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{{Roles}} | {{Roles}}{{Moodle 1.7}}Roles and capabilities in Moodle 1.7 onwards provides great flexibility in managing how users interact. Prior to Moodle 1.7, there were only six roles possible: guest, student, non-editing teacher, editing teacher, course creator, and administrator. Whilst these roles may still be used, it's now possible to create additional roles, and to change what a given role can do in a particular activity. | ||
{{Moodle 1.7}} | |||
Roles and capabilities in Moodle 1.7 onwards provides great flexibility in managing how users interact. Prior to Moodle 1.7, there were only six roles possible: guest, student, non-editing teacher, editing teacher, course creator, and administrator. Whilst these roles may still be used, it's now possible to create additional roles, and to change what a given role can do in a particular activity. | |||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
;Role | ;Role | ||
:An identifier of the user's status in | :An identifier of the user's status. The status depends upon permissions given for one or more capabilities in a context. | ||
::For example Teacher and Student are standard user roles. The identifier indicates they probably have different capabilities in some contexts. | |||
:When Moodle is first installed, a number of [[Standard roles]] are created automatically. | |||
;Capability | ;Capability | ||
:A description of a particular Moodle feature | :A description of a particular Moodle feature. A list of many capabilities can be seen in the [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Category:Capabilities capability category index page]. | ||
::For example [[Capabilities/moodle/blog:create|moodle/blog:create]](writing blog entries) or "Backup course" are two capabilities. Note the "<nowiki>mod/blog:create</nowiki>" notation is a common to identify a capability. | |||
;Permission | ;Permission | ||
:A setting for a capability | :A setting for a capability. Can be any one of four: not set/inherit, allow, prevent or prohibit. | ||
;Context | ;Context | ||
:A "space" in Moodle, | :A "space" in Moodle. | ||
::For example: a course, activity module or block can each be a context. | |||
::Some contexts can contain multiple contexts in their space, For example, a course can contain a lesson, assignment, forum and quiz modules, plus blocks. | |||
== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Useful things a teacher can do with roles]] | |||
*[[Development:Roles administration improvements for Moodle 2.0]] | |||
*[[How permissions are calculated]] | |||
*[[Development:Roles]] | |||
*[[:Category:Capabilities]] | *[[:Category:Capabilities]] | ||
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=6826 Roles and Capabilities forum] | *Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=6826 Roles and Capabilities forum] | ||
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[[eu:Rolak]] | |||
[[fr:Rôles et capacités]] | [[fr:Rôles et capacités]] | ||
[[ja:ロールおよびケイパビリティ]] | |||
[[ru:Роли и возможности]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:39, 30 May 2011
Moodle1.7
Roles and capabilities in Moodle 1.7 onwards provides great flexibility in managing how users interact. Prior to Moodle 1.7, there were only six roles possible: guest, student, non-editing teacher, editing teacher, course creator, and administrator. Whilst these roles may still be used, it's now possible to create additional roles, and to change what a given role can do in a particular activity.
Definitions
- Role
- An identifier of the user's status. The status depends upon permissions given for one or more capabilities in a context.
- For example Teacher and Student are standard user roles. The identifier indicates they probably have different capabilities in some contexts.
- When Moodle is first installed, a number of Standard roles are created automatically.
- Capability
- A description of a particular Moodle feature. A list of many capabilities can be seen in the capability category index page.
- For example moodle/blog:create(writing blog entries) or "Backup course" are two capabilities. Note the "mod/blog:create" notation is a common to identify a capability.
- Permission
- A setting for a capability. Can be any one of four: not set/inherit, allow, prevent or prohibit.
- Context
- A "space" in Moodle.
- For example: a course, activity module or block can each be a context.
- Some contexts can contain multiple contexts in their space, For example, a course can contain a lesson, assignment, forum and quiz modules, plus blocks.
