Scenarios

  • You want to set up activities for learner that only become available under certain conditions.
  • You want to set up activities that will become available for learners after a certain period. 
  • You want to set up activities that only become available after learners have completed another activity of the course.

Required roles

Designer

What conditions can be set on blocks and/or activities?

You can add conditions to activities and blocks and you can set them up in the template. 
Below you will find an explanation of every condition that can be added to activities and blocks.

The activity/block is available...

... "X" period after start date of the course
The activity or block will be available after X period after the start date of the course.
The start date of the course refers to the set start date in the settings of the course.
This start date can be set on the Settings tab of the course under Preservability properties (see also: ○ Course settings - Tab: Settings).


... "X" period after start date of the learner
The activity or block will be available after X period of the start of the learner. 
This condition looks at the individual start date of the learner. This start date can be found on the Learners tab of the page of the course in the column Start date.


... from date "X"
The activity or block becomes available on the set date. First, you set the date of this condition on the activity or block on which you add this condition. Later you can adjust the date of this condition per course.
This can be done via the Activities tab of the course page via the Conditions button (see also: ○ Course settings - Tab: Activities).


... until date "X"
The activity or block is immediately available for learners when they start the course but closes on the date that is set in the condition settings. 
First, a date should be set on the block or activity in the template. Later you can change this date per course.
This can be done via the Activities tab of the course page via the Conditions button (see also: ○ Course settings - Tab: Activities).


... after activity "X" is completed
The activity or block becomes available after the activity that is referred to in the condition is completed. 


... "X" period after activity "X" is completed
The activity or block with this condition will become available after X period after activity X has been completed.
The period the activity becomes available is calculated from the moment activity X has been completed by the learner.


... until "X" period has passed after completing activity "X"
The activity or block is immediately available when the learner starts the course and is still available for a certain period after completing activity X or until activity X is completed.

When adding this condition you can choose  between the following settings:

1. Until completing activity X: the activity is already available when the learner starts the course and will close after completing activity X.

2. You set a time period: the activity is immediately available at the start of the course and closes after X period after completing activity.


 ... after activity "X" is completed with a minimum score of "X" (The exact score is included)
The activity or block becomes available when the learner has achieved the minimum or a higher score on the activity that is referred to in the condition.


... after activity "X" is completed with a maximum score of "X" (The exact score is excluded)
The activity or block becomes available when the learner has achieved the maximum or a lower score on the activity that is referred to in the condition.


...after activity "X" has been completed with result "X"
The activity or block becomes available when the activity referred to in the condition is completed with a specific outcome (passed/failed).


... after block "X" is completed
The activity or block becomes available when all activities of the block the condition refers to have been completed.


... "X" period after block "X" is completed
The activity or block with this condition will become available after X period after block X has been completed.
The period the activity becomes available is calculated from the moment block X has been completed by the learner.


... until "X" period has passed after completing block "X"
The activity or block is immediately available when the learner starts the course and is still available for a certain period after completing block X or until block X is completed.

When adding this condition you can choose  between the following settings:

1. Until completing block X: the block is already available when the learner starts the course and will close after completing block X.

2. You set a time period: the block is immediately available at the start of the course and closes after X period after completing the block. 


...after the learner has spent "X" time in the course
The activity or block becomes available when a learner has been active in the course for a certain period of time.


... after a retention of "X"% has been reached
The activity becomes available when the learner has achieved retention of the set percentage (or higher) in the MemoTrainer.


... until a retention of "X"% is reached
The activity is available from the start of the learner, but closes when the learner has achieved a certain percentage of retention in the MemoTrainer.


...after a learner has been granted explicit access
The learner will only have access to the activity when explicit access has been given.

Explicit access can be given by an administrator via the Explicit Access tab of a course (○ Course settings - Tab: Explicit access).

Instructors with the right permissions can give explicit access via the course dashboard the Settings tab.


... after learning objective "X" has a percentage of "X"% (Access will be denied as soon as the percentage falls back below)
The activity or block becomes available when the learner achieved a certain score on the learning objective that is selected in the condition. 
As soon as the percentage for this learning objective drops below this percentage, the activity or block for which this condition is set also closes.

You can only use this condition when working with learning objectives in the template.


In the article below you can find scenarios how to use conditions on activities and blocks:

○ Adding conditions to an activity/block