Show hidden courses to students

[minaraja3]

Hello,

We would like to show hidden courses to the students to avoid questions about enrollment issues. If they see the course faded out, they will know it exists, but it's hidden.
There is a way to do this?

[Syxton]

@minaraja3 There isn't currently a setting that allows this, but if you really want this, I believe a single code change would do this for you.

This bypasses the check for hidden courses.
interface.php ~line 234 inside the get_category_tree() function
change $course->visible ==1 to 1 == 1

[Syxton]

original line
if ($course->visible == 1 || has_capability('moodle/course:viewhiddencourses', context_course::instance($course->id))) {

altered line
if (1 == 1 || has_capability('moodle/course:viewhiddencourses', context_course::instance($course->id))) {