You can restrict access to an activity or resource based on the preferred language the user has set in their profile. This is helpful in multi-lingual courses, as you can ensure that only the correct language is displayed to the learner.
Follow these steps to restrict access based on preferred language:
- Navigate to the course and select Turn editing on.
- Click Edit next to the activity for which you want to restrict access.
- Expand the Restrict access section and click Add restriction.
- Select User language.
- You can select whether the learner must or must not match the specified completion criteria.
- Select the relevant language from the dropdown menu.
- Finally, select Save and display or Save and return to course to confirm your selection.
You can also click the X delete icon to cancel without saving.

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