On 12 July 2011 18:36, A.Mikroyannidis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Within the ROLE project (http://www.role-project.eu/), we've been using the
> Wookie connector to integrate ROLE widgets in Moodle and Elgg (see:
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/role-project/index.php?title=HowTo_integrate_ROLE_widgets_into_external_containers).
>
> We are now building widgets that recommend learning tools and content. A
> recommender widget should be able to identify the widgets that are present in
> the same page in order to make recommendations about additional ones. My
> question is: Is this possible through the Wookie connector in Moodle or Elgg?
> Can a widget retrieve information regarding which other widgets have been
> embedded in the same Moodle or Elgg page?
Currently the plugin framework does not provide this kind of feature.
However, it would certainly be a useful feature to add and we'd
(probably) be happy to accept such a contribution.
It's fairly easy to implement, assuming the host environment allows
this kind of interrogation). In psudeo code I'd suggest something
like...
function getContainerWidgets() {
askHostForListOfBlocksInParentContainer
forEachBlock
if blockIsAWookieWidget then add widgetGUID to listOfPageWidgets
endFor
return listOfPageWidgets
}
So the question is can Moodle and/or Elgg provide a list of blocks it
is hosting at the same container level as a given widget?
If it can then you are good to go. We'd be happy to help more on
figuring out how to do the Wookie side of things.
Ross
>
> Regards,
> Alex
>
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