Roles and permissions: Difference between revisions

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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.

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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.
+{{Managing a Moodle site}}
+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.
-==Definitions==
+*[[Managing roles]]
-;Role
+*[[Assign roles]]
-:An identifier of the user's status. The status depends upon permissions given for one or more capabilities in a context.
+*[[Roles settings]]
-::For example Teacher and Student are standard user roles. The identifier indicates they probably have different capabilities in some contexts.
+*[[Using roles]]
-;Capability
+*[[Standard roles]]
-:A description of a particular Moodle feature. A list of many capabilities can be in the [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Category:Capabilities capability category index page].
+*[[Creating custom roles]]
-::For example [[Capabilities/moodle/blog:create|moodle/blog:create]](writing blog entries) or "Backup course" are two capabilities.  Note the "<nowiki>mod/blog:create</nowiki>" notation is a common to identify a capability.
+*[[Permissions]]
-;Permission
+*[[Override permissions]]
-:A setting for a capability. Can be any one of four: not set/inherit, allow, prevent or prohibit.
-;Context
-:A "space" in Moodle.
-::For example: a course, activity module or block can each be a context.
-::Some contexts can contain multiple contexts in their space, For example, a course can contain a lesson, assignment, forum and quiz modules, plus blocks.
 ==See also==
+*[http://youtu.be/7W08wDSWUa4 Moodle 2 Users, Permissions]  MoodleBites video on YouTube
-*[[Development:Roles]]
+*[[Roles FAQ]]
-*[[:Category:Capabilities]]
-*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=6826 Roles and Capabilities forum]
-*[[Upgrading to Moodle 1.7]]
-*[[Upgrading to Moodle 1.8]]
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-[[cs:Role]]
+[[es:Roles y permisos]]
-[[es:Roles y capacidades]]
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-[[fr:Rôles et capacités]]
+[[fr:Rôles et permissions]]
 [[ja:ロールおよびケイパビリティ]]
-[[ru:Роли и возможности]]
+[[de:Rollen und Rechte]]
-[[de:Rollen und Fähigkeiten]]

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Roles and permissions: Difference between revisions

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