I’m kinda new to channels (standard, not D, C&S) and can’t seem to consistently make content display on the dashboard.Here’s my configuration:Custom channel in Admin > Channels, called Latest Uploads It is published, visibility to 2 groups and 1 branch. My superadmin account is a member of all three of these. Content is one course and one LP. My dashboard (page) widget is a Channel widget, assigned to display only the Latest Uploads channel.If I add content to the channel via Admin > Channels, it does not appear on the dashboard. If I enroll myself into the LP, then I get content on the dashboard.This just seems very wrong to me that something meant for informal learning requires an admin to make it visible. What am I doing wrong?

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Displaying Content in a standard Channel - What am I missing ??

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24 March 2022
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KMallette
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I’m kinda new to channels (standard, not D, C&S) and can’t seem to consistently make content display on the dashboard.

Here’s my configuration:

Custom channel in Admin > Channels, called Latest Uploads
It is published, visibility to 2 groups and 1 branch. My superadmin account is a member of all three of these. Content is one course and one LP.
My dashboard (page) widget is a Channel widget, assigned to display only the Latest Uploads channel.

If I add content to the channel via Admin > Channels, it does not appear on the dashboard. If I enroll myself into the LP, then I get content on the dashboard.

This just seems very wrong to me that something meant for informal learning requires an admin to make it visible. What am I doing wrong?

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Best answer by Neil Patterson 25 March 2022, 17:40

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I believe that courses only show up in Channels if a user is enrolled in them. There should be a setting to change this though. Go to Settings > Advanced Settings > Channels. You should see a tick box there to show courses for users to self enroll.

Hope this helps?

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lrnlab
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24 March 2022

Also note that this does not work with courses that are for sale; users cannot enrol in them via the channels.

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KMallette
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24 March 2022

@lrnlab@Neil Patterson

The courses are free

The tickbox was already selected.

Any other thoughts?

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Neil Patterson
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25 March 2022
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Hmmm, so I have done a bit of digging in the community and found the release note for courses in channels. It says:

Rules on engagement
Learners can self-enroll into courses from channels only if:

the course enrollment policy is set to free (learn more about enrollment policy for courses)

learners have visibility on at least one catalogue the course is assigned to

Remember that courses under maintenance are not shown in channels and that learners cannot see learning plans available for self-enrollment in channels.