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HikaShop

Joomdle integrates with HikaShop, enabling you to sell Moodle courses through a HikaShop storefront. Courses are published as products, buyers are automatically enrolled upon purchase, and customizable confirmation emails can be sent with access instructions.

Available Plugins​

  • Joomdleshop Hikashop — Publishes Moodle courses as HikaShop products, enabling them to be sold through the storefront.
  • System Joomdlehikashop — Processes HikaShop orders and automatically enrols buyers in their purchased Moodle courses.
  • System Joomdlehikashopgroups — Assigns users to specific Moodle course groups upon purchase. Use this instead of System Joomdlehikashop if you need group assignment.
  • Hikashop Profile — Uses Hikashop as an additional data source for profile information synced to Moodle. See Field Data Mapping for information on creating field mappings.
  • Hikashop Joomdle Plugin — Responds to Hikashop events (such as address updates) by calling Joomdle user sync functions.
note

Only enable one system plugin at a time: either System Joomdlehikashop or System Joomdlehikashopgroups.

How It Works​

When a user purchases a Moodle course product in HikaShop, Joomdle automatically enrols them in the corresponding Moodle course. If configured, a confirmation email is sent to the buyer with course details and access instructions.

For more details on the selling workflow, see Selling Moodle Courses Through Joomla.

Configuration​

HikaShop​

Ensure HikaShop is installed and functioning properly with standard products before proceeding.

  1. Navigate to the HikaShop Product menu and create a new Product Category to organize your Moodle courses.

Joomla​

To activate Joomdle's HikaShop integration, select it in Joomdle backend → Configuration → Shop.

Mandatory Settings​

  • Courses Category — Select the HikaShop Product Category where Moodle courses should appear.

Optional Settings​

  • Send Enroll Emails — Enable to send emails upon course purchase.
  • Email Subject and Body — Customize email content using placeholders:
    • COURSE_NAME — The course name from Moodle.
    • COURSE_URL — The course URL from Moodle.
  • Send Bundle Emails — Send individual emails for each course when a bundle is purchased.

Moodle (optional)​

The enrol_joomdle.zip package adds a new enrollment method to Moodle that lets you set course costs directly in Moodle and display a link to the shop when users try to access a course without being enrolled.

Important: This enrollment method is not really used to enrol the students, so it is not required for selling courses.

Installation:

  1. Install via Site Administration → Plugins → Install Plugins.
  2. Go to Site Administration → Plugins → Enrollments → Manage Enroll Plugins and enable the Joomdle enrollment method.

Settings:

  • Default Cost — The default enrollment cost for courses.
  • Currency — Your preferred currency.
  • Enroll Message — Message shown when users attempt to access unpaid courses. Use BUY_COURSE_URL to insert a link to the product page.

Tips & Tricks​

If you're exclusively selling courses, you can hide the quantity selector in HikaShop, since purchasing multiple instances of a course doesn't make sense.

Navigate to HikaShop Configuration → Display → Product Options and set Quantity Input Method to None.