Set up Access as an admin. Go to Site Administration -> Plugins -> Manage Enrol Plugins and enable external database. Click settings next to "External Database" . Fill in the details for external database course sync. Go to Site administration -> Courses -> Course default settings and ensure the "Completion tracking" is set to "Yes". Testing scenario 1) In the remote database, add a record that contains a value for course column that does not exists in Moodle, so that you can trigger creation of the course. 2) From command line, execute "/usr/bin/php /path/to/moodle/enrol/database/cli/sync.php". Check the newly created course has completion tracking enabled.