Courses and course formats

Including both standard and add-on course formats.

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Discussion	Started by	Replies	Last post	Created
Full course object	Jerin Das	1	Gareth J Barnard Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 11:21 PM	Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 3:38 PM
[3.5]Why is this course in 'in Progress' on dashboard?	Richard van Iwaarden	13	Gareth J Barnard Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 11:17 PM	Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 5:17 PM
Adaptable course section background colour and Collapsed Topics	Nick Varney	3	Nick Varney Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 3:00 PM	Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 10:01 PM
Induction Course (complete first and then "unlock" more the rest courses)	Tom Kappa	12	Tom Kappa Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 12:06 AM	Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 12:29 AM
Course format - how to set And clause / Or clause in course setting page(add restrict access)	Amir Mustafa	0	Amir Mustafa Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:00 PM	Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:00 PM
Weekly format	Ryan Buck	3	Emma Richardson Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 12:06 PM	Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 5:11 AM
Course organization question	John Hunter	3	Melanie Scott Mon, Jun 10, 2019, 9:24 PM	Wed, May 29, 2019, 10:36 AM
Best way to set up course	Brett Elphick	0	Brett Elphick Mon, Jun 3, 2019, 12:09 PM	Mon, Jun 3, 2019, 12:09 PM
Grid format updated for Moodle 3.3 to 3.7	Gareth J Barnard	0	Gareth J Barnard Mon, Jun 3, 2019, 12:53 AM	Mon, Jun 3, 2019, 12:53 AM
"Tiles" course format new version - now with "Photo tiles"	David Watson	0	David Watson Tue, May 28, 2019, 3:50 PM	Tue, May 28, 2019, 3:50 PM
Collapsed Topics and Grid formats updated for Moodle 3.6.1 and 3.7.	Gareth J Barnard	0	Gareth J Barnard Sun, May 26, 2019, 8:15 PM	Sun, May 26, 2019, 8:15 PM
If you can't post or reply.	Gareth J Barnard	0	Gareth J Barnard Sat, May 25, 2019, 5:48 PM	Sat, May 25, 2019, 5:48 PM
Collapsed Topics 3.6.0.2 released for Moodle 3.6.1	Gareth J Barnard	10	Gareth J Barnard Thu, May 23, 2019, 2:01 AM	Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 9:59 PM
access directly to enrolled courses	Mehdi Hanafi	1	Jon Bolton Wed, May 22, 2019, 2:48 PM	Wed, May 22, 2019, 12:18 PM
Course summary image is missing	Mohammad Al-Sammarrai	0	Mohammad Al-Sammarrai Mon, May 20, 2019, 7:06 PM	Mon, May 20, 2019, 7:06 PM
"Tiles" course format	David Watson	16	Black 0ut Sun, May 19, 2019, 1:08 AM	Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 10:25 PM
Copying course sections	Andrew Gates	6	Andrew Gates Fri, May 17, 2019, 7:58 AM	Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 11:49 AM
Course Completion - settings issue	J C	7	Emma Richardson Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 10:09 PM	Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 1:01 AM
CSS for the flexible sections format	Brad Nielsen	0	Brad Nielsen Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 6:41 PM	Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 6:41 PM
Course format "Event"	Flotter Totte	7	Flotter Totte Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 8:49 AM	Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 12:40 PM
How to make the topics hidden but available to students	Martin Arturo Martinez Espinoza	6	Gareth J Barnard Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 11:03 PM	Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 10:56 PM
You have 30 days to take this course...	J Guzman	7	J Guzman Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 10:29 PM	Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 11:03 PM
Displaying course summary at course level	Tom Griffin	4	Jon Bolton Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 7:18 AM	Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 6:02 PM
Grid format updated for Moodle 3.5 and 3.6	Gareth J Barnard	3	Gareth J Barnard Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 12:51 AM	Fri, Apr 5, 2019, 8:47 PM
What layout structure covers accessibility?	Neeraj Bhardwaj	1	Gareth J Barnard Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 7:16 PM	Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 7:09 PM
Grid format error with moodle 3.4.1	Osama Eisa	1	Gareth J Barnard Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 3:05 AM	Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 12:42 AM
Course completion	K. C.	0	K. C. Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 12:46 AM	Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 12:46 AM
Display all courses below top level categories	Wahyu Ag Saputra	1	Anil Banshal Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 9:20 PM	Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 5:00 PM
Changing Course Name	Sandy Stockholm	4	Gareth J Barnard Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 5:51 AM	Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 2:15 AM
Permissions to view hidden categories	Vicke Denniston	2	Vicke Denniston Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 5:09 AM	Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:56 AM
Download List of All Courses	Ken Batino	1	Rick Jerz Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 8:49 PM	Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 2:08 PM
Grid format install removed number of sections drop down in course format	Brian Pollard	1	Gareth J Barnard Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 6:15 AM	Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 5:54 AM
Setting course visibility to ' Not available' from settings page to prevent students access	Johnny Tsheke	3	Jon Bolton Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 6:30 PM	Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 3:49 AM
sub-courses?	Kathryn Woodhead	9	Kathryn Woodhead Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 9:32 PM	Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 6:25 PM
Admin mark activity/course as complete for a student	Dave Hope	19	Mark Whitesides Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 9:17 PM	Fri, Feb 3, 2017, 11:08 PM
link activities to buttons	Isabel Baena	4	Isabel Baena Tue, Mar 5, 2019, 12:59 AM	Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 9:23 PM
Grid format beta pre-release with WebP support on M3.6	Gareth J Barnard	0	Gareth J Barnard Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 9:50 PM	Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 9:50 PM
forum and course relative email notification is not receiving.	Mahendra Kumar	0	Mahendra Kumar Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 7:02 PM	Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 7:02 PM
Group all events of the same course and date in a calendar rather than showing all events in the calendar...moodle	Amir Mustafa	0	Amir Mustafa Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 9:37 PM	Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 9:37 PM
Get course name in calendar rather than the event name	Amir Mustafa	2	Amir Mustafa Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 3:10 PM	Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 6:59 PM
Get course name only in calendar and activity name in popup	Amir Mustafa	1	Amir Mustafa Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:01 PM	Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:54 PM
Topic Level View	Sally Diab	0	Sally Diab Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 12:49 AM	Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 12:49 AM
How-to highlight new courses	Jorge Ruben Macias	1	Shirley Gregorczyk Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 5:11 AM	Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 4:56 AM
HTML Error on activities descriptions	Augusto Luiz da Costa Schnorr	1	Augusto Luiz da Costa Schnorr Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 12:17 AM	Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 10:03 PM
Completed Activity Not Marked Complete - M3.5	Rachel Grzymkowski	1	Rachel Grzymkowski Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 12:09 AM	Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 10:01 PM
Course Credit Hours	marisol castro	2	Rachel Grzymkowski Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 10:05 PM	Thu, Feb 15, 2018, 1:01 AM
Course Backup error	Aviwe Foji	0	Aviwe Foji Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 9:31 PM	Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 9:31 PM
Upload file and add link option of social wall course format is not working	Mahendra Kumar	2	Mahendra Kumar Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 4:01 PM	Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 3:30 PM
Reading data from course URLs	Animesh KC	0	Animesh KC Sun, Feb 10, 2019, 12:51 PM	Sun, Feb 10, 2019, 12:51 PM
OneTopic: "Use topic summary as template" option	Rich Lewis	2	Rich Lewis Fri, Feb 8, 2019, 10:01 PM	Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 7:59 AM
Preventing a user from doing a course again	Kate Rhodes	6	Ralf Hilgenstock Sun, Feb 3, 2019, 12:05 AM	Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 5:03 AM
SQL query to get course id based on the module topic, activities and content inside it	Amir Mustafa	3	Rick Jerz Thu, Jan 31, 2019, 10:09 PM	Thu, Jan 31, 2019, 1:29 AM
Grid Format and Stealth activities	Alan Muston	2	Alan Muston Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 11:23 AM	Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 10:41 AM
OneTopic Course Format: Restricted Section by Activity Completion is shaded for Teachers.	Mónica Sánchez	2	Mónica Sánchez Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 4:47 AM	Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 1:54 AM
Specific course format	Diego Molina	0	Diego Molina Sun, Jan 13, 2019, 8:09 PM	Sun, Jan 13, 2019, 8:09 PM
Hide course categories/courses from certain users	Quintin Seegers	11	Gitte Bendixen Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 5:08 PM	Fri, Apr 7, 2017, 11:33 AM
Update number of sections in multiple courses	Ben Kahn	2	Ben Kahn Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 2:43 AM	Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 7:50 AM
OneTopic Error - Unknown course section in course "XXX"	Mark Terranova	11	Samuli Karevaara Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 7:26 PM	Wed, Jun 6, 2018, 9:11 PM
course_format: BOARD (Grid and Buttons)	Rodrigo Brandão	11	Yannick Vrolant Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 11:32 PM	Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 10:19 PM
Course Grid Format (show contents)	deepak rs	0	deepak rs Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 4:22 PM	Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 4:22 PM
Error message when adding a new course	Frank Shelton	1	Matteo Scaramuccia Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 1:31 AM	Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 12:37 AM
Assigned Roles not showing correctly in Course Description	Dan Jeffries	4	Colin Fraser Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 12:42 AM	Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 5:45 PM
Compare two courses with activities and content	Amir Mustafa	1	Gareth J Barnard Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 11:18 PM	Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 3:11 PM
Course template with external database	josue avendaño	1	Gareth J Barnard Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 11:17 PM	Fri, Nov 9, 2018, 2:27 AM
Coursebox summary	daniel white	1	Gareth J Barnard Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 11:15 PM	Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 12:41 AM
What did mean - Course 1 Section 0	Patrick Liersch	3	Gareth J Barnard Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 11:13 PM	Tue, Nov 20, 2018, 3:56 PM
Grid Format sections not appearing for admins/teacher	Marcel Roe	2	Marcel Roe Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 9:36 PM	Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 6:20 PM
User profile fields in participant list	Dino Schachten	1	Gareth J Barnard Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 9:33 PM	Mon, Nov 19, 2018, 11:46 PM
Restrict an activity from being repeated	Hamish Moffatt	1	Gareth J Barnard Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 9:22 PM	Thu, Nov 22, 2018, 10:16 AM
Collapsed Topics and Grid formats updated for Moodle 3.5 and 3.6.1	Gareth J Barnard	2	Gareth J Barnard Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 12:13 AM	Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 12:09 AM
Moodle sections Expanded and collapsed state?	James Jephcott	4	Gareth J Barnard Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 7:35 PM	Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 11:56 AM
Grid Format for Moodle 3.6	Agnar Gudmundsson	2	Agnar Gudmundsson Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 5:05 PM	Sat, Dec 15, 2018, 1:21 AM
More than one recourd per course in mdl_format_grid_summary	Lea Cohen	5	Gareth J Barnard Wed, Dec 12, 2018, 9:03 PM	Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 5:38 PM
Grid Format - "Hidden in Grey" for teachers.	Scott Wilson	3	Gareth J Barnard Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 9:59 PM	Thu, Nov 29, 2018, 10:54 PM
What is the order of the "my courses" list in the navigation bar?	Samuli Karevaara	6	Luiggi Sansonetti Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 1:27 AM	Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 7:21 PM
Prevent certain courses from appearing in "My courses" and "Dashboard"	Sa Ku	14	Luiggi Sansonetti Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 6:27 PM	Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 3:10 PM
One Topic Course Improvement - Tabs change color if activities are complete	Chris Kenniburg	2	Chris Kenniburg Tue, Nov 20, 2018, 1:15 AM	Sat, Nov 17, 2018, 4:57 AM
Self-enrolment restrictions upon course completion	Manny Pérez Alemán	0	Manny Pérez Alemán Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 7:43 AM	Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 7:43 AM
Grid format for M3.5 updated	Gareth J Barnard	0	Gareth J Barnard Mon, Nov 12, 2018, 9:23 PM	Mon, Nov 12, 2018, 9:23 PM
Remove the "view only topic" icon in Collapsed topics	Abdulwahab Elbarsha	2	Daniel Dubbeldam Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 12:27 AM	Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 9:26 PM
Stealth activities treats non-editing teacher like Student	Khari Kambon	4	Mustafa Ameen Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 12:36 PM	Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 3:05 AM
Filter only works in one section of buttons format	Tom Wright	8	Gareth J Barnard Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 6:48 AM	Fri, Oct 19, 2018, 5:02 PM
Course restore creating random users in restored course	Michael Brost	8	Michael Brost Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 6:46 PM	Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 7:45 PM
Unable to restore course data and imports	Ross Quinnell	18	Richard van Iwaarden Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 2:31 AM	Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 11:02 PM
'My Courses' not listing all the courses	Ain Roesley	2	Melanie Scott Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 9:37 PM	Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 6:20 AM
Rope Team course format... RIP?	Pablo Etcheverry	2	Luiggi Sansonetti Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 3:36 PM	Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 7:24 AM
Custom field name data from course setting does not duplicate	Amir Mustafa	1	Amir Mustafa Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 8:54 PM	Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 8:28 PM
Add new dropdown field in course setting page	Amir Mustafa	1	Emma Richardson Fri, Oct 12, 2018, 8:37 PM	Fri, Oct 12, 2018, 7:15 PM
Error while moving category to another	متعة العلم	1	Gareth J Barnard Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 11:35 PM	Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 4:20 PM
Course Administration Block not showing	hasmi mohamed	4	Shirley Gregorczyk Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 10:03 PM	Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 4:47 PM
Trying to design courses	Dan B.	5	Emma Richardson Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 9:48 PM	Mon, Oct 8, 2018, 10:28 PM
Course still showing in progress but it's 100% complete	Alton Johnson	2	Melanie Scott Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 8:43 PM	Mon, Oct 8, 2018, 8:13 AM
Moodle does not track quiz assessment when submitting.	TTCIH Ifakara	3	TTCIH Ifakara Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 3:53 PM	Mon, Oct 8, 2018, 5:05 PM
Course does not launch on Moodle Mobile nor Moodle Desktop	TTCIH Ifakara	2	TTCIH Ifakara Mon, Oct 8, 2018, 5:08 PM	Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 5:38 PM
course template	Davide Lista	1	Howard Miller Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 6:49 PM	Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 6:11 PM
One section per page	Narissa Tuawhiorangi	5	Narissa Tuawhiorangi Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 3:21 AM	Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 9:40 AM
Issue in course view in moodle 3.5	milind Test	6	milind Test Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 3:29 PM	Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 3:10 PM
Course creator can only see users created by themselves	Jan Kowalski	1	Colin Fraser Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 5:46 AM	Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 2:32 AM
Missing link for topic #0 in course format: Topics format?	stefan weber	1	Gareth J Barnard Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 9:23 PM	Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 5:29 PM
Making a Point Based Course?	Brandon Biggs	2	Melanie Scott Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 9:55 PM	Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 9:17 PM