About
The activities data source allows you to list activities and resources from across Moodle. This data source is useful for creating activity overviews, tracking completion progress across different modules, or building custom resource libraries for students.
You can find these settings when opening the preferences of a Dash block.
Available fields
These are the building blocks available for your layout:
Activities
Activity name
Activity Name (linked)
Description
ID number
Activities tags
Type
Module Name
Module icon
Module purpose
Completion status
Completion date
Due date
Section
Section link
Path
Created date
Last modified date
Activity button
Activity image
Activity image url
Activity image link
Course
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
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 filters
These are the filters available in the data source:
Category
Course
Module Name
Activities tags
Type
Module purpose
Note: For how to enable these for your users, see Filters preferences.
Available conditions
Course categories – Limits data to courses within selected Moodle categories.
My enrolled courses – Only shows courses where the current user is enrolled.
Courses – Manually select specific courses to display.
Activities tags – Limit data based on tags assigned to activities.
Note: For how to apply these restrictions, see Conditions preferences.