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==Searching cohorts==
==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  
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.
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.


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==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=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.youtube.com/watch?v=dMqaeOGXuHQ Cohorts in Moodle 2.0 video]

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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