Course completion and priting certificate

Course completion and priting certificate

by Sami Hwang -
Number of replies: 6

What My boss wants to do in Moodle is that students are not allowed to take second course until they complete the first course. If they finish the first one, the check mark appear. If they finish all the courses, an option appear, so that they can print out their certificat.

I am currently testing Moodle 2.1, adding the Course completion status block. Could you let let me know it is doable in Moodle? What document I should read to achieve this structure?

If possible, I try to separate quizzes from the course contents, so that I have less headache with Scorm. Is it right direction as well?

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Re: Course completion and priting certificate

by Stuart Mealor -

Hi Sami

This isn't really a certificate question as such, the certificate is just the end point you wish to get to, albeit with conditions right?

One approach (there are different ways to achieve this):

Have a Quiz at the end of 'Course 1'.
In the feedback (if they get 90%+) give them the enrolment key to 'Course 2'.
In Course 2, at the end, have a Quiz.
And a Certificate.
Make the display of the Certificate activity conditional on achieving 90%+ in the Quiz in Course 2.

So, you have controlled progress from one course to the next, and a certificate that only becomes visible when the requirements (conditions) are met.

Read about this function here:
http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Conditional_activities_settings

The tick marks are actually different - they are Completion Tracking.
Read about that here:
http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Activity_completion

This should get you started smile
Stu

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Re: Course completion and priting certificate

by Sami Hwang -

Hello Stuart,

Thank you so much for the documents link.

I have a clearer picture of activty locking, course completion, and activity completion.

If you don't mind, can I ask one more question?

We have a certificate template without students' name and the date.

It is a png image file.

What I want to see is when students are allowed to print their certificate, each individual's name and the date can be printed out automatically. Is it possible scenario?

 

Sami

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Re: Course completion and priting certificate

by Stuart Mealor -

I'm not quite sure what you mean by: "We have a certificate template without students' name and the date. It is a png image file."

The Moodle certificate plugin can use a graphic in the background, so I guess this is what you are referring to.

I don't think you could see the date they are allowed to print their certificate - this would be different for everyone, and depend on when they had completed all requirements.

Now I'm reading this, I'm wondering if you are in fact asking about something quite different to the Certificate module?

Are you in fact saying "We have a blank printed certificate that we put in our printer, and the only things missing are the name of the student and the date" ?  If so, this is a manual process, and I don't think Moodle can easily give you a list of Students who have passed, and the date, without using something more advanced such as the Customise reports plugin module.

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Re: Course completion and priting certificate

by Nano A -

If I understand correctly, I think Sami is in a situation very similar to mine.

I also have a .png file with all the certicate designed (background, logos, name of the course, Institution, etc... ) all in one .png file.

The only thing missing in that image is the "name of the student" and the "date of completion".

So when the students get the certificate, they should be getting an email with a protected PDF or a pop up screen they can print, that is complete (the image as a background + the name and date superimposed).

I'd also be interested to know what files need to be modified to be able to achieve this.  I'm assuming that it is not possible to modify this through the interface (though it would be very useful!)

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Re: Course completion and priting certificate

by Roman Gelembiuk -

Hello,

If you need to print a certificate for students then you can also use Certificates Wall plugin for Moodle. This plugin works differently then certificate plugin. It allows to print a certificate and share it in social networks.

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