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This files describes API changes in /course/*,
information provided here is intended especially for developers.
=== 3.8 ===
* The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used any more:
- core_course_external::get_activities_overview
* External function core_course_external::get_enrolled_courses_by_timeline_classification now also supports the classification
'allincludinghidden' which delivers all courses including hidden courses. The classification 'all' still returns all courses
without hidden courses.
=== 3.7 ===
* The course pattern function in course_summary_exporter::get_course_pattern has been moved to $OUTPUT->get_generated_image_for_id.
* The course color function in course_summary_exporter::coursecolor has been moved to $OUTPUT->get_generated_color_for_id.
* External function core_course_external::get_course_contents new returns the following additional completiondata field:
- valueused (indicates whether the completion state affects the availability of other content)
* External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns a new contentsinfo field with summary files information.
* External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns an additional field "tags" returning the content tags.
=== 3.6 ===
* External function core_course_external::get_course_public_information now returns the roles and the primary role of course
contacts.
* External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following additional file fields:
- onclick (onclick javascript action code)
- afterlink (after link info to be displayed)
- customdata (module custom data (JSON encoded))
- completion (to indicate if completion is enabled or not)
- completiondata (completion status for the current user in the module)
* External function core_group_external::get_course_user_groups now can return all user courses group information.
=== 3.5 ===
* There is a new capability 'moodle/course:setforcedlanguage' to control which users can force the course
language; create_course and update_course functions delegate access control to the caller code; if you
are calling those functions you may be interested in checking if the logged in user has 'moodle/course:setforcedlanguage' capability.
=== 3.3 ===
* External function core_course_external::get_courses_by_field now returns the course filters list and status.
* External function core_course_external::get_courses_by_field now returns the end date of the course.
* External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following additional file fields:
- mimetype (the file mime type)
- isexternalfile (if is a file reference to a external repository)
- repositorytype (the repository name in case is a external file)
Those fields are VALUE_OPTIONAL for backwards compatibility.
* External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now return the following fields for section and modules:
- uservisible (whether the section or module is visible by the user)
- availabilityinfo (availability information if the course or module has any access restriction set
=== 3.2 ===
* External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns the section's number in the course (new section field).
* External function core_course_external::get_course_contents now returns if a section is hidden in the course format.
* External functions that were returning file information now return the following file fields:
filename, filepath, mimetype, filesize, timemodified and fileurl.
Those fields are now marked as VALUE_OPTIONAL for backwards compatibility.
* The modchooser now uses a renderable and a template, thus its associated renderer
methods have been deprecated. Note that the call to core_course_render::course_modchooser,
is still required. Deprecated methods:
- core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_module_types
- core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_module
- core_course_renderer::course_modchooser_title
* You can now specify a course end date when calling core_course_external::create_courses and core_course_external::update_courses
external functions. core_course_external::get_courses external function is now returning courses end date values.