My current understanding is that XBlockTab will just provide a "place" where you can put any XBlock or component, so that it would be displayed in tab.
Theoretically it would mean that any XBlock could be added there, and that XBlock would work exactly the same in tab or in unit. Practically - I don't know yet - there might be a need for an XBlock to implement some interface to be able to work in tab, and in that case only certain XBlocks will be available for tabs. But I would like to avoid that and have a truly generic solution. In two words: the suggested XBlockTab lives in edx-platform and only "hosts" XBlocks. Regards, Eugeny @Opencraft <http://opencraft.com> On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 4:30:00 PM UTC+3, Cristian Salamea wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Peter Pinch <pdp...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> How would this affect course import and export? >> >> I believe unrecognized blocks are ignored on import, but that may be >> harder to do with tabs, since they are specified in policy.json. >> > > In fact question could be extended to: in future any xblock can add a tab > ? > >> >> I'd also want to make sure that there is some meaningful logging and >> error messaging to the user when a course is imported and the proper >> XBlockTab hasn't been installed. >> >> On Jun 28, 2016, at 9:06 AM, eug...@opencraft.com <javascript:> wrote: >> >> Hello world! >> >> *Background*: OEP is a new (suggested) format for proposing changes to >> Open edX platform. More details: >> https://github.com/edx/open-edx-proposals/blob/master/oeps/oep-0001.rst >> >> *Idea: *Allow XBlocks to be displayed in a course tab (like Progress, >> Discussion, etc.) >> >> *Motivation: * >> >> - In order to completely pull out discussions from edx-platform. >> discussion XModule is (almost) converted to an XBlock >> <https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/pull/12582>. The next step would >> be to replace course discussion tab with discussion XBlock-based solution. >> - This might be useful for building instructor tools (example of a >> tool that could benefit from this >> >> <https://github.com/open-craft/problem-builder/blob/master/problem_builder/instructor_tool.py>). >> >> This is related to other thread on mailing list >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/edx-code/Zd2sKQaMhHI> - kind >> of alternative implementation. >> >> *Tentative implementation details: * >> >> *tl;dr*: XBlockTab (working name) will be similar to existing StaticTab >> (powers "Custom Page" feature) and use nested XBlocks concept to allow >> using any XBlock (component?) in a Tab. >> >> Overall, it would work like that: >> >> - "Pages" page in Studio will have "Add XBlock Page" button added; >> this button will cause XBlockTab to be added to a course >> - In studio XBlockTab will expose UI for adding XBlocks and (most >> likely) other components (problems, video, etc.), similar to one found in >> course Outline editor (Unit page). At a glance it looks like it could be >> exact same UI, but it is not 100% clear yet. >> - Components added to an XBlockTab will be persisted to the >> modulestore using the same mechanism to allow nested XBlocks. >> - In LMS, XBlockTab will render its children (nested) components >> sequentially - much like "Unit" (aka vertical module). >> >> >> I'm about writing an OEP this week, so feedback and ideas are very >> welcome. >> >> Regards, >> Eugeny >> @Opencraft <http://opencraft.com/> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "General Open edX discussion" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/edx-code/ad852782-b1e2-46ba-85bc-8d93db72048a%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/edx-code/ad852782-b1e2-46ba-85bc-8d93db72048a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "General Open edX discussion" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/edx-code/CFAAC85C-CE8E-4A56-819C-F1610A0C730A%40gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/edx-code/CFAAC85C-CE8E-4A56-819C-F1610A0C730A%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > > -- > > > [image: Cristian Salamea on about.me] > > Cristian Salamea > about.me/ovnicraft > <http://about.me/ovnicraft> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General Open edX discussion" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/edx-code/70e847c6-b42e-470f-8ea2-9ffba6d81e2f%40googlegroups.com.
