Competency Dimensions

See your learning path in a new dimension.

A Moodle local plugin that extends the core competency system with custom fields, course section progress tracking, and a visual learning plan interface. It provides two display modes: competency tracker and full plan overview. Rich customization options for colors, images, icons, tags, and SCSS are available.

Requirements

• Moodle 4.5 or later (tested up to Moodle 5.2)
• Core competencies enabled (core_competency)

Motivation for this plugin

This plugin was created to:

1. Extend competencies and learning plan templates with custom fields (card images, background colours, tags, icons, SCSS styling)
2. Provide real-time course section progress tracking, including recursive subsection support (Flexsections)
3. Offer a modern, accessible learning plan visualization with two distinct modes
4. Support enrollment-aware filtering and locked content detection

Display modes

The plugin provides two ways to visualize a learning plan, selectable per template via a custom field:

Competency tracker

Shows linked courses for a single competency as a responsive grid of course cards. Each card displays:

• Real-time section progress via circular SVG indicators
• Lock status with configurable icons and "Learn More" buttons
• Availability dates for future enrolments

Full plan overview

Shows all competencies in the plan as an expandable accordion. Each accordion panel loads via AJAX and can display:

• Competency description
• Hierarchy path (framework ' parent ' competency)
• Related competencies (optionally clickable)
• Evidence cards with detail modals
• Comments section with reply functionality
• Linked course cards with section progress

Dimensions Block (block_dimensions) is a companion block plugin that displays competency and learning plan cards directly on the Moodle dashboard or any page where blocks are allowed. It provides quick-access cards for plans and competencies styled with the same custom fields managed by this plugin.

Repository: https://github.com/uaiblaine/moodle-block_dimensions