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The guest account

Moodle has a built-in "Guest account". Visitors can log in as guests using the "Login as a guest" button on the login screen and enter any courses which allow guest access. In addition, logged-in users can enter any courses which allow guest access without being required to enrol.

Guests ALWAYS have "read-only" access - meaning they can't leave any posts or otherwise mess up the course for real students.

They cannot:

Post in forums
Edit wiki pages
Participate in a chat
Take quizzes
Submit assignments
Add glossary or database activity entries or comments
Receive any scores or grades (because of the read-only access)

This feature can be handy when you want to let a colleague in to look around at your work, or to let students see a course before they have decided to enrol.

If you want guests to be able to take quizzes, or any of the other activities listed above, and have considered the security implications, you can create a visitor account, say with username = password = visitor, for everyone to share.

Enabling guest access

To allow guests into courses on your Moodle, see Guest access.

Skip login page for guest account

All users will be automatically logged in as guests if you enable Auto-login guests in Settings > Site administration > Users > Permissions > User policies. The standard login page is displayed after users visit page that requires real user login.

How can I deny Guest Access to my site altogether?

Look at Site administration > Plugins > Authentication > Manage authentication and scroll down. Look for Guest login button and a drop down options list that allows you to "Hide" the Guest Login button altogether.

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-Moodle has a built-in "Guest account". Teachers can choose whether or not to allow "guests" into their course.
+{{Standard roles}}
+==The guest account==
-People can log in as guests using the "Login as a guest" button on the login screen. (This button can be enabled or disabled by the administrator.)
+Moodle has a built-in "Guest account". Visitors can log in as guests using the "Login as a guest" button on the login screen and enter any courses which allow guest access. In addition, logged-in users can enter any courses which allow guest access without being required to enrol.
-Guests ALWAYS have "read-only" access - meaning they can't leave any posts or otherwise mess up the course for real students. They cannot:
+Guests ALWAYS have "read-only" access - meaning they can't leave any posts or otherwise mess up the course for real students.
-* Post discussion messages
+They ''cannot'':
-* Edit wiki pages
-* Take quizzes
-This can be handy when you want to let a colleague in to look around at your work, or to let students see a course before they have decided to enrol.
+* Post in [[Forum module|forums]]
+* Edit [[Wiki module|wiki]] pages
+* Participate in a [[Chat module|chat]]
+* Take [[Quiz|quizzes]]
+* Submit [[Assignment|assignments]]
+* Add [[Glossary|glossary]] or [[Database activity module|database activity]] entries or comments
+* Receive any scores or grades (because of the read-only access)
-Note that you have a choice between two types of guest access: with the enrolment key or without. If you choose to allow guests who have the key, then the guest will need to provide the current enrolment key EVERY TIME they log in (unlike students who only need to do it once). This lets you restrict your guests. If you choose to allow guests without a key, then anyone can get straight into your course.
+This feature can be handy when you want to let a colleague in to look around at your work, or to let students see a course before they have decided to enrol.
+If you want guests to be able to take quizzes, or any of the other activities listed above, and have considered the security implications, you can create a visitor account, say with username = password = visitor, for everyone to share.
+==Enabling guest access==
+To allow guests into courses on your Moodle, see [[Guest_access|Guest access]].
+==Skip login page for guest account==
+All users will be automatically logged in as guests if you enable ''Auto-login guests'' in ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Permissions > User policies''. The standard login page is displayed after users visit page that requires real user login.
+==How can I deny Guest Access to my site altogether?==
+Look at Site administration > Plugins > Authentication > Manage authentication and scroll down. Look for Guest login button and a drop down options list that allows you to "Hide" the Guest Login button altogether.
+==See also==
+Using Moodle forum discussions:
+*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=69674 Allowing guests to post in forum?]
+[[fr:Visiteur anonyme]]
+[[ja:ゲストアクセス]]
+[[de:Gast-Rolle]]
+[[es:Rol de invitado]]

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