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Version 2.5 - Upload Course Completion Records

 
Michelle Lamont
Version 2.5 - Upload Course Completion Records
by Michelle Lamont - Sunday, 16 February 2014, 6:53 PM
 

Hi,

I am currently using version 2.4 and I'm looking at upgrading to 2.5.  I watched the 'What's New in Totara LMS v 2.5' YouTube demo and have a question about the course completion record upload feature (around the 26 minute mark in the demo).

It's shown in the demo that the "CSV file should contain the following columns in the first line of the file": username,courseshortname,courseidnumber,completiondate,grade

Does the word "should" imply "mandatory", or is there the ability to remove (and add) fields from the upload (similar to Totara Sync where you can add additional fields beyond the mandatory fields required)?  I understand that the 'courseshortname' and 'courseidnumber' should be included and populated with data if you want course matching to occur, but to match course completion to learners can you replace 'username' with 'idnumber' and/or 'firstname' and 'surname'?  Similarly, can you add additional fields beyond the ones I've already mentioned to the CSV field and will the data upload?

Hope the above makes sense.

Thanks, Michelle

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Re: Version 2.5 - Upload Course Completion Records
by George Angus - Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 4:48 PM
Group Totara

Hi Michelle

"should" in this case is probably best read as "must" :-)

Course completion upload is not as flexible as Sync...yet, though if enough people ask we may add some extra fields and options.