Hi all

I thought I might share this solution I've implemented on our Totara platform - interested in any feedback or improvement suggestions.

The requirement was to restrict access to candidates doing online assessments where they complete a number of exercises in sequence but we need to restrict access to the each exercise until they are provided a "key" to unlock the assessment by a day manager.

It's possible to restrict enrolment to a course using an enrolment key, but there isn't anything similar available to create an access key to restrict access to an activity within a course.

My solution was:

1. Create a "fill in the blank" HP5 Activity with a single question - Enter unlock key
2. The HP5 activity is graded as pass or fail - 100% is required to pass
3. Submitting the correct key = 100%, entering anything else score 0-99% (not a pass)
4. The exercise related to the lock key has a simple Restrict Access rule - only allow access if LOCK KEY activity has a Pass Grade

I've attached screen images to show how it works...

Kevin