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*This allows a user to attempt quizzes
* This allows a user to attempt quizzes.
* Guest users can never attempt quizzes, even if you give guests the mod/quiz:attempt capability. This is because all information about a user's progress through the quiz must be stored in the database associated with the user doing the attempt, and each user can only have one attempt open at a time. Since all guest users in Moodle share a single user account, letting guests attempt quizzes would just cause a big mess where different guest users' actions would conflict with each other. Therefore, people logged in as guest are never allowed to attempt quizzes.
* It is currently not possible to allow a user to preview AND attempt quizzes. To enable a user to attempt quizzes, mod/quiz:attempt should be allowed and [[Capabilities/mod/quiz:preview|mod/quiz:preview]] should be not set.


Note that guest users can never attempt quizzes, even if you give guests the mod/quiz:attempt capability. This is because all information about a user's progress through the quiz must be stored in the database associated with the user doing the attempt, and each user can only have one attempt open at a time. Since all guest users in Moodle share a single user account, letting guests attempt quizzes would just cause a big mess where different guest users' actions would conflict with each other. Therefore, people logged in as guest are never allowed to attempt quizzes.
====Legacy Role Default Settings====
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|-
! Legacy Role !! Inherit !! Allow !! Prevent !! Prohibit
|-
| Administrator || X || - || - || -
|-
| Course Creator || X || - || - || -
|-
| Teacher || X || - || - || -
|-
| Non-editing Teacher || X || - || - || -
|-
| Student || - || X || - || -
|-
| Guest || X || - || - || -
|-
| Authenticated User || X || - || - || -
|}


[[Category:Capabilities|Quiz]]
[[Category:Capabilities|Quiz]]
[[Category:Quiz]]
[[Category:Quiz]]

Latest revision as of 08:22, 13 March 2008

  • This allows a user to attempt quizzes.
  • Guest users can never attempt quizzes, even if you give guests the mod/quiz:attempt capability. This is because all information about a user's progress through the quiz must be stored in the database associated with the user doing the attempt, and each user can only have one attempt open at a time. Since all guest users in Moodle share a single user account, letting guests attempt quizzes would just cause a big mess where different guest users' actions would conflict with each other. Therefore, people logged in as guest are never allowed to attempt quizzes.
  • It is currently not possible to allow a user to preview AND attempt quizzes. To enable a user to attempt quizzes, mod/quiz:attempt should be allowed and mod/quiz:preview should be not set.

Legacy Role Default Settings

Legacy Role Inherit Allow Prevent Prohibit
Administrator X - - -
Course Creator X - - -
Teacher X - - -
Non-editing Teacher X - - -
Student - X - -
Guest X - - -
Authenticated User X - - -