1 This files describes API changes in /course/*,
2 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
5 * All activity icons have been replaced with black monochrome icons. The background
6 colour for these icons is defined using a new 'FEATURE_MOD_PURPOSE' support variable in the module lib.php file
7 Available purpose types are:
8 - MOD_PURPOSE_COMMUNICATION
9 - MOD_PURPOSE_ASSESSMENT
10 - MOD_PURPOSE_COLLABORATION
12 - MOD_PURPOSE_ADMINISTRATION
13 - MOD_PURPOSE_INTERFACE
15 The colours for these types are defined in theme/boost/scss/moodle/variables.scss
16 * The format_base is now deprecated. Use core_courseformat\base instead.
17 * The new course output components deprecate many renderer methods from course
18 renderer and course format renderer:
19 - core_courseformat\output\local\content: to render the general course structure
20 - core_courseformat\output\local\content\section: to render a section
21 - core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm: to render an activity card inside a section
22 - core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\*: to render parts of the course structure
23 - core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\*: to render parts of the course section
24 * The previous format renderer page_title method has been moved to course_format::page_title
25 * New format renderer methods to interact with the new output components:
26 - render: override the default templatable mustache location for the new course components.
27 - course_section_updated_cm_item: used when the course editor needs to update a cm item HTML.
28 - render_content: contrib formats should override this method to change the default template.
29 * The following methods are adapted to use outputs but with a deprecation warning and should not be used anymore:
30 - print_single_section_page (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content)
31 - print_multiple_section_page (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content)
32 - course_activity_clipboard (integrated in replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content)
33 - format_summary_text (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\summay)
34 - change_number_sections (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\addsection)
35 - course_section_cm_list_item (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\cmitem)
36 - course_section_cm (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm)
37 - course_section_cm_list (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\cmlist)
38 - section_edit_control_menu (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\controlmenu)
39 - section_right_content (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\section)
40 - section_left_content (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\section)
41 - section_header (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\header)
42 - section_footer (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\section)
43 - section_edit_control_items (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\controlmenu)
44 - section_summary (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\summary)
45 - section_activity_summary (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\cmsummary)
46 - section_availability_message (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\availability)
47 - section_availability (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\availability)
48 - get_nav_links (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\sectionnavigation)
49 - stealth_section_header (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\header)
50 - stealth_section_footer (integrated in by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section)
51 - section_nav_selection (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\sectionselector)
52 - course_section_cm_edit_actions (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\controlmenu)
53 - is_cm_conditionally_hidden (incorporated in core_availability\info_module::is_available_for_all)
54 - course_section_cm_name (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\cmname)
55 - course_section_cm_classes (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm)
56 - course_section_cm_name_title (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\cm\title)
57 - course_section_cm_text (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm)
58 - course_section_cm_availability (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\availability))
59 * The following abstract methods are deleted:
60 - start_section_list (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content)
61 - end_section_list (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content)
62 - page_title (moved to core_courseformat\output\local\content)
63 * Course formats should have a renderer (until now it was only highly recommended but not mandatory). For backwards
64 compatibility (to not break third-party plugins without it), legacy_format_renderer has been created and will be used when
65 course formats don't have their own renderer.
66 * New external core_courseformat\external\get_state returns current state information for a given course.
67 * New external core_courseformat\external\update_course runs given action to edit course and gets the affectated state objects.
68 * New external core_course\external\get_state returns current state information for a given course.
69 * New external function core_course_update_course runs given action to edit course status.
70 * The `\core\event\course_category_deleted` event is now created with a snapshot of the category record being deleted,
71 available inside event observers via `$event->get_record_snapshot`
72 * New include_course_editor() function to include and configure course editor modules.
73 * New core_course_drawer() function to render the message drawer in the top of the body of each page.
74 * New course_get_enrolled_courses_for_logged_in_user_from_search which hooks in with external\get_enrolled_courses_by_timeline_classification
75 given COURSE_TIMELINE_SEARCH is set then get_enrolled_courses_by_timeline_classification will deviate to use a string search of enrolled courses.
76 * Class core_course\output\course_module_name is deprecated. Now core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\cmname controls inline edit.
77 * Calendar menu entry is now moved to User menu items, so the following methods will not return the calendar item anymore:
78 - course_get_user_navigation_options
79 - core_course_externalcore_course_external::get_user_navigation_options
80 * New external \core_course\external\get_enrolled_courses_with_action_events_by_timeline_classification:
81 - Returns courses the user is enrolled in which contain at least one action event in the supplied time/text filtering parameters.
82 - Provides a similar response to get_enrolled_courses_by_timeline_classification, but omits courses which have no matching
84 * The following functions have been deprecated in favour the tertiary navigation constructs:
87 - print_course_request_buttons
88 * New page_setup() method in the core_course_category class. This method can be used for a general page setup in the course
90 * New core_course_category::get_nearest_editable_subcategory():
91 - Return the core_course_category object for the first subcategory that the current user has the permission on it.
92 * The method navigation() in the core_course_bulk_activity_completion_renderer class has been deprecated as the tabs navigation
93 structure in the course competency pages has been replaced with tertiary navigation. To render the navigation, please
94 render_course_completion_action_bar() instead.
95 * The following functions have been deprecated in favour partial course cache rebuild:
96 - course_purge_section_cache (replaced by course_modinfo::purge_course_section_cache_by_id() and course_modinfo::purge_course_section_cache_by_number())
97 - course_purge_module_cache (replaced by course_modinfo::purge_course_module_cache())
98 - get_array_of_activities (replaced by course_modinfo::get_array_of_activities() for better performance)
99 * New course_modinfo::purge_course_cache function was created to purge the cache of a given course.
102 * A new callback xxx_coursemodule_definition_after_data that allows plugins to extend activity forms after the data is set.
103 * \core_course_renderer::course_section_cm_completion() has been deprecated. It is not being used anymore and is being replaced by
104 \core_renderer::activity_information().
105 * New Behat steps for checking activity date information in the \behat_course class:
106 - activity_date_in_activity_should_contain_text()
107 - Given the activity date in "<ActivityName>" should contain "<Text>"
108 - activity_dates_information_in_activity_should_exist()
109 - Given the activity date information in "<ActivityName>" should exist
110 - activity_dates_information_in_activity_should_not_exist()
111 - Given the activity date information in "<ActivityName>" should not exist
112 * A user preference usemodchooser has been removed and the activities/resources (non-ajax) activity chooser has been deprecated and will be removed in the future.
116 * The function make_categories_options() has now been deprecated. Please use \core_course_category::make_categories_list() instead.
117 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns a new field contextid with the module context id.
118 * The core_course_external class methods get_courses(), get_courses_by_field() and search_courses() now return a "valueraw" property
119 for each custom course field, which contains the original/unformatted version of the custom field value.
123 * The function get_module_metadata is now deprecated. Please use \core_course\local\service\content_item_service instead.
124 * Activity module names are now PARAM_ALPHANUM instead of PARAM_ALPHA so integers can be used in activity module names
125 * The following functions have been added to core_course_renderer class to have more granularity. They can be overriden in
128 - course_enrolment_icons
131 - course_overview_files
132 - course_category_name
133 - course_custom_fields
137 * The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used any more:
138 - core_course_external::get_activities_overview
139 * External function core_course_external::get_enrolled_courses_by_timeline_classification now also supports the classification
140 'allincludinghidden' which delivers all courses including hidden courses. The classification 'all' still returns all courses
141 without hidden courses.
145 * The course pattern function in course_summary_exporter::get_course_pattern has been moved to $OUTPUT->get_generated_image_for_id.
146 * The course color function in course_summary_exporter::coursecolor has been moved to $OUTPUT->get_generated_color_for_id.
147 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents new returns the following additional completiondata field:
148 - valueused (indicates whether the completion state affects the availability of other content)
149 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns a new contentsinfo field with summary files information.
150 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns an additional field "tags" returning the content tags.
154 * External function core_course_external::get_course_public_information now returns the roles and the primary role of course
156 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following additional file fields:
157 - onclick (onclick javascript action code)
158 - afterlink (after link info to be displayed)
159 - customdata (module custom data (JSON encoded))
160 - completion (to indicate if completion is enabled or not)
161 - completiondata (completion status for the current user in the module)
162 * External function core_group_external::get_course_user_groups now can return all user courses group information.
166 * There is a new capability 'moodle/course:setforcedlanguage' to control which users can force the course
167 language; create_course and update_course functions delegate access control to the caller code; if you
168 are calling those functions you may be interested in checking if the logged in user has 'moodle/course:setforcedlanguage' capability.
172 * External function core_course_external::get_courses_by_field now returns the course filters list and status.
173 * External function core_course_external::get_courses_by_field now returns the end date of the course.
174 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following additional file fields:
175 - mimetype (the file mime type)
176 - isexternalfile (if is a file reference to a external repository)
177 - repositorytype (the repository name in case is a external file)
178 Those fields are VALUE_OPTIONAL for backwards compatibility.
179 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following fields for section and modules:
180 - uservisible (whether the section or module is visible by the user)
181 - availabilityinfo (availability information if the course or module has any access restriction set
185 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns the section's number in the course (new section field).
186 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns if a section is hidden in the course format.
187 * External functions that were returning file information now return the following file fields:
188 filename, filepath, mimetype, filesize, timemodified and fileurl.
189 Those fields are now marked as VALUE_OPTIONAL for backwards compatibility.
190 * The modchooser now uses a renderable and a template, thus its associated renderer
191 methods have been deprecated. Note that the call to core_course_render::course_modchooser,
192 is still required. Deprecated methods:
193 - core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_module_types
194 - core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_module
195 - core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_title
196 * You can now specify a course end date when calling core_course_external::create_courses and core_course_external::update_courses
197 external functions. core_course_external::get_courses external function is now returning courses end date values.