Administrator role: Difference between revisions

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The Admin (short for Administrator) can do anything and go anywhere in the site. The Admin can edit their profile like any other user.

Assigning users the role of admin

To assign a user the role of admin in Moodle 1.7 onwards:

Access Administration > Users > Permissions > Assign system roles.
Choose the administrator role to assign.
Select a user in the potential users list, and use the left-facing arrow button to add it to the existing users list.

Note: Users should only be assigned the role of admin (i.e. a role with the capability moodle/site:doanything set to allow) in the system context.

Primary administrators

In versions of Moodle prior to 1.7, only the primary admin could create admins or remove admin rights for other users. In Moodle 1.7 onwards there is no primary administrator. However, a duplicate administrator role may be created with slightly fewer capabilities allowed.

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-[Administrator|Admins]] (short for Administrators) can do anything and go anywhere in the site.   In versions prior to 1.7, only the [[Primary Administrator|primary admin]] may '''assign or remove admin rights''' for other users. In 1.7 this is not true.
+The [[Administrator|Admin]] (short for Administrator) can do anything and go anywhere in the site.  The Admin can edit their profile like any other user.
-== Create new admins ==
+==Assigning users the role of admin==
-In order to assign an existing user on a Moodle site as an admin, one must first login as the primary admin user =
-# On the Moodle site's home page, locate the "'''Administration'''" sideblock
+To assign a user the role of admin in Moodle 1.7 onwards:
-# Click on the "'''Admin...'''" link located at the bottom of the block
+#Access ''Administration > Users > Permissions > Assign system roles''.
-# Click on the "'''Assign admins'''" link
+#Choose the administrator role to assign.
-# Select any of the users from the right column ('potential admins') of the screen and then click the "'''<'''" button.
+#Select a user in the potential users list, and use the left-facing arrow button to add it to the existing users list.
-== Removing admin rights ==
+Note: Users should only be assigned the role of admin (i.e. a role with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/site:doanything|moodle/site:doanything]] set to allow) in the system context.
-Follow the instructions above but select the existing admin from the left hand side and click the "'''>'''" button instead.
-==Roles in 1.7==
+==Primary administrators==
-See [[Assign roles]] for assigning administrative roles.  There is no default primary administrator role in 1.7, just administrator.  The new role system was designed to migrate users in with their previous site and/or course role assignments.
-Remember in 1.7, it is possible to add a new roll (for example called) Primary Administrator and to slightly harden/restrict the Legacy Administrator role.
+In versions of Moodle prior to 1.7, only the [[Primary administrator pre-1.7|primary admin]] could create admins or remove admin rights for other users. In Moodle 1.7 onwards there is no primary administrator. However, a duplicate administrator role may be created with slightly fewer capabilities allowed.
 ==See also==
-*[[Assign administrators]] replaces this page
+*[[Site administrators]] in Moodle 2.0 onwards
 *[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=36856 I lost my administrator's rights] forum discussion
 *[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=43562 How to create an extra admin account]
+[[Category:Roles]]
+[[fr:Choisir les administrateurs]]
+[[ja:管理者の割り当て]]
+[[de:Administrator-Rolle]]

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Administrator role: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:28, 6 May 2010

Assigning users the role of admin

Primary administrators

See also