====== User Guide ======
===== Availability condition: Time spent in the course (Section Time) =====

This plugin makes it possible to make activities accessible only after a certain working time has been measured in one particular section of the course. The measurement of this working time is obtained from the block [[:blocks:UseStats|Use Stats]] which must be installed beforehand in Moodle.

The usual process for using this plugin is : 

   * Open the course and set it into editing mode
   * On an activity, or a section, go to the local settings and open the availability section.
   * Choose a "Section Time" availability item
   * Choose the focussed section
   * Adjust the threshold time (given in minutes)

As a result any student having NOT passed enough time in the designated course section WILL NOT access to that activity or page.

==== Functional restrictions and warnings ====

  * This plugin cannot evaluate the time passed in sections of **another course** to trigger the availability condition.
  * This plugin is compatible with "page format" (availability for pages resuses the availability on sections)
  * **WARNING** : You may NOT apply an availabiity on a section, focussing to itself. This would lock the possibility to spend time on the triggering section. This would be also the case by applying a Section Time restriction on the unique activity of the section, that would also lead to a deadend lock.

==== Credits ==== 

    * Valéry Fremaux : Architecture and develompent
    * Florence Labord : Documentation and functional review

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