added new config setting, added language strings, changed lib.php to …

README.md

@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ To help developers debug problems, please include the following in all issues:
 - Database software and versions.
 - Any other environmental information available.
 
-Developers will triage issues and deal with more serious problems first. We will try to address all issues but cannot guarantee when your issue will be addressed.
+Developers will triage issues and deal with more serious problems first. We will try to address all issues but cannot guarantee when your issue will be addressed.
+
+## What is different in this branch (Madhu Avasarala)
+- This branch is customized to add a config setting to include hidden courses. If selected, hidden courses will also be searched for ungraded items.
+- The db/tasks.php file has been edited to set the update time for 30m every hour and reset every day at 03:15

db/tasks.php

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 // along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 /**
+ * Every day 1t 03:15 server time, a reset is done
+ * Every hour of every day at 30m intervals, the cache is updated with grade activities due
  * @package    block_grade_me
  * @copyright  2017 Derek Henderson {@link http://www.remote-learner.net}
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@
     array(
         'classname' => 'block_grade_me\task\cache_grade_data',
         'blocking' => 0,
-        'minute' => '*/15',
+        'minute' => '*/30',
         'hour' => '*',
         'day' => '*',
         'dayofweek' => '*',
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@
         'classname' => 'block_grade_me\task\reset_block',
         'blocking' => 0,
         'minute' => '15',
-        'hour' => '1',
+        'hour' => '3',
         'day' => '*',
         'dayofweek' => '*',
         'month' => '*'

lang/en/block_grade_me.php

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 $string['settings_configmaxcourses'] = 'Set the maximum number of ungraded courses to show. Setting this too high may impact performance.';
 $string['settings_adminviewall'] = 'Admins View All';
 $string['settings_configadminviewall'] = 'Enable to give administrators the rights to see all ungraded work — not just for courses where they have a grader role.';
+$string['settings_hiddencourses'] = 'Hidden courses also to be searched for ungraded work';
+$string['settings_confighiddencourses'] = 'Include hidden courses also to be searched for ungraded work';
 $string['settings_enablepre'] = 'Show';
 $string['settings_configenablepre'] = 'Should Grade Me show unrated activity from the "{$a->plugin_name}" module?';
 

lib.php

@@ -248,18 +248,26 @@ function block_grade_me_cache_grade_data() {
                        or b.pagetypepattern = ?)";
     $systemblock = $DB->get_record_sql($sqlsystem, $paramsystem);
     $systemcount = $systemblock->bcount;
-    // Get the list of all active courses in the database.
+    // Get the list of all courses in the database depending on config vivible setting
+    if ($CFG->block_grade_me_includehiddencourses)
+    {
+        $show = '0';
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        $show = '1';
+    }
     $paramscourse = array();
     if ($systemcount > '0') {
         $sqlactive = "SELECT c.id, c.timemodified
                        FROM {course} c
-                      WHERE c.visible = '1'";
+                      WHERE (c.visible = '1' or c.visible = $show)";
     } else {
         $sqlactive = "SELECT c.id, c.timemodified
                        FROM {course} c
                        JOIN {context} x ON c.id = x.instanceid
                        JOIN {block_instances} b ON b.parentcontextid = x.id
-                      WHERE b.blockname = 'grade_me' and c.visible = '1'";
+                      WHERE b.blockname = 'grade_me' and (c.visible = '1' or c.visible = $show)";
     }
     $courselist = $DB->get_recordset_sql($sqlactive, $paramscourse);
     foreach ($courselist as $actcourse) {

settings.php

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('block_grade_me_enableadminviewall',
         get_string('settings_adminviewall', 'block_grade_me'), get_string('settings_configadminviewall', 'block_grade_me'), 0));
+
+    // new setting added to include hidden courses to also be searched for gradeable activities
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('block_grade_me_includehiddencourses',
+        get_string('settings_hiddencourses', 'block_grade_me'), get_string('settings_confighiddencourses', 'block_grade_me'), 0));
 
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('block_grade_me_maxcourses', get_string('settings_maxcourses', 'block_grade_me'),
         get_string('settings_configmaxcourses', 'block_grade_me'), 10, PARAM_INT));