Moodle: Course Completion

Course completion is similar to Activity Completion, but it can be configured to account for a number of different criteria to be met before the course is considered complete.

For example, the Chemistry department is required to provide lab safety training for all students. They have a Chemistry Safety Training Moodle course that is configured to be marked as 'Complete' when those enrolled finish the required training. In addition, the individual courses are configured to show the completion status of the Chemistry Safety Training course.

Configuring Course Completion Requirements

To configure Course Completion settings, do the following: 

1. Click on the Course Management button in the banner of your Moodle course.
2. Under the Progress heading, select Edit course completion settings
3. Choose the criteria for which you will consider your course complete:
   1. General: Choose whether all conditions below must be met to complete the course, or if any can be met to complete the course
   2. Activity completion: Select activities that must be completed to complete the course
   3. Completion of another courses: Select other courses that must be completed to complete this course
   4. Date: Set a date that will mark the course complete
   5. Enrollment duration: Set a period of time from the start of enrollment that must pass before the course is marked complete
   6. Unenrollment: Toggle the ability for students to unenroll from the course
   7. Course grade: Set a minimum required grade for course completion
   8. Manual self-completion: Toggle students’ ability to mark the course as completed for themselves
   9. Manual completion by others: Choose which people are able to mark the course as complete (e.g. Teacher, TA, Helpdesk Staff, etc)
4. After you have chosen all the conditions you would like to apply, click Save changes

Moodle will generate a report detailing which course completion criteria have been met by students. To access this report:

1. Select Reports > Course completion from the menu directly below the course header

You will have a list of all course participants and the conditions you set for this course's completion. If a criteria has been completed by a student, a box will be checked under the criteria name in the same row as the student's name. Instructors have the option to manually override the completion status of activities as well as the completion status of the course. 

Questions?

If you need further assistance or have specific questions that aren't covered in this article, please reach out for personalized support by submitting a Moodle Support ticket. 

Acknowledgement

Created by Carly Born, 9/7/23. Last Modified by Fiona Ibrahim ‘25, 10/16/24.