logan-reynolds / moodle-block_stash

Engage your students! Gamify your courses by hiding objects for your students to find.

Block Stash

Engage your students! Gamify your courses by hiding objects for your students to find.

Features

• Create any object you like
• Hide objects throughout your course in any possible location
• Set objects to automatically re-appear after a delay to boost engagement
• Unlock access to activities based on the objects found (requires plugin availability_stash)

Requirements

Moodle 2.9 or greater.

Installation

Simply install the plugin and add the block to a course page.

Please read the Recommended plugins section.

Getting started

1. Create a new item
2. Create a new location for that item
3. Copy the code snippet for that location
4. Directly paste the code in the HTML view of your editor

When viewing the content the object will now appear. Note that teachers cannot pick up the objects, for them they will always re-appear.

Recommended plugins

Stash filter

This filter plugin makes it easier and more reliable to add the items to your course content. We very highly recommend you to use it.

Stash availability

This availability plugin allows to restrict the access to activity modules and resources based on the objects collected by a student.

License

Licensed under the GNU GPL License.