Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Sazia Arif -
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Hi,

I want to display different course start and end date for each group in calendar, enrollment email.

For ex: 

If Group 1 user logs in then date range 01st May 2018  - 10th May 2018

If Group 2 user logs in then date range 02nd May 2018 - 06th May 2018

If Group 3 user logs in then date range 21st April 2018 - 30th April 2018 


I don't want to create separate course for each group.





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Re: Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Darko Miletić -

That is not possible in Moodle with one course. In order to accomplish that you would need to write a custom enrollment plugin.


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Re: Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Melanie Scott -
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In a calendar--not possible BUT you could set self enrollment groups and set restrictions on activities to specific date/times.
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Re: Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Sazia Arif -

Hi,

Thanks for your input.

Can we implement this same in Cohort Sync enrollment.

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Re: Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Melanie Scott -
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Agree with Darko, that is a pretty interesting idea...it might be possible, but a lot of work (assuming you have a lot of people/cohorts).  I know you can restrict on group settings and profile fields but I haven't seen any restriction options for cohorts specifically.  You could create the groups and, when you create the cohort sync enrollment to the course, make sure to assign the cohort to the group.  Then the restriction would be simple.

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Re: Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Sazia Arif -

Can you help me with the steps for setting group based restrictions.

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Re: Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Melanie Scott -
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Step 1: Create your course

Step 2: Create your groups (Administration->Users->Groups OR, in Boost, Participants->Edit widget->Groups).  Choose if you want to use an group enrollment key for self enrollment or if you plan to enroll people and group them manually or with a cohort.

Step 3: Create your Activity (Don't Save)

Step 4:  Open Restrict Access in Activity settings. 

  • Click Add restriction and select Group.  If you have several groups that should have access (Groups A, B and C can do Activity A; Group A and D can do Activity B and Groups B and C do Activity C...), you should start with Restriction Set instead of Group.
  • Add as many groups to the set as you need.  and make sure to choose the Student Must/Must not match Any/All.  Any means anyone with one of these conditions.  All means anyone with all these conditions.
  • Select the group you want to have (or not have access) in the drop down. 
  • Choose between Student Must or Student Must not. 
  • Click the eye next to the condition if you want the activity hidden from anyone who does not meet that condition. 
Step 5: Save.
Step 6 (if you are doing the enrolling): Enroll people, make sure they are properly grouped.  If you do manual enrollment, the group additions will have to be done separately.  If you use cohort enrollment, make sure to choose the group you want the cohort added to.


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Re: Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Sazia Arif -

I tried with this steps, but the problem is restriction set will be displayed to all the participants.

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Re: Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Melanie Scott -
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Not if you hide them from students unless they meet the conditions. You could even set the activities in separate topics and hide the topic areas based on restrictions. Restrictions display for teachers...you might try viewing as a student?


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Re: Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Darko Miletić -

This is a good idea. There is also an option of enrolling users with different enrollment start date which effectively simulates the desired behavior, however that is a lot of manual labor...


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Re: Course creation with start and end date different for each group.

by Sazia Arif -
Yes there is, but it is available for manual enrollment which will require a lot of labor when the number of participants is huge.
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