Extended fields Required and for Pathways
Extended fields tool is improved with the addition of two features:
- The possibility to mark them as Required, that is, make it mandatory to complete that field in order to create new content.
- So far they were only available for courses, now it is also possible to create new fields for pathways.
Mark an Extended Field as Required
To use these two options, you must enter the extended fields editing tool. Log in the Admin Portal and in the left menu, under the Setting section, and click on Extended fields.
You will see the list of extended fields that you have created so far, with their Name, Type and default Values. There are two new columns now that indicate:
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Entity: if the field will be used for courses or pathways.
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Mandatory: if it is required to be filled in.
If you click on the New field button, in any of the types, you will see that these new options are shown in the edit menu.
If you activate the Required flag you will make it mandatory to complete this extended field in order to create the content. The Save button is disabled until it is done.
Create an Extended Field for Courses or Pathways
In the same menu you will see that the Entities option is shown, here you must select whether the field will be displayed in the Courses or Pathways creation menu.
It is mandatory to select one or the other option. That is, whenever you create a new extended field, you must mark whether it will be for courses or for Pathways.
Only one of the two options can be checked, which means it is not possible to create the same field to be displayed in both courses and patways at the same time. What you can do in this case is to duplicate a field, create two identical fields, and mark one for courses and the other for pathways.
Modify an Extended Field
Fields already created can be edited by clicking on the three dots on the right and selecting the Details option:
You can make a required field optional by unchecking the flag, and vice versa. But it cannot be changed whether it is for courses or pathways, this option is marked the first time the field is created.