Not using one single Certificate.
But you could, for exaple, have 3 different Certificates (each with a different option displayed on the Certificate).
It is possible to use Groups and Grouping to hide the different Certificates (if you wish).
You may also be able to use Conditional activities in some way to restrict the Certificate availablity to the correct Students.
Stu
okay great! that makes perfect sense, how would I go about doing that?
Hi Stephen,
Please see http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Conditional_activities_settings to see how you can turn on the ability to restrict a certificate and http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Groups_overview to read up on creating groups/groupings to restrict by.
Regards,
Mark
okay I did this and they are still not able to print I tried from an XP Machine and it turns out that the studnest that are using XP wil get a blank page when trying to get the certificate to print out and studenst that are using windows 7 are okay. so it seems to be a compatibility issue with XP users besue they show in the admin and they will allow the admin to print. any suggestions?
okay so I set up 3 certificates and that did the trick, thanks for the advice. However now I have a bigger problem. Some of the students cannot print the certificate. They get a blank screen. I set it to show in new window, they get a blank screen, i tried setting it to force download and it gves them an error message saying that they cannot go to the link they are tring to go to to print the certificate.
Also is there a way to eleimate the certificate screen to stop showing all of the attempst I made to test the certificate? everytime I click on get certifciate it record the attempt and the list is real long and its annoying, is there a way to eleminate this?
Hi Stephen,
Updating to the latest Certificate version may fix these (at least the long list of attempts). Please see https://github.com/markn86/moodle-mod_certificate
Regards,
Mark
okay I did this and they are still not able to print I tried from an XP Machine and it turns out that the studnest that are using XP wil get a blank page when trying to get the certificate to print out and studenst that are using windows 7 are okay. so it seems to be a compatibility issue with XP users besue they show in the admin and they will allow the admin to print. any suggestions?
I am having a problem with studnest not able to print the certificate if they are using XP, can you help me undertsnd why and how to fix this.
The site is: http://www.wwwmastersinc.com/DynoNobelLMS/DanoraPlant/
(Edited by Helen Foster to remove username and password - original submission Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 9:11 PM)
Hi Stephen,
I would be very carefuly about giving out the URL to your site, not to mention including a username and password. Usually these aren't necessary to debug what it is going on.
I am currently running Linux at work, and Windows 7/Linux at home. I would have to install XP to test this issue which I currently do not have time to do. However, I don't think this will be necessary to fix this issue. Can you please provide the certificate version you are running (found in mod/certificate/version.php) and attach any custom certificate type you may be using?
Regards,
Mark
sorry I was desperate and new to this process. Thanks for yuor help atached is the version.php file orginally it was named markn86-moodle-mod_certificate-519ac74. I am not using any certificate type that is custom.
HI Stephen,
Can you turn on debugging http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Debugging on your Moodle site and visit the blank page and tell me if you are receiving any error messages? If you are, copy and paste them here then turn debugging back off so students no longer see the error message.
Regards,
Mark
1.09572 secs RAM: 36.8MB RAM peak: 37MB Included 670 files Contexts for which filters were loaded: 0 Filters created: 0 Pieces of content filtered: 0 Strings filtered: 0 get_string calls: 6983 strings mem cache hits: 6803 strings disk cache hits: 186 DB reads/writes: 219/17 ticks: 110 user: 84 sys: 9 cuser: 0 csys: 0 Load average: 4.52 Session: 3.5KB This page is: General type: admin. Context System (context id 1). Page type admin-setting-debugging.
okay disregard the last debugging message. here is what I get from an XP machine when I hit the Certificate module to get to the page that shows me the button where i can get the certificate no error messages c ome up on the blank pop up window:
1.100907 secs
RAM: 32.3MB
RAM peak: 32.6MB
Included 154 files
Contexts for which filters were loaded: 0
Filters created: 0
Pieces of content filtered: 0
Strings filtered: 0
get_string calls: 177
strings mem cache hits: 157
strings disk cache hits: 20
DB reads/writes: 73/2
ticks: 110 user: 41 sys: 5 cuser: 0 csys: 0
Load average: 8.70
Session: 7.9KB
This page is: General type: incourse. Context Certificate: Print Your Certification of Completion (context id 105). Page type mod-certificate-view.
Also since I ahve been messing with this certificate, all the studenst that were showing up through the admin to print out their certificate do not show anymore, is there a way to reissues the certifiates so they at least show up in the admin so the admin can print them.
Hi Stephen,
The admin report shows all the certificates that have been issued to students, if this table is now empty you will have to wait for the student to actually visit the certificate link again for a new record to be created.
Also, your debugging information provided no errors for that blank page, that was your site information. I don't see how users can print the certificate in other OSes besides XP, are you sure it is not a browser issue? Are they using IE6 while others use newer versions or different browsers?
Regards,
Mark
thanks for getting back to me, IM not really sure if its a browser issue, if it is how do i fix it? I klnow that on an XP machine I ant pull it up and on a win 7 I can, it may be the browser.
okay I upgarded the browser to ie8, still nothing. I then went back and installed a version2.2 and the same thing happend, hoeever this time I was able to get an error message on the blank page:
Notice: Undefined variable: certdate in /home2/wwwmast1/public_html/donoraPlantNEW/mod/certificate/lib.php on line 1496 TCPDF ERROR: Some data has already been output, can't send PDF file
Again this worked on Win7 but not in XP
Stephen, this doesn't sound like an OS issue, especially with the 'certdate' variable error. This error was fixed a while ago, so you must be using older code. Have you got the latest code from http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=mod_certificate?
okay I updated to the latest browser, I updated the certificate module, still the same afffect. there is nothing being printed or shown, it looks like it is having problems showing or getting the PDF, here is the URL that it shows: http://www.wwwmastersinc.com/DynoNobelLMS/DanoraPlant/mod/certificate/view.php?id=19&action=get
So what should I do now? I have a moodle site that is 2.0 and tested this with the
same machines and there is no problems. Should I just make a copy of that site?
If so how do i do that?
Stephen,
Please turn on debugging and visit the link that gives you a blank page and paste that error here. Just like you did when you coped the error "Notice: Undefined variable: certdate in /home2/wwwmast1/public_html/donoraPlantNEW/mod/certificate/lib.php on line 1496 TCPDF ERROR: Some data has already been output, can't send PDF file". I need more information in order to fix this.
Hello Mark,
I hope I am not hijacking this thread.
I am getting the tcpdf error as well. My steps. I jsut ran an upgrade from 2.0.1 - 2.3.2+
I added a certification activity to the end of a course using pretty much defaults stuff. it worked.
I then went to the admin area and uplaoded a new image. I went back to the cert activity I had embedded. I chose the new image (where are they stored anyway? the new images) and hit save and view. I viewed the certificate and the image worked. I then took the A4_embedded type folder, copied it and renamed it to test. I then uploaded that directory tot he types directory. I then went to the course certificate activitya nd edited it to use the new type.
I got this (with debugging on)
Strict Standards: Redefining already defined constructor for class questionnaire inC:\inetpub\moodle_sandbox\mod\questionnaire\locallib.php on line 94
Strict Standards: Redefining already defined constructor for class questionnaire_question inC:\inetpub\moodle_sandbox\mod\questionnaire\questiontypes\questiontypes.class.php on line 196
TCPDF ERROR: Some data has already been output, can't send PDF file
Without debugging I get the TCPDF ERROR. I then swapped it back to the A4_embeded type and it worked.
LEt me try using the non embedded certificate.php
Thoughts?
the swap to A4_non_embedded made no difference. That is, I copied that cert.php file to the test type.
I then went and reverted the type to A4_embedded in settings and viewed it and it worked. I think I might be missing a step in installing the new type but I am not sure what it is.
It gets through your mod to the call for output to browser and dies there.
Please dont abandon me I really need ot get this up. What are my options.
