Database as student application mechanism?

Database as student application mechanism?

by Nick Gault -
Number of replies: 1

Database experts of Moodle, perhaps you can help?

I am trying to use Moodle to collect student applications and the Database activity seems to be most suitable for the purpose  but there are a few functions that are not immediately obvious how to achieve. Can anyone advise if the following behaviors are possible, and if so how?

  1. Students will need to be able to review their entry and amend it any time up to the closing date.
  2. Some fields need to be populated from the user profile
  3. The student should only see the add entry tab within the activity
  4. Tutors will need to be able to add data to the students submission which will be included in the eventual export.


The application form will be running on a separate site so messing with the core code is a possibility if needed.

I have added a tutor comments section in the Add Template and hidden this using CSS, can this be revealed depending on a users role?

This site seems to suggest that I could pull values from one database into another but I'm not having much luck with that approach.


Any advice gratefully received.


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