Course completion: Difference between revisions

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Moodle 2.0

Course completion is a new feature in Moodle 2.0 onwards that allows for a course to be officially marked as finished, either manually or automatically according to specified criteria.

This can be used in another course as an added criterion for completion. For example: when course "A" is a prerequisite for course "B" - the student cannot complete course "B" until you have completed course "A".

To enable course completion, first ensure that

in Site Administration > Advanced features > Courses > Course default settings, completion tracking is checked
in the settings of your course, ensure that completion tracking is enabled and that the box "completion tracking begins on enrolment" is checked

This results in a completion tracking settings link in the course settings.

Manual Course Completion by the student

Self completion block

To allow a student to decide for themselves when they have completed a course, there are two requirements:

in the completion tracking settings link the setting Manual Self Completion must be enabled
the Self Completion block must be added to the course.

The student may then click the "complete course link" in the block.

They are then asked to confirm they have completed the course and the course status will change to "complete" after the next cron job- explanatory screenshot here:

Manual Course Completion by the teacher

In order for a teacher (or non editing teacher, Manager or other role) to mark a course as complete, the appropriate box in the Manual Completion by.. section must be checked in the completion tracking settings link The teacher then accesses the Course completion status block and checks the names of the students who are deemed to have completed the course. After the next cron job the course will be marked complete -see screenshot:

Course Completion based on specified criteria

It is possible to have a course marked as complete dependent on a combination of specified criteria such as activities completed, grade achieved or length of time spent in the course. This is decided in the overall criteria type aggregation

The settings for automatic course completion are described in more detail in Course_completion_tracking_settings and these include:

activities completed
date
duration after enrolment
grade
unenrolment

Viewing Course Completion

To view course completion you must enable the Course completion status block.

In order for a course to be marked complete the conditions must be met. Once the cron.php script is run again any enrolled student who has completed the conditions for completion will be marked complete for the course.

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-Course completion is a new feature in Moodle 2.0 onwards. To make use of it, completion tracking needs to be enabled by an administrator in ''Site administration > [[Advanced features]]''. This results in a [[Course completion tracking|completion tracking settings link]] in the course settings.
+Course completion is a new feature in Moodle 2.0 onwards that allows for a course to be officially marked as finished, either manually or automatically according to specified criteria.
-If completion tracking is enabled in the course settings, the course administration settings include a completion tracking link.  To set the prerequisites for a specific course, there has to be one or more courses that have their individual course completion standards set.
+This can be used in another course as an added criterion for completion. For example: when course "A" is a prerequisite for course "B" - the student cannot complete course "B" until you have completed course "A".
-Once the course completion has been enabled at a site wide level the teacher will need to make sure it is enabled in the course. To do this go to the [[Course settings block|Settings block]] menu in the course. Under ''Settings>Edit settings'', make sure the "Completion tracking" is enabled by selecting the ''Enable,via completion and activity settings''
+To enable course completion, first ensure that
+# in ''Site Administration > [[Advanced features]]'' > Courses > Course default settings, completion tracking is checked
+# in the settings of your course, ensure that completion tracking is enabled and that the box "completion tracking begins on enrolment" is checked
-The teacher can choose to have the course tracking start from the point of the students enrolment onto the course by selecting the ''Completion tracking starts on course enrolment option.
+This results in a [[Course completion tracking|completion tracking settings link]] in the course settings.
-'
-When you have enabled the settings you will need to create an activity such as a choice or Database. When you are on the adding a new page e.g adding a new choice page, you will need to find the ''Activity completion section''. This is usually at the bottom of the page. From this section you can then select the options you want to use to track the activity.
-For example with a choice activity you are given three options
+==Manual Course Completion by the student==
+[[Image:Selfcompletionblock.png|thumb|Self completion block]]To allow a student to decide for themselves when they have completed a course, there are two requirements:
+* in the [[Course completion tracking|completion tracking settings link]] the setting Manual Self Completion must be enabled
+* the Self Completion block must be added to the course.
+The student may then click the "complete course link" in the block.
-) '''Do not indicate activity completion'''
+They are then asked to confirm they have completed the course and the course status will change to "complete" after the next cron job- explanatory screenshot here:
-If you choose this option the course completion is turned off for that particular activity.
+[[Image:Selfcompletionstatus.png]]
-)'''Students can manually mark the activity as complete'''
+==Manual Course Completion by the teacher==
+In order for a teacher (or non editing teacher, Manager or other role) to mark a course as complete, the appropriate box in the ''Manual Completion by''.. section must be checked in the [[Course completion tracking|completion tracking settings link]]
+The teacher then accesses the [[Course completion status block]] and checks the names of the students who are deemed to have completed the course. After the next cron job the course will be marked complete -see screenshot:
+[[Image:Coursecompletion.png]]
-If you choose this option a tick will appear next to the activity name. The students can select the tick to highlight it and show the task has been completed.
+==Course Completion based on specified criteria==
+It is possible to have a course marked as complete dependent on a combination of specified criteria such as activities completed, grade achieved or length of time spent in the course. This is decided in the ''overall criteria type aggregation''
-) '''Show activity as complete when the conditions are met'''
+The settings for automatic course completion are described in more detail in [[Course_completion_tracking_settings]] and these include:
+*activities completed
-If you choose the ''Show activity as complete when the conditions are met'' option you will need to select the conditions that need to be meet. For example with the choice activity one of the conditions is Require view, where the student must view the activity to complete it.
+*date
+*duration after enrolment
-You can also enable an expected date if you want to.
+*grade
+*unenrolment
-When the student completes the activity to the required conditions a tick will appear next to the task.
 ==Viewing Course Completion==
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