Interactive content filter

Interactive content filter — screenshot pending

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The problem

You want interactive knowledge checks and flashcards inside ordinary Moodle content — pages, labels, book chapters, forum posts — but embedded widgets are fragile, often breaking or getting stripped out when content is edited and saved.

The solution

The interactive content filter stores each widget’s definition on the server and drops a short text token into the content. On display it swaps that token for the live widget — so widgets render anywhere Moodle shows formatted content and survive editing intact.

Key features

Widgets anywhere

Renders self-contained Check-for-Understanding questions and flashcards inline on Pages, Labels, Book chapters, forum posts, and anywhere else Moodle displays formatted content.

Survives editing

The widget definition lives on the server, never in the page HTML, so it stays intact through re-editing and saving.

Simple to enable

Turn on a single filter and purge caches — there are no other settings to manage.

Guide

How to use

Enable the filter (administrators)

1. Go to Site administration → Plugins → Filters → Manage filters.
2. Set EDZ Interactive Widgets to On.
3. Purge caches.

Authors and learners

• Authors insert widgets through the AI editor tools menu in the editor; a preview card appears in place and survives re-editing.
• Learners see the live widget on any page that shows the content, and answer the knowledge check or flip the flashcards inline.

Features

How it works

When an author inserts a widget, its definition is saved on the server and a short plain-text token is placed in the content. On display, the filter swaps that token for the live, interactive widget. Because the definition is never stored in the page HTML itself, it survives editing and saving intact.

By default, editing teachers and managers can create widgets; adjust via roles if you need to. This filter is part of the same interactive system as Interactive blocks and EDZ Rise.

FAQ

Where can widgets appear?

Anywhere Moodle displays formatted content — Pages, Labels, Book chapters, forum posts, and more.

Will a widget break if I edit the page later?

No. The definition is stored on the server, not in the page HTML, so the widget survives editing and saving intact.

What do I need to do to make widgets render?

Turn the EDZ Interactive Widgets filter on under Manage filters and purge caches. There are no other settings.

Who can create widgets?

By default, editing teachers and managers. You can adjust this via roles if you need to.