Description

Chemical structure editor and molecular data file import plugin for the Atto HTML Editor.

A chemistry molecule or spectrum can be inserted into a text area and rendered with the ChemRender filter using either the JSmol or the ChemDoodle library.

Specific display options are available for .mol, .jdx, and .pdb file types.

Pre-requisites

1. Designed to run on Moodle 2.7.
2. Atto HTML editor.
3. Requires the ChemRender filter, which can be downloaded from the following location:

• GIT: https://github.com/ccle/moodle-filter-chemrender.git

Installation

1. Download the files for this plugin

   • Direct download
     • GIT: https://github.com/ucla/moodle-atto_chemrender.git
     • Copy the 'chemrender' folder to the lib/editor/atto/plugins folder of your Moodle installation to give lib/editor/atto/plugins/chemrender
   • Git repository clone
     • Navigate to the lib/editor/atto/plugins directory of your Moodle installation.
     • Issue the command: git clone https://github.com/ucla/moodle-atto_chemrender.git chemrender

2. Enable the ChemRender Atto editor button by either method:

   • If using forced plugin settings: In the config.php, add 'chemrender' to the Atto editor toolbar variable $CFG->forced_plugin_settings['editor_atto']['toolbar']
   • Add 'chemrender' to Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > Atto HTML editor > Atto toolbar settings

       insert = chemrender, equation, charmap, clear, pastespecial