Moodle Mobile offline features

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Moodle Mobile offline features

Juan Leyva & Daniel Palou

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Topics covered1.How the app stores data for offline usage.2.Resources offline support.3.Activities offline support.4.Course features offline support.5.Site features offline support.6.Future plans.

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Data storage for offline●When you visit a page/section in the app,

the data retrieved from the server is stored for offline usage.

●This data is updated if you visit the same page 5 or more minutes later.

●You can update most pages doing a “Pull down to refresh”.




Data storage for offline●When browsing a course, you can download

all the resources in a section for offline usage via the “cloud” icon at the right.

●This will download all the resources in the course (file, page, folder, book, IMS CP, SCORM).

●Only the sections with downloadable resources show the “cloud” icon.

●It can be disabled by the user at app level.




Data storage for offline●Inside a particular section you may also

download specific resources.●If the file size is big, you will be noticed prior

to the download.




Data storage for offline●Images and other media embedded are also downloaded for

offline usage.●For example:○Images in labels or activities description.○Images in the participants list.○Your own profile image.




Data storage for offlineSome important questions...Why doesn’t the app pre-fetch more data?Because the user may have a monthly data plan and also because the storage space may be limited.




Data storage for offlineSome important questions…What happens with logging when the app is offline?The actions the user does when offline are not logged, supporting this would require changes in the Moodle logging system.




Resources offline supportThe following resources are available offline if the user previously downloaded them (or downloaded the complete section where they are):●Book●File●Folder●IMS CP●Label●Page




Activities offline supportForum:

The user can browse the first ten discussions in the forum if he had previously visited the activity.

When the user accesses a forum, we pre-fetch the first ten discussions.




Activities offline supportSCORM:

The user can continue or start new attempts, the tracking data is synchronized when the user is back online.




Activities offline supportOffline browsing of these activities is only available if the user previously opened them:

●Glossary●Assignment●Chat (only entry page)●Choice●Survey




Activities offline supportOthers:

Some resources or activities won’t work offline because they require to access information that is outside Moodle:

●URL●External tool (lti)




Course features offline support

Offline browsing of these features is only available if the user previously visited them:

●Participants●Grades●Completion●Notes




Course features offline support

Not supported offline right now:

●Course self-enrolment●Course guest-access●Add notes to participants




Site features offline supportOffline browsing of these features is only available if the user previously visited them:

●Messaging●Notifications●Calendar●Private files




Site features offline supportNot supported offline right now:

●Course search●Contact search●Logging●Upload files●Send messages to users●Add/Remove/Block contacts




Future plansMost important, in the short-term, is to allow the user to interact with the app when he is offline and then synchronize the data, for example:

●Add new discussions in the forum.●Reply to forum posts.●Send private messages.●Write user notes.●Submit assignments.




Future plansAdd additional options or changes in the UI to notify the user that there are data/actions pending to be synchronized.

The user will have a list of data pending to be synchronized.

The user will be able to force a full synchronization.


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