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Alternative to external link to course

 
Sarah Paisley
Alternative to external link to course
de Sarah Paisley - Sunday, 16 de April de 2023, 22:13
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I am wondering if anyone has any alternatives to adding a link to the URL for an externally provided course on a website?

Craig Eves
Re: Alternative to external link to course
de Craig Eves (Totara Support) - Thursday, 20 de April de 2023, 20:32
 

Hi Sarah

What sort of external course is it -is it a Moodle, Linkedin, SCORM or Totara course ?

Do you need to login to the external course - are you wanting to pass the grade back to Totara?

regards



Sarah Paisley
Re: Alternative to external link to course
de Sarah Paisley - Tuesday, 25 de April de 2023, 14:11
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Thanks for your reply Craig.  Just a link to an externally provided elearning coruse e.g. NPS Medicinewise.

Craig Eves
Re: Alternative to external link to course
de Craig Eves (Totara Support) - Tuesday, 25 de April de 2023, 18:46
 

Hi Sarah

Adding a label with a hyperlink link and maybe some embedded  content, activity completion conditions, access restriction  provides a bit more flexibility. 

Can you describe in more the problem you are trying to solve by not including a link to the external course?

Regards





Sarah Paisley
Re: Alternative to external link to course
de Sarah Paisley - Thursday, 28 de May de 2026, 19:51
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The external tool looks useful however it requires LTI and I note none of the external training we link to have this. Looking for a way to integrate the learning with the LMS so it recognises completion.

Natalia Kurikova
Re: Alternative to external link to course
de Natalia Kurikova - Tuesday, 2 de June de 2026, 16:49
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Hey Sarah

Something like LTI or external SCORM is going to allow to recognise completion.

If that is a separate training that doesn't have an integration, then I don't think it's possible.

I think we've had to set up external link with manual completion for learners in the past (but that was not a high-stakes training, so learners manually marking they completed was viable)