how to mark a course as complete on totara

by Lorenz Hoeger IV 7 min read

Go to Site administration > Configure features > Learn settings. Select Enable RPL for courses to allow courses to be marked as completed by assigning a user a Record of Prior Learning.

Set up completion conditions
  1. Click Course Completion in the Course Administration options to set the course completion conditions.
  2. Next you can configure your desired settings.
  3. Click Save changes to save the course completion conditions.

Full Answer

What are the logs in Totara learn?

There are also transaction logs, which record all changes that are made to these records (both from within the editor and in other areas of Totara Learn, e.g. completion of an activity, or when cron reaggregates completion). It also includes a checker, which can be used to find records which have a problem (e.g. data in an invalid state).

Where can I learn more about the Totara mobile app?

The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using the Totara mobile app . Here you can learn more about how to configure and use your mobile app, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

Does the course completion Archive remove learners from the course?

The course completion archive will not remove learners from the course, anyone enrolled will remain enrolled but with an empty course completion record so that they can retake the course.

Can a learner enroll in a course without completing the prerequisite course?

This setting does not prevent a learner from enrolling in this course when they have not completed the prerequisite course, but they cannot complete this course until they have completed the prerequisite course (s). Specify the date that users must remain enrolled until. Specify the number of days the user must remain enrolled for.

How do I mark a course complete in Moodle?

Use Site administration > Advanced features > Enable completion tracking (check enabled) in order to allow completion tracking on your site. You can set Completion tracking as On or Off in new courses as a course default in Site administration > Courses > Course default settings.

How do I create a course in Totara?

Creating a new courseGo to Courses > Courses and categories under the quick-access menu.Choose the Category you want your course to belong to (this can be changed later).Select the Create new course link.Complete the mandatory Course settings.Click Save Changes.

How many courses does Totara Academy have?

The Totara Academy has a two courses, one dedicated to using Courses and categories and another for Grading, completion and certificates in Totara Learn. Here you can learn more on how to use use these tools, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

What is Totara editor?

There are also transaction logs, which record all changes that are made to these records (both from within the editor and in other areas of Totara Learn, e.g. completion of an activity , or when cron reaggregates completion). It also includes a checker, which can be used to find records which have a problem (e.g. data in an invalid state).

How to delete course completion records?

This is done by moving the completion records into a table on the database called course_completion_history table which stores a limited amount of information about the completion record, only the id, courseid, userid, timecompleted, and grade. Once it has been moved the system then deletes the course completion record, criteria completion records, and activity completion records so that the user can retake the course.

How to access completion editor?

The Course completion editor is available if you have the right permissions from any course via the Administration block by following the path Course administration > Completion editor. To access the editor you need to have the capability totara/completioneditor:editcoursecompletion (by default this is only administrators).

What happens if you set completion option to manual?

If the new completion option is manual, everyone is set to not completed regardless of any previous setting.

What to do if playback doesn't begin?

If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.

Can you enroll in prerequisite courses if you have not completed the prerequisite course?

This setting does not prevent a learner from enrolling in this course when they have not completed the prerequisite course, but they cannot complete this course until they have completed the prerequisite course (s).

Course completion conditions settings

1 Click ‘Completion’ in the Course Administration options to set the course completion conditions.

Unlocking Course Completion Conditions

When you select to 'Unlock completion options and delete user completion data', all completion information for the course and course activities is deleted.

Activity Completion

When an activity has completion conditions set on it a tick box appears alongside the activity. There are two types of tick boxes:

Course Completion

If your course has completion criteria you will see the Course Completion Status block on the course page. This block details the Activities you need to complete to complete the course.

When enabled, must the learner view the activity only to be marked as complete?

When enabled the learner must view the activity only to be marked as complete. If an activity has Require view in combination with other criteria , the user will only be marked complete if they view the activity at a moment when all other criteria are already complete.

What happens when you unlock complete and delete completion data?

When using 'Unlock complete and delete completion data' any previous manual completions are deleted and cannot be automatically regenerated. If it is automatic then, depending on the options chosen, some users may already meet the new criteria and immediately be marked complete.

Can multiple conditions be set?

Multiple conditions may be set if desired. If so, the activity will only be considered complete when all conditions are met. A tick next to the activity name on the course page indicates when the activity is complete. There are three options:

Activity completion conditions

Each activity type has completion conditions relevant to that activity. There are common completion settings that appear on most activities:

Unlocking Course Completion Conditions

When you select to Unlock completion options and delete user completion data, all completion information for the activity is deleted. You can then set new completion conditions for the activity, when you click Save changes on the Activity Settings page Totara will, where possible, regenerate the user completion data according to the new settings.

Removing RPL

Once it has been added, it is only possible to remove RPL using the course completion editor .

Mark course complete via a program or certification

Another option available is marking RPL completions via a program or certification a learner is assigned to. Site Administrators and users with the requisite capabilities can view a learner's required learning to access the program/certification view page, here the option to Mark complete will be available.

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Set Up Completion Conditions

Editing Completion Conditions

  • When a course has completion settings included, the completion settings are automatically locked so they can't be changed easily. If you need to change the course completion conditions there are two options on what to do with the existing completion data: 1. Unlock criteria and delete existing completion data 2. Unlock criteria without deleting Unl...
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Course Completion Editor

  • The course completion editor allows you to review and edit a learners course completion. The editor allows you to edit course completion, criteria completion, activity completion, and historic data for any learner. It allows you to put this data into any valid state. There are also transaction logs, which record all changes that are made to these records (both from within the editor and i…
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Completion Archive

  • The course completion archive allows you to reset the course completions for all the users who have previously completed the course. This is done by moving the completion records into a table on the database called course_completion_history tablewhich stores a limited amount of information about the completion record, only the id, courseid, userid, timecompleted, and grade…
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Plugin Settings

  • As a site administrator you can configure site-wide settings for the course completion report under Site administration > Plugins > Reports > Course completion in the Administrationblock.
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Completion Tracking

  • If enabled, activity completion is tracked, either manually or automatically, based on certain conditions. Multiple conditions may be set if desired. If so, the activity will only be considered complete when all conditions are met. A tick next to the activity name on the course page indicates when the activity is complete. There are three options: 1. Do not indicate activity comp…
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Activity Completion Conditions

  • Each activity type has completion conditions relevant to that activity. There are however completion settings that appear on most activities:
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Unlocking Activity Completion Conditions

  • Once Activity Completion details have been set and any one learner has completed the activity, completion options will become locked. You can unlock completion and delete completion data or unlock completion and keep completion data however modifying activity completion criteria after some users have already completed the activity, can lead to different users being marked as co…
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Within A Module

  • You can mark completion from within a module itself, so whilst inside a forum for example there will be a little Complete check box (if completion tracking is enabled and learners are allow to mark themselves as complete). This is particularly useful if a course is set up with the single activityformat as you can still use activity completion and h...
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