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==How can admins view student messages?== | ==How can admins view student messages?== | ||
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Alternatively, you could create a "Cannot send messages" role with site:sendmessage set to 'prohibit' and then assign this role in the system context to anyone using messaging inappropriately. | Alternatively, you could create a "Cannot send messages" role with site:sendmessage set to 'prohibit' and then assign this role in the system context to anyone using messaging inappropriately. | ||
== | ==How can messaging be disabled completely?== | ||
Messaging may be disabled site-wide by unchecking the messaging checkbox in ''Settings>Site Administration>Advanced Features''. | |||
==How can the messages window pop-up be disabled?== | |||
#In your profile, click the blue ''Messaging'' link | |||
#Choose to have instant messages sent to your email or Jabber account when you are online instead of a pop up. | |||
== | ==When are messages sent via email?== | ||
To enable messages to be sent via email, a user should select "email" in the Messaging setting of their profile for instant messages. They can select whether to have emails sent when online or offline or both. | |||
== | ==When is a user considered offline?== | ||
By default, users are considered to be offline after 5 minutes of inactivity. This figure may be changed by an administrator in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Blocks > Online users''. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:40, 19 January 2012
How can admins view student messages?
See the Using Moodle discussion How can I see student messages?.
How can messaging be restricted?
To limit messaging to specific users, you can change the site:sendmessage capability for the authenticated user role from allow to not set, then create a new role with site:sendmessage allowed and assign this to selected users in the system context. See the Blogger role for a similar case, where blogging is limited to specific users.
Alternatively, you could create a "Cannot send messages" role with site:sendmessage set to 'prohibit' and then assign this role in the system context to anyone using messaging inappropriately.
How can messaging be disabled completely?
Messaging may be disabled site-wide by unchecking the messaging checkbox in Settings>Site Administration>Advanced Features.
How can the messages window pop-up be disabled?
- In your profile, click the blue Messaging link
- Choose to have instant messages sent to your email or Jabber account when you are online instead of a pop up.
When are messages sent via email?
To enable messages to be sent via email, a user should select "email" in the Messaging setting of their profile for instant messages. They can select whether to have emails sent when online or offline or both.
When is a user considered offline?
By default, users are considered to be offline after 5 minutes of inactivity. This figure may be changed by an administrator in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Blocks > Online users.
See also
- Using Moodle Messaging forum
