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==How can I enable guests to participate in a chat activity?== | ==How can I enable guests to participate in a chat activity?== | ||
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Moodle itself does not yet include an audio chat solution, due to the large server requirements to implement a standalone solution. | Moodle itself does not yet include an audio chat solution, due to the large server requirements to implement a standalone solution. | ||
However, there is a choice of third party modules that you can install into your Moodle to achieve this: | However, there is a choice of free third party modules that you can install into your Moodle to achieve this: | ||
# Big Blue Button -FREE audio and video conferencing http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php? plugin=mod_bigbluebuttonbn | |||
# OpenMeetings - FREE full audio/video conferencing http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/ | # OpenMeetings - FREE full audio/video conferencing http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/ | ||
==How can I restrict Chat so certain users cannot access it?== | ==How can I restrict Chat so certain users cannot access it?== | ||
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You need to create a new role -such as "NoChat" and apply it in the system context to the student(s) you want to prevent from chatting. | You need to create a new role -such as "NoChat" and apply it in the system context to the student(s) you want to prevent from chatting. | ||
1. Site administration>Users>Permissions>Define Roles | 1. Go to ''Settings>Site administration>Users>Permissions>Define Roles'' | ||
2. Click ''Add a new role'' - name it for example "NoChat" | 2. Click ''Add a new role'' - name it for example "NoChat" | ||
3. | 3. In the context types, select "system" | ||
3. Type "chat" in the filter box. | |||
4. Set the button for Access a Chat room (''mod/chat:chat'')to ''Prohibit''and save. | 4. Set the button for Access a Chat room (''mod/chat:chat'')to ''Prohibit''and save. | ||
5. Site administration>Users>Permissions>Assign system roles | 5. Go to ''Settings>Site administration>Users>Permissions>Assign system roles'' | ||
6. Click on the new "NoChat" role and assign your chosen student(s) this role | 6. Click on the new "NoChat" role and assign your chosen student(s) this role | ||
7. When they try to go into a chat room they will get a message that they cannot access the Chat. | 7. When they try to go into a chat room they will get a message that they cannot access the Chat. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:03, 5 March 2012
How can I enable guests to participate in a chat activity?
Create a visitor role with the capability mod/chat:chat allowed, then create an account and assign it the role of visitor. Guests can then share this visitor account.
(The guest role has some special functionality, for example when a guest attempts to participate in a chat, they obtain the message "The chat is not open to guests. Would you like to log in now with a full user account?". Despite the permissions interface suggesting otherwise, it's not possible to modify the guest role to allow guests to participate in chat activities.)
How can I use audio chat?
Moodle itself does not yet include an audio chat solution, due to the large server requirements to implement a standalone solution.
However, there is a choice of free third party modules that you can install into your Moodle to achieve this:
- Big Blue Button -FREE audio and video conferencing http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php? plugin=mod_bigbluebuttonbn
- OpenMeetings - FREE full audio/video conferencing http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/
How can I restrict Chat so certain users cannot access it?
You need to create a new role -such as "NoChat" and apply it in the system context to the student(s) you want to prevent from chatting.
1. Go to Settings>Site administration>Users>Permissions>Define Roles
2. Click Add a new role - name it for example "NoChat"
3. In the context types, select "system"
3. Type "chat" in the filter box.
4. Set the button for Access a Chat room (mod/chat:chat)to Prohibitand save.
5. Go to Settings>Site administration>Users>Permissions>Assign system roles
6. Click on the new "NoChat" role and assign your chosen student(s) this role
7. When they try to go into a chat room they will get a message that they cannot access the Chat.
See also
- Using Moodle Chat module forum
