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The "Define roles" menu has 3 tabs.
The "Define roles" menu has 3 tabs.
===Manage roles===
The place to add and define permissions for a new role, or edit name and/or permissions associated with exiting Moodle roles.
===Allow role assignments===
A matrix which determines which role can assign users to other roles.
===Allow role overrides===
A matric which determines which role can override a previously assigned role.  The default is that only an administrator can override any role assigned by another role.
===Examples of roles===
===Examples of roles===
*Site Designers
Why would a site want different roles?  Consider
*Educational Authority Adviser
{|  border="0" cellpadding="2"
*Educational Inspector
!width="200"|
*Second Marker / Moderator
!width="200"|
*Peer observer of teaching
!width="200"|
*External Examiner
|-
*Parent
||*Site Designers||*Educational Authority Adviser||*Educational Inspector||
*Manager
|-
*Weekly Seminar Leader
||*Second Marker / Moderator||*Peer observer of teaching||*External Examiner
*Mentor/Mentee
|-
*Community-Designed Rating Criteria
||*Parent||*Manager||*Weekly Seminar Leader
*Visitor
|-
*Guest Speaker
||*Mentor/Mentee||*Community-Designed Rating Criteria||*Visitor
*Former Student
|-
*Alumnus
||*Guest Speaker||*Former Student||*Alumnus
*Librarian
|-
*Teacher
||*Librarian||*Teacher||*Community Education Tutors/Trainers
*Community Education Tutors/Trainers
|-
*Secretary/Student Worker
||*Secretary/Student Worker||*Teaching Assistant||*Student - FERPA rights
*Teaching Assistant
|-
*Student - FERPA rights
||*Help Desk|| ||
*Help Desk
|}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 12:12, 17 October 2006

Moodle 1.7 allows the administrator to add or edit existing roles available on the Moodle site. This is done through the Administration block>>User>>Permission>>Define roles menu area.

The "Define roles" menu has 3 tabs.

Examples of roles

Why would a site want different roles? Consider

*Site Designers *Educational Authority Adviser *Educational Inspector
*Second Marker / Moderator *Peer observer of teaching *External Examiner
*Parent *Manager *Weekly Seminar Leader
*Mentor/Mentee *Community-Designed Rating Criteria *Visitor
*Guest Speaker *Former Student *Alumnus
*Librarian *Teacher *Community Education Tutors/Trainers
*Secretary/Student Worker *Teaching Assistant *Student - FERPA rights
*Help Desk

See Also

Assign roles User Policies