1. Moodle Trigger Plugin Presented by Matt Porritt // @MatthewPorritt 1 1
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Moodle Trigger Plugin
Presented by Matt Porritt // @MatthewPorritt 1 1

2. Moodle Ecosystem
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3. Moodle Ecosystem Student Portals Business Intelligence Reporting
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Student Portals
Business
Intelligence
Reporting
Student
Management
Systems 3 3

4. Moodle Webservices External System
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Moodle Webservices
Allows external systems to initiate interaction
Moodle 3.5 has ~512
Communicate via HTTP
Webservice examples:
Create students
Enrol students
Retrieve grades
External System
Webservices 4 4

5. Moodle Initiated Interaction
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Moodle Initiated Interaction
Moodle Reaching out to an External System
Limited Options in Moodle Core
Initiate based on Event or Action
Student Receives a Grade
Student Earns a Badge
External System
??? 5 5

6. Moodle Event API https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Event_2
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Moodle Event API
Take Action Based on Event
Moodle 3.5 has ~500
Internal Only With Some Specific External Exposure 6 6

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Bespoke Development 7 7

8. Bespoke Development - Patterns
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Bespoke Development - Patterns 8 8

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Event Trigger Plugin
“Flexible Framework to Allow Moodle Events to Trigger Workflows and Communicate with External Systems” 9 9

10. Plugin - Overview Moodle Event External System Define Workflows
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Plugin - Overview
Moodle Event
Define Workflows
Workflows are Made of Steps
Step Types
Filters
Lookups
Actions
Step
Step
External System 10 10

11. Plugin - Example Email Student on Course Completion
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Plugin - Example
Student on Course Completion
Only for Specific Course
Include Student Information
Include Course Information
Also Send Completion Information to Student Management System 11 11

12. Workflow - Management
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13. Workflow – Add / Edit
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14. Workflow – Add Step Modal
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15. Workflow – Course Filter Step
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16. Workflow – User Lookup Step
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17. Workflow – Course Lookup Step
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18. Workflow – Email Action Step
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19. Workflow – HTTP Post Action Step
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20. Workflow – Add / Edit
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21. Workflow - Management
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22. Workflow – Course Completion
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23. Workflow – Completed Students
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24. Workflow - Management
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25. Workflow – Completion Email
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26. Workflow – SMS Completion
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27. Plugin – Example Recap Email Student on Course Completion
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Plugin – Example Recap
Student on Course Completion
Only for Specific Course
Include Student Information
Include Course Information
Also Send Completion Information to Student Management System 27 27

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Looking Inwards
Moodle Event
Step
Step
Webservice 28 28

29. Workflow – Webservice Step
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30. Workflow – Webservice Actions
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Pushing to Pulling 31 31

32. Plugin Use Cases Student Enrolment & Course Progression
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Plugin Use Cases
Student Enrolment & Course Progression
Student Engagement
Student Portals & Dashboards
BI & Reporting
Student Management System Integration 32 32

33. Lessons Learnt Easier Use Available Fields in Steps
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Lessons Learnt
Easier Use
Available Fields in Steps
Workflow Import & Export
Sample Workflows
Better Documentation
Time
Videos 33 33

34. Where to Next? Synchronous Mode History Review Report
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Synchronous Mode
History Review Report
Faster Workflow Processing
More Output Formats
Lots More… 34 34

35. GitHub Project & Issues
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36. Summary Communicate with External Systems Automate Actions
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Communicate with External Systems
Automate Actions
Rapid Iteration 36 36

37. The Links Event Trigger Plugin https://moodle.org/plugins/tool_trigger
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The Links
Event Trigger Plugin
Git Code
Project Roadmap
Documentation
Submit an Idea or Issue
Matt Porritt (Me) 37 37

38. 1/12/2019 ?
Questions 38 38