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{{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.
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A role is a collection of permissions defined for the whole system that you can assign to specific users in specific contexts. The combination of roles and context define a specific user's ability to do something on any page.  The most common examples are the roles of student and teacher in the context of a course.  
 
*[[Managing roles]]
*[[Roles settings]]
*[[Using roles]]
*[[Standard roles]]
*[[Creating custom roles]]
*[[Permissions]]
*[[Override permissions]]
 
==See also==
 
*[[Roles FAQ]]
 
[[Category:Roles]]
 
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[[eu:Rolak]]
[[fr:Rôles et capacités]]
[[ja:ロールおよびケイパビリティ]]
[[ru:Роли и возможности]]
[[de:Rollen und Rechte]]

Latest revision as of 07:59, 24 October 2011

A role is a collection of permissions defined for the whole system that you can assign to specific users in specific contexts. The combination of roles and context define a specific user's ability to do something on any page. The most common examples are the roles of student and teacher in the context of a course.

See also