View source for Make News on Front Page viewable to Teachers only

In /index.php, look for '''case FRONTPAGENEWS:'''

 case FRONTPAGENEWS:
 <font color="#cc0000">if (isteacherinanycourse()) {</font>
 if ($SITE->newsitems) { // Print forums only when needed
 require_once($CFG->dirroot .'/mod/forum/lib.php');
 
 if (! $newsforum = forum_get_course_forum($SITE->id, 'news')) {
 error('Could not find or create a main news forum for the site');
 }
 
 if (isset($USER->id)) {
 $SESSION->fromdiscussion = $CFG->wwwroot;
 if (forum_is_subscribed($USER->id, $newsforum->id)) {
 $subtext = get_string('unsubscribe', 'forum');
 } else {
 $subtext = get_string('subscribe', 'forum');
 }
 $headertext = '&lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">&lt;tr>'.
 '&lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="title"&gt;'.$newsforum->name.'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;'.
 '&lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="link"&gt;&lt;a href="mod/forum/subscribe.php?id='.$newsforum->id.'"&gt;'.$subtext.'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;'.
 '&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;';
 } else {
 $headertext = $newsforum->name;
 }
 
 print_heading_block($headertext);
 forum_print_latest_discussions($SITE, $newsforum, $SITE->newsitems);
 }
 <font color="#cc0000">}</font>
 break;

The lines in red are the lines you'll need to add.

'''Moodle 2.0'''
It appears that this tip will not work in Moodle 2.0 - you will get an error message saying 
  <font color="#cc0000">"Function If (isteacherinanycourse()) is removed, use Capabilities instead"</font>.  
This implies that Moodle 2.0 allows you to set that as a Role Capability in the Front Page. To accomplish this, you will need a good understanding of Capabilities in Moodle 2.0.  

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