1 This files describes API changes in /course/*,
2 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
5 * New behat steps backported to stable versions:
6 - I add a :activityname to section :sectionnum using the activity chooser
7 - I add a :activitypluginname activity to course :coursefullname section :sectionnum
8 - I add a :activitypluginname activity to course :coursefullname section :sectionnum and I fill the form with:
9 * set_coursemodule_visible() has a new $rebuildcache parameter. If this is being called multiple times in the same request,
10 consider passing `false` for this parameter and rebuilding the cache once after all the course modules have been updated.
11 See course_update_section() for an example.
14 * The `core_course_renderer::course_section_cm_completion` method has been removed, and can no longer be used
15 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents() now returns a new field activitybadge with the data to display
16 the activity badge when the module implements it.
17 * prepare_new_moduleinfo_data() now accepts a parameter "suffix" that will be added to the name of the completion rules.
18 * The method core_course_bulk_activity_completion_renderer:: edit_default_completion() has been deprecated and will be removed.
19 * The `core_course\output\activity_information` output class has been deprecated. Use `core_course\output\activity_completion`
20 and `core_course\output\activity_dates` instead.
21 Alongside with that, the following methods have been deprecated too:
22 - `core_course_renderer::render_activity_information()`
23 - `renderer_base::activity_information()`
26 * course/mod.php now accepts parameter beforemod for adding course modules. It contains the course module id
27 of an existing course module. The new module is inserted before this module.
28 * The function duplicate_module() now has two new optional parameters:
29 - $sectionid to specify section the duplicated course module is placed in
30 - $changename to disable changing the name of the course module using the 'duplicatedmodule' lang string
31 * The method `make_categories_options`, deprecated since 3.10, has been removed
32 * External function core_course_external::get_courses_by_field and core_course_external::search_courses now return a field
33 called "courseimage" containing a URL pointing to the course image.
34 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents() does not throw exceptions for invalid course formats anymore.
37 * The function course_modchooser() has been finally deprecated and can not be used anymore. Please use
38 course_activitychooser() instead.
39 * A critical accessibility issue is been found (MDL-74800) at the output class
40 core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\cmname. To solve the problem this output element is not
41 rendered anymore using inplace_editable but using a regular named_templatable interface.
42 Some format plugins that override the deprecated renderer method course_section_cm_name can be affected.
43 Check the current course_section_cm_name code to see how to render it properly.
46 * All activity icons have been replaced with black monochrome icons. The background
47 colour for these icons is defined using a new 'FEATURE_MOD_PURPOSE' support variable in the module lib.php file
48 Available purpose types are:
49 - MOD_PURPOSE_COMMUNICATION
50 - MOD_PURPOSE_ASSESSMENT
51 - MOD_PURPOSE_COLLABORATION
53 - MOD_PURPOSE_ADMINISTRATION
54 - MOD_PURPOSE_INTERFACE
56 The colours for these types are defined in theme/boost/scss/moodle/variables.scss
57 * The format_base is now deprecated. Use core_courseformat\base instead.
58 * The new course output components deprecate many renderer methods from course
59 renderer and course format renderer:
60 - core_courseformat\output\local\content: to render the general course structure
61 - core_courseformat\output\local\content\section: to render a section
62 - core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm: to render an activity card inside a section
63 - core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\*: to render parts of the course structure
64 - core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\*: to render parts of the course section
65 * The previous format renderer page_title method has been moved to course_format::page_title
66 * New format renderer methods to interact with the new output components:
67 - render: override the default templatable mustache location for the new course components.
68 - course_section_updated_cm_item: used when the course editor needs to update a cm item HTML.
69 - render_content: contrib formats should override this method to change the default template.
70 * The following methods are adapted to use outputs but with a deprecation warning and should not be used anymore:
71 - print_single_section_page (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content)
72 - print_multiple_section_page (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content)
73 - course_activity_clipboard (integrated in replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content)
74 - format_summary_text (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\summay)
75 - change_number_sections (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\addsection)
76 - course_section_cm_list_item (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\cmitem)
77 - course_section_cm (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm)
78 - course_section_cm_list (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\cmlist)
79 - section_edit_control_menu (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\controlmenu)
80 - section_right_content (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\section)
81 - section_left_content (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\section)
82 - section_header (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\header)
83 - section_footer (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\section)
84 - section_edit_control_items (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\controlmenu)
85 - section_summary (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\summary)
86 - section_activity_summary (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\cmsummary)
87 - section_availability_message (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\availability)
88 - section_availability (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\availability)
89 - get_nav_links (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\sectionnavigation)
90 - stealth_section_header (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\header)
91 - stealth_section_footer (integrated in by core_courseformat\output\local\content\section)
92 - section_nav_selection (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\sectionselector)
93 - course_section_cm_edit_actions (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\controlmenu)
94 - is_cm_conditionally_hidden (incorporated in core_availability\info_module::is_available_for_all)
95 - course_section_cm_name (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\cmname)
96 - course_section_cm_classes (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm)
97 - course_section_cm_name_title (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\cm\title)
98 - course_section_cm_text (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm)
99 - course_section_cm_availability (replaced by core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\availability))
100 - start_section_list (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content)
101 - end_section_list (integrated in core_courseformat\output\local\content)
102 * The following abstract methods are deleted:
103 - page_title (moved to core_courseformat\output\local\content)
104 * Course formats should have a renderer (until now it was only highly recommended but not mandatory). For backwards
105 compatibility (to not break third-party plugins without it), legacy_format_renderer has been created and will be used when
106 course formats don't have their own renderer.
107 * New external core_courseformat\external\get_state returns current state information for a given course.
108 * New external core_courseformat\external\update_course runs given action to edit course and gets the affectated state objects.
109 * New external core_course\external\get_state returns current state information for a given course.
110 * New external function core_course_update_course runs given action to edit course status.
111 * The `\core\event\course_category_deleted` event is now created with a snapshot of the category record being deleted,
112 available inside event observers via `$event->get_record_snapshot`
113 * New include_course_editor() function to include and configure course editor modules.
114 * New core_course_drawer() function to render the message drawer in the top of the body of each page.
115 * New course_get_enrolled_courses_for_logged_in_user_from_search which hooks in with external\get_enrolled_courses_by_timeline_classification
116 given COURSE_TIMELINE_SEARCH is set then get_enrolled_courses_by_timeline_classification will deviate to use a string search of enrolled courses.
117 * Class core_course\output\course_module_name is deprecated. Now core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\cmname controls inline edit.
118 * Calendar menu entry is now moved to User menu items, so the following methods will not return the calendar item anymore:
119 - course_get_user_navigation_options
120 - core_course_externalcore_course_external::get_user_navigation_options
121 * New external \core_course\external\get_enrolled_courses_with_action_events_by_timeline_classification:
122 - Returns courses the user is enrolled in which contain at least one action event in the supplied time/text filtering parameters.
123 - Provides a similar response to get_enrolled_courses_by_timeline_classification, but omits courses which have no matching
125 * The following functions have been deprecated in favour the tertiary navigation constructs:
128 - print_course_request_buttons
129 * New page_setup() method in the core_course_category class. This method can be used for a general page setup in the course
131 * New core_course_category::get_nearest_editable_subcategory():
132 - Return the core_course_category object for the first subcategory that the current user has the permission on it.
133 * The method navigation() in the core_course_bulk_activity_completion_renderer class has been deprecated as the tabs navigation
134 structure in the course competency pages has been replaced with tertiary navigation. To render the navigation, please
135 render_course_completion_action_bar() instead.
136 * The following functions have been deprecated in favour partial course cache rebuild:
137 - course_purge_section_cache (replaced by course_modinfo::purge_course_section_cache_by_id() and course_modinfo::purge_course_section_cache_by_number())
138 - course_purge_module_cache (replaced by course_modinfo::purge_course_module_cache())
139 - get_array_of_activities (replaced by course_modinfo::get_array_of_activities() for better performance)
140 * New course_modinfo::purge_course_cache function was created to purge the cache of a given course.
143 * A new callback xxx_coursemodule_definition_after_data that allows plugins to extend activity forms after the data is set.
144 * \core_course_renderer::course_section_cm_completion() has been deprecated. It is not being used anymore and is being replaced by
145 \core_renderer::activity_information().
146 * New Behat steps for checking activity date information in the \behat_course class:
147 - activity_date_in_activity_should_contain_text()
148 - Given the activity date in "<ActivityName>" should contain "<Text>"
149 - activity_dates_information_in_activity_should_exist()
150 - Given the activity date information in "<ActivityName>" should exist
151 - activity_dates_information_in_activity_should_not_exist()
152 - Given the activity date information in "<ActivityName>" should not exist
153 * 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.
157 * The function make_categories_options() has now been deprecated. Please use \core_course_category::make_categories_list() instead.
158 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns a new field contextid with the module context id.
159 * The core_course_external class methods get_courses(), get_courses_by_field() and search_courses() now return a "valueraw" property
160 for each custom course field, which contains the original/unformatted version of the custom field value.
164 * The function get_module_metadata is now deprecated. Please use \core_course\local\service\content_item_service instead.
165 * Activity module names are now PARAM_ALPHANUM instead of PARAM_ALPHA so integers can be used in activity module names
166 * The following functions have been added to core_course_renderer class to have more granularity. They can be overriden in
169 - course_enrolment_icons
172 - course_overview_files
173 - course_category_name
174 - course_custom_fields
178 * The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used any more:
179 - core_course_external::get_activities_overview
180 * External function core_course_external::get_enrolled_courses_by_timeline_classification now also supports the classification
181 'allincludinghidden' which delivers all courses including hidden courses. The classification 'all' still returns all courses
182 without hidden courses.
186 * The course pattern function in course_summary_exporter::get_course_pattern has been moved to $OUTPUT->get_generated_image_for_id.
187 * The course color function in course_summary_exporter::coursecolor has been moved to $OUTPUT->get_generated_color_for_id.
188 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents new returns the following additional completiondata field:
189 - valueused (indicates whether the completion state affects the availability of other content)
190 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns a new contentsinfo field with summary files information.
191 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns an additional field "tags" returning the content tags.
195 * External function core_course_external::get_course_public_information now returns the roles and the primary role of course
197 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following additional file fields:
198 - onclick (onclick javascript action code)
199 - afterlink (after link info to be displayed)
200 - customdata (module custom data (JSON encoded))
201 - completion (to indicate if completion is enabled or not)
202 - completiondata (completion status for the current user in the module)
203 * External function core_group_external::get_course_user_groups now can return all user courses group information.
207 * There is a new capability 'moodle/course:setforcedlanguage' to control which users can force the course
208 language; create_course and update_course functions delegate access control to the caller code; if you
209 are calling those functions you may be interested in checking if the logged in user has 'moodle/course:setforcedlanguage' capability.
213 * External function core_course_external::get_courses_by_field now returns the course filters list and status.
214 * External function core_course_external::get_courses_by_field now returns the end date of the course.
215 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following additional file fields:
216 - mimetype (the file mime type)
217 - isexternalfile (if is a file reference to a external repository)
218 - repositorytype (the repository name in case is a external file)
219 Those fields are VALUE_OPTIONAL for backwards compatibility.
220 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following fields for section and modules:
221 - uservisible (whether the section or module is visible by the user)
222 - availabilityinfo (availability information if the course or module has any access restriction set
226 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns the section's number in the course (new section field).
227 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns if a section is hidden in the course format.
228 * External functions that were returning file information now return the following file fields:
229 filename, filepath, mimetype, filesize, timemodified and fileurl.
230 Those fields are now marked as VALUE_OPTIONAL for backwards compatibility.
231 * The modchooser now uses a renderable and a template, thus its associated renderer
232 methods have been deprecated. Note that the call to core_course_render::course_modchooser,
233 is still required. Deprecated methods:
234 - core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_module_types
235 - core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_module
236 - core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_title
237 * You can now specify a course end date when calling core_course_external::create_courses and core_course_external::update_courses
238 external functions. core_course_external::get_courses external function is now returning courses end date values.