Open a specific content page in Brightspace depending on which course offering student is enrolled

Question

I apologise upfront if my question comes across very basic but I've never used API calls before so unsure if want I want to do is even possible and if it is, what API call I should be using.

I have been asked to create a button in a course offering, that when pressed, will route the student to another content page depending on their enrollment in another course offering.

Here's my example.

A student can be enrolled in 1 out of 4 possible Schools within our institution.  Each School has it's own course offering page. Let's call these A, B, C and D

I've been asked to create a button that when clicked will figure out which of of these school course offerings the student is enrolled in and then route them to a specific school related content page in another course offering.

So if a student is enrolled in A they then see content page related to A in the other course offering.

Firstly is there an API call that can retrieve this information?

Secondly, can that information then be used in a Javascript if, else, else if query?

Maureen.B.923 · Answer

The suggestion above with Release Conditions sounds like the most efficient method.

Otherwise, look into Login Logic - think it only applies to Organizational homepages (e.g. not a course specific one). I believe it's a feature that D2L has to configure for you.

Samson.C.778 · Answer

Hey Scott,

I wouldn't use the API to do what you described.

@Steve.B.446 's design is the best, after reading over your description.

If there is a definite requirement for a button, you can do this…

The following assumes you have the course cut up in sections and students enrolled into sections properly.

Create four New announcements in the News Widget with a Button on it. Each with a release condition linked to the section.

Now, only those student in those sections can see this announcement, the button link to the content area of your choice.

However, I would also put a release condition on the content, limiting it by section only. The problem you may run into is, if a student need to be in multiple sections at the same time.

Now, to do this in API, I would avoid using direct JS. The last thing you need is your OAuth 2.0 code being accessible via a View Source. Also, the code has a time limit on it. You'd need something on the backend to ensure it is updated constantly. Since you are building all of that, might as well create a custom Widget, which is an iframe to an external (self hosted) webapp, where you can pass the student's D2L ID and Course ID, and you can look it up via PHP/Java/Python on the backend to generate a new button to link them to a specific content area.

Hopes this help.

Nurbek.I.804 · Answer

Hi Scott,

/d2l/api/lp/(version)/enrollments/myenrollments/ (

https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html#get--d2l-api-lp-(version)-enrollments-myenrollments-

) will give you a list of all enrollments for the user. Then you can loop the response to see if the user is enrolled in any of the school course offerings. If yes, redirect the user to that course page or content.

Or, multiple calls of /d2l/api/lp/(version)/enrollments/myenrollments/(orgUnitId) (

https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html#get--d2l-api-lp-(version)-enrollments-myenrollments-(orgUnitId)

) if there are not many schools.

You can place the button as a custom widget on the user's home page.