Discourse as an LMS / Discourse integration with an LMS

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

I’m a fan of this idea, and as you can see from this topic, I am here because I once used Discourse as an LMS (but it’s been a long while!).

@G_N

• A theme for Categories and sub-categories to appear as e.g. as Modules and Units

You can just change this in admin → customize → text content

@G_N

• A plugin to create new rules leading to awarding new badges

This doesn’t need a plugin, just enable badges as described in Enable Badge SQL. Developing the SQL for them is a good idea, though.

@G_N

• Static sequencing of posts within a Category/Sub-Category

At the risk of being pedantic, I think you mean “topics”.

@G_N

• A way of defining pre-requisite topics (maybe using Graphviz plugin) to show at the beginning of each topic, and a roadmap to show where to go next.

I always look for the no-plugin solution, which may be inappropriate here, but how is this different from just adding these links to the beginning/end of the topic post?