Add site level setting to enable/disable the plugin

lang/en/local_assess_type.php

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 $string['info'] = 'Summative activities count towards the course mark in SITS and are flagged to learners as mandatory.';
 $string['pluginname'] = 'Assessment type';
 $string['privacy:metadata'] = 'Assessment type does not store any personal data.';
+$string['settings:enable'] = 'Enable assessment type plugin';
+$string['settings:enable:desc'] = 'Enable the assessment type plugin for course activities.';
+$string['settings:pagename'] = 'Assessment type settings';
 $string['summative'] = 'Summative';
 $string['summativeoption'] = 'Summative - counts towards course mark and is mapped in SITS';
 $string['warning'] = 'This activity must be marked as Formative or Summative.';

lib.php

@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 function local_assess_type_coursemodule_standard_elements($formwrapper, $mform) {
     global $DB;
 
+    // Do not show assessment type options in activity's editing page if not enabled.
+    if (!get_config('local_assess_type', 'enabled')) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     $cm = $formwrapper->get_current();
 
     // Check list of mods where this is enabled.

settings.php

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - https://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Plugin administration pages are defined here.
+ *
+ * @package     local_assess_type
+ * @category    admin
+ * @copyright   2024 onwards University College London {@link https://www.ucl.ac.uk/}
+ * @license     https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ * @author      Alex Yeung <[email protected]>
+ */
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+if ($hassiteconfig) {
+    $ADMIN->add('localplugins', new admin_category('local_assess_type_settings', new lang_string('pluginname', 'local_assess_type')));
+    $settings = new admin_settingpage('managelocalassesstype', new lang_string('settings:pagename', 'local_assess_type'));
+
+    // Setting to enable/disable the plugin.
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox(
+      'local_assess_type/enabled',
+      get_string('settings:enable', 'local_assess_type'),
+      get_string('settings:enable:desc', 'local_assess_type'),
+      '1'
+    ));
+
+    $ADMIN->add('localplugins', $settings);
+}

version.php

@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
 
 $plugin->component = 'local_assess_type';
 $plugin->release = '1.0';
-$plugin->version = 2024091300; // YYYYMMDD.
+$plugin->version = 2024091400; // YYYYMMDD.
 $plugin->requires = 2023100900;
 $plugin->maturity = MATURITY_STABLE;