Stamp Collection module development for Moodle 1.9 and stamp icons from other Moodlers

This post is to chroncle developments to the changes I have made to David Mudrak's Stamp Collection module. This post complements these earlier ones here and here.

10/2/2012 - Added a help screen to make looking-up of Stamp icon codes easier

I've raised the bar one notch higher.
This time, the administrator can click on a help link and a
separate window will appear showing him/her the codes, the icons used and the meaning of the codes.

Students can also access the help link. This makes administering the multi-stamp collection easier for the (overworked) administrator/teacher.

Figure 1: The student can click on the Help link to know the meaning of each stamp icon.

Motivating students through multistamps in the Stamp Collection module (Moodle 1.9.15)

Hi! If you're using David Mudrak's excellent Stamp Collection module, then WELCOME! I'm happy to share with the Moodle world that I've managed to implement a multi-stamp deriviation of David's work. I found out how to do it without disturbing the underlying architecture of module's MySQL database. Now you can implement it for your own Moodle site.

Here's what the module looks like:

The MyNotes block - a simple yet effective ToDo list from year 2007 for Moodle 1.9

If you ever needed a ToDo list in a block on your Moodle 1.9.x site, look no further than Hugo Santos' MyNotes block. You can use it as a reminder system, a ToDo list, or to manage personal notes for own convenience.

Sounds a bit like the MediaBird Study Notes module. However, this Portugese-made block is less complex, but simpler to install and to use.

Giving students a feel good factor with a Stamp Collection pseudo-block (Moodle 1.9.x)

The Stamp Collection module by David Mudrak is one of my all-time favourite modules on my Moodle 1.9.15 site. It's a great tool to provide feedback to students and to reward them whenever work has been done. I like to think of it as a motivational tool.

I had always wished that there could be a block that shows the student how many stamps he or she has earned. Why? This is because at the moment, the student has to click on the Stamp Collection module to view the stamps earned. So this evening, I sat down to craft such a block. And I failed miserably because of my lack of experience in PHP coding!

Undeterred, I had a brainwave of how I could achieve the same effect as a real block. Within 4 hours, I crafted something that made use of David's existing code, HTML, PHP and some tricks. Here's what it looks like:

So the advantage of this 'block' is that the student can see his Stamp collection. Is it growing? Is it stagnant?