Community, if you extend the enrollment for a learner in an activity (and not change the course expiration date), is there a way to allow the learner to have access to the activities in the course outline? I haven’t been successful. In my use case, the activity is closed and I was trying to test giving myself access to a webform (evaluation). I’m unable to access the url directly and get an access denied. Thanks for any insights. -Dave
Screen shot of changing the extend course enrollment.
Dave, are you trying to access as an admin or a base learner? The admin may have better luck, but I won’t be surprised if the course expiration date blocks all access once it passes. If it’s just for testing purposes, you could clone the activity and keep it unpublished, and a user with the “reviewer” role would be able to access the cloned version.
EthosCE is a rule-follower, and it has challenges when admins ask it to bend the rules.
Thanks Joel, this was for a regular user without any special privileges. I think for the exception, we might need to open the entire course, rather than extending the enrollment. I thought it might be worth asking.
Dave, if you have to open it up for extended access, I recommend adjusting the activity’s expiration date and then masquerading as the learner to enroll in the course. Once that is complete, manually close enrollments on the activity to prevent unwanted new enrollments. You may also want to remove the activity from the catalog. Good luck!
Would using the duration feature work? If I recall from testing, it shuts off after the expiration date hits but could leave the date open and it should only allow those users that meet the duration requirements to have access. Not sure if that would work.
