Allow status with no availability value set to be included in auto-marking.

classes/structure.php

@@ -1309,9 +1309,16 @@ class mod_attendance_structure {
             }
         } else {
             foreach ($statuses as $status) {
-                if ($status->studentavailability !== '0' &&
+                if ($status->studentavailability === '0') {
-                    $this->sessioninfo[$sessionid]->sessdate + ($status->studentavailability * 60) > $time) {
+                    // This status not available to students.
-
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (empty($status->studentavailability) && ($session->sessdate + $duration >= $time) &&
+                    !empty(get_config('attendance', 'automark_useempty'))) {
+                    // This is set to null - always available to students until end of session..
+                    return $status->id;
+                }
+                if ($this->sessioninfo[$sessionid]->sessdate + ($status->studentavailability * 60) > $time) {
                     // Found first status we could set.
                     return $status->id;
                 }

db/upgrade.php

@@ -691,5 +691,15 @@ function xmldb_attendance_upgrade($oldversion=0) {
         upgrade_mod_savepoint(true, 2021082402, 'attendance');
     }
 
+    if ($oldversion < 2021082600) {
+        // Check if auto-marking in use, and if so, set automark_useempty = 0 to prevent changes in existing behaviour.
+        if ($DB->record_exists_select('attendance_sessions', 'automark > 0')) {
+            set_config('automark_useempty', '0', 'attendance');
+        }
+
+        // Attendance savepoint reached.
+        upgrade_mod_savepoint(true, 2021082600, 'attendance');
+    }
+
     return $result;
 }

lang/en/attendance.php

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ $string['attrecords'] = 'Attendances records';
 $string['autoassignstatus'] = 'Automatically select highest status available';
 $string['autoassignstatus_help'] = 'If this is selected, students will automatically be assigned the highest available grade.';
 $string['automark'] = 'Automatic marking';
+$string['automarkuseempty'] = 'Auto-mark status availability handling';
+$string['automarkuseempty_desc'] = 'If ticked, status items that have an empty/unset "available for" setting will be allowed during auto-marking';
 $string['selectactivity'] = 'Select activity';
 $string['automark_help'] = 'Allows marking to be completed automatically.
 If "Yes" students will be automatically marked depending on their first access to the course.

settings.php

@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ if ($ADMIN->fulltree) {
         get_string('enablewarnings', 'attendance'),
         get_string('enablewarnings_desc', 'attendance'), 0));
 
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('attendance/automark_useempty',
+        get_string('automarkuseempty', 'attendance'),
+        get_string('automarkuseempty_desc', 'attendance'), 1));
+
     $fields = array('id' => get_string('studentid', 'attendance'));
     $customfields = profile_get_custom_fields();
     foreach ($customfields as $field) {

version.php

@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
  */
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$plugin->version  = 2021082403;
+$plugin->version  = 2021082600;
 $plugin->requires = 2021051700; // Requires 3.11.
-$plugin->release = '3.11.9';
+$plugin->release = '3.11.10';
 $plugin->maturity  = MATURITY_STABLE;
 $plugin->cron     = 0;
 $plugin->component = 'mod_attendance';