javascript action code)
50 - afterlink (after link info to be displayed)
51 - customdata (module custom data (JSON encoded))
52 - completion (to indicate if completion is enabled or not)
53 - completiondata (completion status for the current user in the module)
54 * External function core_group_external::get_course_user_groups now can return all user courses group information.
58 * There is a new capability 'moodle/course:setforcedlanguage' to control which users can force the course
59 language; create_course and update_course functions delegate access control to the caller code; if you
60 are calling those functions you may be interested in checking if the logged in user has 'moodle/course:setforcedlanguage' capability.
64 * External function core_course_external::get_courses_by_field now returns the course filters list and status.
65 * External function core_course_external::get_courses_by_field now returns the end date of the course.
66 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following additional file fields:
67 - mimetype (the file mime type)
68 - isexternalfile (if is a file reference to a external repository)
69 - repositorytype (the repository name in case is a external file)
70 Those fields are VALUE_OPTIONAL for backwards compatibility.
71 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following fields for section and modules:
72 - uservisible (whether the section or module is visible by the user)
73 - availabilityinfo (availability information if the course or module has any access restriction set
77 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns the section's number in the course (new section field).
78 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns if a section is hidden in the course format.
79 * External functions that were returning file information now return the following file fields:
80 filename, filepath, mimetype, filesize, timemodified and fileurl.
81 Those fields are now marked as VALUE_OPTIONAL for backwards compatibility.
82 * The modchooser now uses a renderable and a template, thus its associated renderer
83 methods have been deprecated. Note that the call to core_course_render::course_modchooser,
84 is still required. Deprecated methods:
85 - core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_module_types
86 - core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_module
87 - core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_title
88 * You can now specify a course end date when calling core_course_external::create_courses and core_course_external::update_courses
89 external functions. core_course_external::get_courses external function is now returning courses end date values.