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Course certificates data source in Dash

About the Course certificates data source and available fields and conditions (Pro only)

About

The Course certificates data source allows you to list course certificates available within Moodle.

You can find these settings when opening the preferences of a Dash block.

Important: This data source requires the Workplace course certificates plugin to be installed and active on your Moodle site.


Available fields

These are the building blocks available for your layout:

Certificates

  • Certificate template name

  • Code

  • Code linked

  • Date issued

  • Expiry date

  • Status

  • Download certificate

  • View certificate

Users

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Full name

  • Full name linked

  • Email address

  • Username

  • ID number

  • City/town

  • Country

  • Last login

  • Department

  • Institution

  • Address

  • Alternate name

  • First access

  • Description

  • User picture URL

  • User picture

  • User picture (linked to profile)

  • User profile URL

  • User profile link

  • Message URL

  • Message

  • Group

  • Custom user fields (setup individual on your Moodle installation)

Courses

  • Short name

  • Full name

  • Course start date

  • ID number

  • Summary

  • Course URL

  • Course button

  • Course image URL

  • Course image

  • Course image link

  • Format

  • Enable completion tracking

  • Course tags

  • Total activities

  • Users completed

  • Users not completed

  • Status

  • Enrollment options

  • Smart course button

  • Custom course fields (setup individual on your Moodle installation)

Course category

  • Category name

  • Category URL

Course completion

  • Total activities (completion relevant)

  • Completed activities

  • Course completed

  • Date completed

  • Progress (completed / total activities)

  • Progress bar (completed / total activities)

Details area

  • Details button

  • Details link

Note: For how to enable and arrange these fields, see Fields preferences. To configure how the details button and link behave, see the Details area preferences.


Available conditions

You can restrict which certificates are included in the block using the following rules:

  • Current course – Limits data to the course the block is currently displayed in.

  • Course categories – Limits data to courses within selected Moodle categories.

  • Logged in user – Only shows the profile of the person viewing the block.

  • Relations – Filter by specific Moodle roles (e.g. Parent).

Note: For how to apply these restrictions, see Conditions preferences.

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