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Recommend a course

Recommend a course

Maintained by Himanshu Saini

This block plugin allows users to recommend courses to other users. Recommended courses are displayed on the user's dashboard, with course cards.

Price option: Free

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Supports Moodle 3.5-5.2 See all versions

Latest release: 3 months ago

Installations: 10

Downloads (last 90 days): 94

Frankenstyle name: block_recommend_course

Plugin type: Blocks

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Current version

1.2 (2026040912)

Moodle 3.10, 3.11, 3.9, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2

Uploaded on Friday, 10 April 2026 at 21:20 (GMT+0)

1.2

Plugin type: Blocks

Frankenstyle component name: block_recommend_course

Version build number: 2026040912

Version release name: 1.2

Maturity: Stable

Supported Moodle versions: 3.10, 3.11, 3.9, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/justaddwater-dev/moodle-block-recommend_course

Repository branch:

Repository tag: v1.2.0

Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/justaddwater-dev/moodle-block-recommend_course/issues

New Features

Dual Notification Support

Course recommendations can now be sent via:

In-app notifications

Email notifications

Admin Control for Delivery Channels

Added new settings to control how recommendations are delivered:

Enable/disable in-app notifications

Enable/disable email notifications

Customizable Email Content

Administrators can now configure:

Email subject

Email body (with placeholder support)

Dynamic Placeholders

Supported placeholders:

[course_name] — Name of the recommended course

[recommended_by] — Name of the user who recommended the course

1.1 (2025112200)

Moodle 3.10, 3.11, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1

Uploaded on Friday, 21 November 2025 at 23:44 (GMT+0)

1.1

Plugin type: Blocks

Frankenstyle component name: block_recommend_course

Version build number: 2025112200

Version release name: 1.1

Maturity: Stable

Supported Moodle versions: 3.10, 3.11, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/justaddwater-in/moodle-block_recommend_course

Repository branch:

Repository tag:

Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/justaddwater-dev/moodle-block-recommend_course/issues

Fixed missing language strings.

1.1 (2025111706)

Moodle 3.10, 3.11, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1

Uploaded on Thursday, 20 November 2025 at 11:38 (GMT+0)

1.1

Plugin type: Blocks

Frankenstyle component name: block_recommend_course

Version build number: 2025111706

Version release name: 1.1

Maturity: Stable

Supported Moodle versions: 3.10, 3.11, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/justaddwater-in/moodle-block_recommend_course

Repository branch:

Repository tag:

Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/justaddwater-dev/moodle-block-recommend_course/issues

Major compliance and quality update.

Added full Privacy API implementation and capability language strings.

Introduced thirdpartylibs.xml and documented DataTables usage.

Replaced legacy HTML with Mustache templates and output renderers.

Implemented AJAX autocomplete services for users and courses.

Improved performance by limiting database queries.

1.0 (2025091406)

Moodle 3.10, 3.11, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0

Uploaded on Sunday, 14 September 2025 at 16:19 (GMT+0)

1.0

Plugin type: Blocks

Frankenstyle component name: block_recommend_course

Version build number: 2025091406

Version release name: 1.0

Maturity: Stable

Supported Moodle versions: 3.10, 3.11, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/justaddwater-dev/moodle-block-recommend_course

Repository branch: main

Repository tag:

Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/justaddwater-dev/moodle-block-recommend_course/issues

Recommend Course block for Moodle

This block allows users to recommend courses to other users.

Recommended courses are displayed on the user's dashboard, with course cards.

Features

Recommend any course to one or more users

Shows recommended courses as course cards (sidebar or main area)

"Show all" page to view all recommendations

"Recommend a course" page to suggest courses

"View history" page for admins with capability block/recommend_course:viewstats

"View Stats" page for admins with capability block/recommend_course:viewstats

Installation

Place the plugin code in blocks/recommend_course/, or upload zip into plugin installer page of site administration.

Add the block to your Dashboard or courses.

Requirements

Moodle 4.0 or higher (tested on Moodle 4.5, Moodle 3.9)

PHP 8.0 or higher

Version history

2025091404

Initial release

Added "Show all", "Recommend a course", and admin "View history" pages

License

GPL v3

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