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⚠️ This plugin has been rewritten and split into the following plugins.


Moodle Accessibility File Scan Block

Moodle block to check PDFs for accessibility.

This Moodle block consists of two main functions:

  • A scheduled task that looks for PDFs within courses, sends them to an external server to check for accessibilty, and saves the results to the Moodle database
  • A Moodle block that displays the accessibility status of the PDF files within the course. On the Moodle course page, the block displays a summary with a link to a detailed view with all the files in the course.

Requirements

Dependencies

  • php_curl extension

Installation

  • Clone or download this repository into the <moodle root>/blocks directory
  • Rename the directory from block-filescan to filescan
  • Log into Moodle as an admin and update Moodle to add the block

Configuration

This plugin configuration requires a URL for the File Scan Server.

By default, the scheduled task is set to scan an additional set of files every 5 minutes. This can be adjusted in the Server --> Scheduled Tasks screen.

There are configurations for help links for each type of accessibility problems. These links can be set to specific URL's for remiation of the file.