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A forum moderator for a particular forum is able to edit or delete forum posts, split discussions and move discussions to other forums.
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A forum moderator for a particular forum is able to edit or delete forum posts, split discussions and move discussions to other forums.This role could be useful for example if you wish a student to be able to moderate a student forum but not have editing rights over the whole course.
==Role assignment==
==Role assignment==
A user can be made a forum moderator for a particular forum by assigning them the role of non-editing teacher (or teacher) in the module context, as follows:
# Access the forum as an editing teacher.
# From Forum navigation click More and then Permissions. From the dropdown select Locally assigned roles and assign the role of non-editing teacher to your chosen user or users. If you are using a theme other than Boost, access the link from the  Forum administration block for the forum (often towards the bottom left of your screen.)


A user can be made a forum moderator for a particular forum by assigning them the role of teacher in the module context, as follows:
==Alternative method of creating a forum moderator==
 
# Create a new role, with some (or all) of the forum capabilities enabled. This technique allows a more flexible approach. For example, you can create an account with delete but not editing.
1. Access the forum.
# Assign the role to the users, for a course, a course category, or even at site or system context, without giving all teacher capabilities. For information on how to create a custom role, see [[Creating custom roles|Creating custom roles]][[Category:Forum]]
 
2. Click the "Update this forum" button at the top-right of the page.
 
[[Image:Update-this-forum.jpg|center|frame| Click the "Update this forum" button at the top-right of the page.]]
 
3.Access the Assign roles page via the Roles tab (or the "Locally assigned roles" tab in Moodle 1.9 onwards) in the top-middle of the page.
 
[[Image:Locally-assigned-roles.jpg|center|frame| Assign roles page via the Locally assigned role (Moodle 1.9)]]
 
4.Choose the teacher role to assign.
 
[[Image:Teacher-role.jpg|center|frame| Choose the teacher role]]
 
 
5.Select the user in the potential users list, and use the left-facing arrow button to add them to the existing users list.
 
 
[[Image:Move-to-teacher-role.jpg|center|frame| Select user and move to other list!]]
 
 
==Another Method==
1. Create a new role, with some (or all) of the forum capabilities enabled.  
This technique allows a more flexible approach. For example, you can create an account with delete but not editing.
 
2. Assign the role to the users, for a course, a course category, or even at site or system context, without giving all teacher capabilities.  
 
 
==See also==
 
[[Category:Roles]]
[[Category:Forum]]
 
[[fr:Rôle Modérateur de forum]]
[[fr:Rôle Modérateur de forum]]
[[ja:フォーラムモデレータロール]]
[[ja:フォーラムモデレータロール]]
[[de:Forummoderator-Rolle]]
[[es:Rol de moderador de foro]]

Latest revision as of 17:09, 5 January 2023


A forum moderator for a particular forum is able to edit or delete forum posts, split discussions and move discussions to other forums.This role could be useful for example if you wish a student to be able to moderate a student forum but not have editing rights over the whole course.

Role assignment

A user can be made a forum moderator for a particular forum by assigning them the role of non-editing teacher (or teacher) in the module context, as follows:

  1. Access the forum as an editing teacher.
  2. From Forum navigation click More and then Permissions. From the dropdown select Locally assigned roles and assign the role of non-editing teacher to your chosen user or users. If you are using a theme other than Boost, access the link from the Forum administration block for the forum (often towards the bottom left of your screen.)

Alternative method of creating a forum moderator

  1. Create a new role, with some (or all) of the forum capabilities enabled. This technique allows a more flexible approach. For example, you can create an account with delete but not editing.
  2. Assign the role to the users, for a course, a course category, or even at site or system context, without giving all teacher capabilities. For information on how to create a custom role, see Creating custom roles