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Cohorts, or site-wide groups, enable all members of a cohort to be enrolled in a course in one action, either manually or synchronised automatically.
Cohorts, or site-wide groups, enable all members of a cohort to be enrolled in a course in one action, either manually or synchronised automatically.
==Creating a cohort==
Cohorts can be created by site administrators and other users with appropriate permissions.
* Access ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Cohorts''
[[File:Createcohort.png]]
* Click the Add button
*'''NOTE''' In the dropdown you can choose between making your cohort available throughout the site "system" or in a named category.
*Complete the details and save the changes.
* Follow the assign link opposite the cohort name in the list of available cohorts.
[[File:Assigncohort.png]]
* Select potential users from the list then click the Add button.
To synchronise cohort members with course participants, the [[Cohort sync]] enrolment plugin should be enabled in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins''.
==Adding users to a cohort in bulk==


==Creating a cohort==
#Access ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Bulk user actions''
#Find users by setting an appropriate filter
#Add users from the available list to the selected list
#Choose 'Add to cohort' with selected users
 
==Uploading users to a cohort==
 
An administrator can upload users via CSV file to existing cohorts as follows:
#Access ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Upload users''
#Upload a text file with the following format:
 
username,password,firstname,lastname,email, cohort1
tomjones,Pass1234*,Tom,Jones,tomjones@example.com, year3
marysmith,Pass1234*,Mary,Smith,marysmith@example.com, year4


To create a cohort manually
where year3 and year4 are the '''cohort ids''' of existing cohorts (i.e. ''not their names'')


# Access ''Site administration > Users > Accounts > Cohorts''
==Searching cohorts==
# Click the Add button
When a site has a large number of cohorts, keywords may be entered into the Search Cohorts box to search for or filter the available
# Complete the form and click the 'Save changes' button
cohorts.
# Follow the assign link opposite the cohort name in the list of available cohorts
# Select potential users from the list then click the Add button


To synchronise cohort members with course participants, the cohort enrolment plugin should be enabled in ''Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins''.
Please note, as the page title indicates, this only searches for cohorts created in the System context (i.e. it searches site-level cohorts but not category-level cohorts). To search for cohorts created in a Category context, go to that Category's page and in its Settings block, click the link to Cohorts.


==Enrolling a cohort in a course==
[[File:searcohorts.png]]


In order to actually enrol users from a Cohort into courses the ''Cohort-Sync' Enrollment plugin needs to be added to then enrollment methods for the course. The Administrator will first need to enable the ''Cohort-Sync' enrollment plugin site wide (Site administration > Plugins > Enrollments) and then add it to the required Course (Course administration > Users > Enrollment Methods). At this stage the ''Cohort-Sync'' instance for the course is edited and the appropriate Cohort selected. The role to which the Cohort users are assigned is also selected at this point (typically Student).
==Managing category cohorts==
Cohorts which have been created for a category rather than the system can be located by selecting the appropriate category and then clicking the ''Cohorts'' link in ''Settings>Category (name)>Cohorts''


Visiting the Course administration > Users > Enrolled Users page will show users enrolled via the ''Cohort-Sync'' plugin.
==Cohort capabilities==


Note that, by default, a teacher cannot add this plugin to their course. It needs to be configured by an Administrator.
*[[Capabilities/moodle/cohort:assign|Add and remove cohort members]]
*[[Capabilities/moodle/cohort:manage|Create, delete and move cohorts]]
*[[Capabilities/enrol/cohort:config|Configure cohort instances]]
*[[Capabilities/moodle/cohort:view|View site-wide cohorts]]


==See also==
==See also==
*Tracker: Make category cohorts visible sitewide for site administrators MDL-34189
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMWZW_n0eVI A three minute Cohort in Moodle 2.0 video]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMqaeOGXuHQ Cohorts in Moodle 2.0 video]
*[http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2011/11/22/using-cohorts-with-moodle-2-2/ Using cohorts with Moodle 2.2] blog entry by Gavin Henrick


* [[Development:Cohorts]]
[[Category:Site administration]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMWZW_n0eVI A three minute Cohort in Moodle 2.0 video]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMqaeOGXuHQ Cohorts in Moodle 2.0 video]


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Latest revision as of 13:14, 26 July 2012

Cohorts, or site-wide groups, enable all members of a cohort to be enrolled in a course in one action, either manually or synchronised automatically.

Creating a cohort

Cohorts can be created by site administrators and other users with appropriate permissions.

  • Access Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Cohorts

Createcohort.png

  • Click the Add button
  • NOTE In the dropdown you can choose between making your cohort available throughout the site "system" or in a named category.
  • Complete the details and save the changes.
  • Follow the assign link opposite the cohort name in the list of available cohorts.

Assigncohort.png

  • Select potential users from the list then click the Add button.

To synchronise cohort members with course participants, the Cohort sync enrolment plugin should be enabled in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins.


Adding users to a cohort in bulk

  1. Access Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Bulk user actions
  2. Find users by setting an appropriate filter
  3. Add users from the available list to the selected list
  4. Choose 'Add to cohort' with selected users

Uploading users to a cohort

An administrator can upload users via CSV file to existing cohorts as follows:

  1. Access Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Upload users
  2. Upload a text file with the following format:
username,password,firstname,lastname,email, cohort1
tomjones,Pass1234*,Tom,Jones,tomjones@example.com, year3
marysmith,Pass1234*,Mary,Smith,marysmith@example.com, year4

where year3 and year4 are the cohort ids of existing cohorts (i.e. not their names)

Searching cohorts

When a site has a large number of cohorts, keywords may be entered into the Search Cohorts box to search for or filter the available cohorts.

Please note, as the page title indicates, this only searches for cohorts created in the System context (i.e. it searches site-level cohorts but not category-level cohorts). To search for cohorts created in a Category context, go to that Category's page and in its Settings block, click the link to Cohorts.

searcohorts.png

Managing category cohorts

Cohorts which have been created for a category rather than the system can be located by selecting the appropriate category and then clicking the Cohorts link in Settings>Category (name)>Cohorts

Cohort capabilities

See also