Courses and Categories Lists Overview in 2.4
In 2.4 we have several different methods displaying list of categories/courses:
Front page
List of courses on front page
Setting:
Admin can see:
Student can see:
Not logged in user can see:
Note: student can see "Weekly course" (located in subcat1), but admin and not logged in can not (bug?)
Note: student can see remote courses in different format than local courses
Note: if isset($CFG->disablemycourses) student will see the same as guest
if the number of courses > FRONTPAGECOURSELIMIT (constant = 200), courses will not be displayed, just the course search form
List of categories on front page
Setting:
Admin can see:
Student can see:
Not logged in user can see the same as student because in my example student is enrolled in all courses
Combo list on front page
Setting:
Admin can see:
Student can see:
Not logged in user can see:
Note: looks like the most attractive format, BUT student can not see remote courses. And there is no functionality to show only remote courses
Summary
If number of courses in the system(!) is over 200, list of categories will not include links to courses
$CFG->maxnumcoursesincombo (default 500) is the maximum number of courses to print in combo form, otherwise the link is shown: