Any item added to a course can be visible or hidden to students, but we can also condition the visibility of these items on a circumstance that must be met beforehand.
This option is configurable for any item added to a content area, whether or not it is actual content. You can access it either from the item's edit screen or from the course body by selecting Publishing Conditions in the dropdown menu.
If the item already had conditions configured, those conditions will also be shown to students and instructors when hovering the mouse over the item in the course body.
Showing Content to Certain Members
If you want certain content to be available only to specific users or groups, select the option Specific Members or Groups under Select Members. This will show options to select users enrolled in the course or groups that have already been created.
Simply select and click outside the dropdown to save your selection.
Example: We have our subject or course organized by student groups. The goal is to present a project per group, so we have planned that each group has a folder with work documents we provide them.
Showing Content Between Certain Dates
Check the box Date/Time. This allows you to add a start date and time and/or an end date and time for visibility. The conditioned item will only be available during this time frame.
For items with a due date, this date must fall within the interval during which the item is available. To assist you, an informational message with the due date will appear.
Example: We want course activities and exams to be visible only at the time they are to be taken. Instead of leaving them hidden, we use these conditions so they become available at the appropriate time.
Showing Content After Certain Milestones
Another option is to condition an item so it appears only after a certain milestone is met, such as making an attempt on an activity, achieving a minimum grade on an exam, or having read a specific document.
This is done by checking Activity. Select the item and the requirement, and that’s it. If multiple requirements are needed, click Add Activity Criteria to add another row.
Example: We are trying to gamify our course a bit and want to give our students a document that will significantly help them complete the final project. We want this document to be a reward for excellence, so we will grant it only to students who have a very high grade on the final exam.
To set up this scenario, upload the document and configure the publishing condition based on performance in the final exam. Choose the grade the student must reach to unlock this item.
Combining Criteria
It is important to remember that you can combine these criteria to create more complex rules, for example creating an exam that students in a group will see, but at a certain time and only if they have previously passed an activity.
When you have all the criteria for the rule defined, click Save. At that moment, you will see a panel where you can choose whether the item is visible (not accessible) or remains hidden until access is granted.
In that same panel, you will see if the item you are editing has inherited rules (for example, those from the folder it is in).
Creating Multiple Rules
This option is useful if you have criteria that exclude each other and need two or more rules to cover all cases.
An example would be having an exam for each group that will be held on two different dates. You will need two rules: one that opens the exam for group 1 during their scheduled window and another that opens the exam for group 2 during a second window.
You cannot create the second rule until you save the first, so create your rule and click Save to see the option to create that second rule.
It is important to remember that to access the item, all criteria of one of the configured rules must be met.
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