This morning I installed the GeoGebra filter onto our colleges Moodle server. It didn’t work. After a bit of research I found that the current version available on the Moodle site contains an older version of GeoGebra. This causes trouble. A few more minutes of Google-fu uncovered a modified version of the Moodle GeoGebra module which uses the .jar from geogebra.org. It worked! You can get it right here. Below are the instructions to get it working on your Moodle server.
A modified version of the moodle geogebra module which uses the .jar from geogebra.org
Using the geogebra filter makes it a lot easier to embed geogebra worksheets into
moodle online documents.
How it works:
During installation of the filter the file geogebra.jar will be placed in the moodle central folder and registered at the Moodle system. Teachers will be able to embed previously uploaded *.ggb (Geogebra) files into a moodle online document simply by creating a link to the ggb file using (as usual) the link symbol in the editor bar.
As an option you will be able to customize width and height of the applet. When saving the document, the link will be automatically converted in HTML-Code, which will display the applet instead of the link.
Installation: (by Moodle Admin)
1. Upload the complete folder “geogebra” into the folder moodle–>filter
2. In Moodle, navigate to Moodle->Administration->Configuration->”Filter” and click on the entry
“geogebra” to activate the filter
Usage:
1. In a Moodle course: -> Add a resource ->compose a website
2. Write content. At the position the applet should appear, create a link to the (previously uploaded) *.ggb file.
a Write some link text
b Select the link text.
c Click the chain icon ì in the tool bar of the editor.
3. In the appearing small Window choose your .ggb file. (Change folder, if necessary.)
4. Optionally: At the end of the link text type values for width and height of the applet according to the following pattern: myfile.ggbwidth=600height=300 (Default values 400×400)
5, Close the window
Be aware of the fact, that you dont’t see the applet unless you leave the editor and save your document.
On reopening it later, you will notice the link rather than the applet.
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You no longer need to use the Moodle filter.
File -> Export -> Dynamic Worksheet now creates a single html file (ie no ggb file needed) which you can then paste straight into Moodle (turn on html editing when editing a page)
In the advanced tab, you can even put the html on the clipboard to make the process even faster.
Make sure you are using at least version 3.2.31.0 for this.
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