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• Type: Block
• Requires: Moodle 1.9 or later
• Status: Contributed
• Maintainer: Yajuvendrasinh V. Mahida
Basic Information
What is ?
Purpose: Moogle is Google Search Services as a block. It includes:
o Web o Imageo Video o Booko Blogo News o Map o Custom Website
Other Features
• The block can be customized.
• The block's source code have comments for each piece of code.
http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=1608
With or Without Logo
Ease of Use 1- Go to your course page.
2- Enable "turn editing on".
3- Add 'moodle google' from the "Add block" menu.
4- Start Using it.
5- Use inbuilt help; click the help logo (question mark).
Benefits for Students 1- Search engine located within the Moodle
course
2- Students often have prior knowledge of Google search
3- Ease of use.
An example of a search result.
Moogle provides two level configurations:-
With the Global Configuration administrator can control certain features like API Key and whom to
avail the block (Guest / Authenticated User). These are global settings.
While as a Instance Configuration it provides control over the result size, result layout, number
of results, local search center, default search string, search services.
To Install it:
1- Copy the "moodle_google" folder to your \
moodle\blocks directory
2- Cut/Copy all the files and folder from \moodle_google\lang folder into your Moodle's
lang directory - \moodle\lang... Overwrite it.
3- After administrator login Click "Notifications" on the home page of moodle
and block will be installed.
Find the Readme.txt file inside the zip file and install it. Then start using it. It is easy to use...using help system that is inbuilt...
The codes for the block have all the comments for each piece of code.
This makes easy for others who are new and want to make a new block.
Global Configuration(1)Provides the input for Google
Search Api Key.
(2) Provides the input for who can use this block. Authenticated User / Guest
(3) Hide the Moogle Logo in the block
ConMoogles are reoccurring figuresin Final Fantasy which hasno relation to Moogle inMoodle Google. There is a Moogle Village in SecondLife.
One issue mentioned on moodle.org
“The problem with the logo in Internet Explorer is now fixed.”
Developer
Yajuvendrasinh V. Mahida [[email protected]]
The University of Southern Queensland
This block is free software. you can redistribute it and/or modify it.
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