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==Creating a cohort== | ==Creating a cohort== | ||
Cohorts can be created by site administrators and other users with appropriate permissions. | |||
* Access ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Cohorts'' | * Access ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Cohorts'' | ||
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To synchronise cohort members with course participants, the [[Cohort sync]] enrolment plugin should be enabled in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins''. | To synchronise cohort members with course participants, the [[Cohort sync]] enrolment plugin should be enabled in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins''. | ||
== | ==Cohort capabilities== | ||
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*[[Capabilities/moodle/cohort:assign|Add and remove cohort members]] | |||
*[[Capabilities/moodle/cohort:manage|Create, delete and move cohorts]] | |||
*[[Capabilities/enrol/cohort:config|Configure cohort instances]] | |||
*[[Capabilities/moodle/cohort:view|View site-wide cohorts]] | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMWZW_n0eVI A three minute Cohort in Moodle 2.0 video] | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMqaeOGXuHQ Cohorts in Moodle 2.0 video] | |||
[[Category:Site administration]] | [[Category:Site administration]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:53, 1 May 2012
Cohorts, or site-wide groups, enable all members of a cohort to be enrolled in a course in one action, either manually or synchronised automatically.
Creating a cohort
Cohorts can be created by site administrators and other users with appropriate permissions.
- Access Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Cohorts
- Click the Add button
- NOTE In the dropdown you can choose between making your cohort available throughout the site "system" or in a named category.
- Complete the details and save the changes.
- Follow the assign link opposite the cohort name in the list of available cohorts.
- Select potential users from the list then click the Add button.
To synchronise cohort members with course participants, the Cohort sync enrolment plugin should be enabled in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins.
Cohort capabilities
- Add and remove cohort members
- Create, delete and move cohorts
- Configure cohort instances
- View site-wide cohorts
