ELIS Class instructors
The Instructors tab of an ELIS class enables the assignment of instructors to the ELIS class. The instructor of the ELIS class may be synchronized to a Moodle course the class is linked to if these conditions apply:
- The ELIS Class is linked to only one Moodle course.
- A role is assigned as the Default Instructor Role in the ELIS Program Management block ► Configuration screen.
If these conditions are met, then users assigned as instructors of the ELIS class on the Instructors tab are assigned to the selected Default Instructor role in the linked Moodle course. For example, set the Default Instructor role to Teacher, then the instructor of the ELIS class will be assigned the teacher role in the linked Moodle course.
Instructor Synchronization Use Case
The first step is to make sure the Default Instructors Role is setup correctly. Go to the Program Management block > Admin > Configuration link.
Then scroll down the page to the User Settings section > Default Instructor Role. Select the menu of choices to display a list of available roles to assign. For this example I'm selecting the Teacher role then selecting the Save Changes button at the bottom of the screen. The default instructor role setting must be set before the user is added to the Instructor tab for this to work.
The next step is to assign a user on the Instructor tab of the class. The class must be linked to the Moodle course, and only one class can be linked to the Moodle course.
Go to the Instructors tab of the class and select the Available To Assign link.
Instructors can be assigned to the class on the Available To Assign screen. A screen opens with a list of users that can be assigned as an instructor on the Instructor tab of the class. To assign instructors:
- Use the filters above the user list to find users. Select the Add box to add new filters. For this example I will use the name filter, as I start typing the name the list is filtered.
- Select the green assign icon on the right side of the user row to open an assignment window.
- Set the assignment dates then select the green check icon to complete the assignment.
- If you are assigning multiple instructors the Bulk Assignment box can be used. Drag and drop users in the box or select the Add All Search Results button to add users to the Bulk Assignment box. Once users are added there is a green assign icon that opens the same assignment window as viewed by (2) in the image.
When viewing the Moodle course's Assign roles screen, as shown in the following image, the user has been automatically added to the teacher role in the Moodle course.
If the Default Instructor role was set to the Administrator role, then this user would have been added to the Administrator role for the linked Moodle course instead of the teacher role.
Instructor's View of Learning Plan
Users assigned as instructors in an ELIS classes will have the classes listed in their:
- Learning Plan > Current Classes view
- Instructed Classes section - Where they can link to the associated Moodle course they are instructing.
