Moodle Google

• 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 [yaju_mahida@yahoo.com]

The University of Southern Queensland

This block is free software. you can redistribute it and/or modify it.

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