Title: Instructions: Completion progress in Moodle
Course: Student Moodle orientation template > Section: Following my progress

Activity completion: Once you have familiarized yourself with the instructions and know how you can manually mark your own progress, how the automatic completion progress works, and what the colours in the Completion progress bar mean, you can manually mark this item complete by clicking Mark as done.

1. You can follow your own progress on the course by using the visual Completion Progress bar.

The bar appears on the right-hand side of the Moodle course page.

If you cannot see the Completion Progress bar, click Open block drawer to see the contents on the right.

It may also be that your teacher has not activated completion progress for the course.

2. The individual sections of the bar refer to different activities or learning content that are being tracked.

- When you hover the mouse over the bar, you can see which course contents the bar consists of.
- By clicking on a bar section, you can directly access an individual activity or other content which is included in the completion progress bar.

3. Completion progress has two options:

1. Moodle automatically displays progress or
2. Students mark their own progress manually.

Both options can be used on a Moodle course, depending on which option is appropriate for completing an individual activity.

Moodle displays progress automatically

Moodle can automatically display your progress on a course and use different colours to indicate which stage you are at.

Here are two examples of automatic completion progress:

- Moodle can count the number of posts you submit to a discussion forum. When the target number of posts specified by the teacher is reached, Moodle will automatically mark your forum activity as complete.

- Automatic completion progress is often used when submitting files for assignments. When you upload a file, a yellow section appears in the Completion progress bar to indicate that a file has been submitted for grading. When your teacher grades your assignment, the bar turns either green for passed or red for failed assignment.

Students mark their own progress manually

For some course activities, the teacher can instruct you to mark the completion of the activity yourself. For example, this might involve going through some material or watching a video. In these cases, the bar colour changes to green after you click the Mark as done button yourself.

- Once you have independently worked through the material, you can mark the content completed by clicking the Mark as done button. You can find the button next to the activity or at the top of the content page.

4. What do the colors in the Completion progress bar mean?

- Blue: You have not yet completed the activity.
- Yellow: You have completed the activity, but it has not been graded yet.
- Green: You have completed the activity and it has been graded with a passing grade.
- Red: You have completed the activity and it has been graded with a failing grade or you have not completed the activity in time.

5. Completion progress is visible next to activities

You can see completion progress requirements also next to assignments, forums or quizzes on the right-hand side. This helps you follow more precisely what is required for completing a specific assignment.

You have now gone through the instructions on Completion progress in Moodle.

You know how you can mark your completion manually yourself, how Moodle tracks your progress automatically, and what the Completion progress bar colours mean.

You can now scroll to the top of this page and click the Mark as done button.

After clicking the button, you will notice your first green completed section in the Completion progress bar.