As a student, I see an active button to the course content that leads on the dashboard for course with not completed prerequisites

[irin2811]

Preconditions:
student is enrolled on a course that have not completed the prerequisite course

Steps to reproduce:

1. log in to https://master.openedx.io/ as a student
2. click on the Begin Course/Resume button for a course from preconditions

Actual result:
Buttons are active. Clicking on course card or buttons redirects user to learner dashboard

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Expected result:
the dashboard does not provide a link to the course content. The dashboard includes a link to the About page for the prerequisite course. Buttons should be disabled.

https://docs.openedx.org/en/latest/educators/references/course_development/about_page.html#prerequisite-courses

[bradenmacdonald]

I've moved this to frontend-app-learner-dashboard as it seems like a Dashboard issue, not an Authoring/Studio MFE issue.

[irin2811]

thank you, sorry for my mistake

[Lunyachek]

Hello everyone! I recently opened a fix: #716

I have a question: should we also add a message with a link to the About page of the prerequisite course, similar to how it worked on the legacy dashboard? This would require a backend modification as well.

[sarina]

@Lunyachek I agree we should add the message. The message without the name of the prerequisite is very frustrating.

[itsjeyd]

@sarina Once @Lunyachek adds the message, would you say that we could consider #716 approved from product perspective?

[sarina]

Yes

[itsjeyd]

@sarina Great, thanks!

Over to you @Lunyachek.