Showing progress through the module
Nov 10, 2015
We have a re-occurring issue with learners 'finishing' a module and then not showing as 'complete' in our Learning Management System. We set the tracking options so that the learner has to land on 75% of the slides to be considered complete. As a work around we have a slide at the end of each course along the lines of 'congratulations, you have completed the module' but it is still possible to get to this without landing on 75% of the slides in total. Is there any way to include a progress bar and/or change the settings so that people cannot skip slides?
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Using your menu options, it is possible to change its default setting from "Free" to restricted. That way, users will not be able to advance to the next slide until the slide they are currently on has a finished timeline.
Thanks Douglas. That's one option I could incorporate but I think that means all of the slides have to be restricted in terms of navigation, not just a slide here or there. I'm hoping there is a progress meter somewhere I can display (a bit like a survey progress bar)..thanks for the tip!
Another option, although not a perfect one, is to track slide views with a variable. This variable would count up by 1 every time a user goes to a new slide. You could then see if the variable is a certain number on the completion slide, and if it is lower then expected, give them a message saying so. The downside is that if a slide needs to reset when a user visits the variable would increase every time it was accessed.
Hi, Alex -- This thread for a simple progress bar is somewhat older, but it might be a good reference in case you wanted to try any of the suggestions offered. Please let us know if this will do the trick and you are welcome to share your finished product if you wish! :)
Thanks Christie. Very, very helpful. While I've had a go at including this in a pre-existing module, it is a bit tricky. Better applied to a brand new course. I have definately got a clear way forward now though.
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