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*Location: ''Settings>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manage authentication.''
*Location: ''Administration>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manage authentication.''
*Manual authentication is enabled by default in Moodle and requires the administrator to manually create all the user accounts.  
*Manual authentication is enabled by default in Moodle and requires the administrator to manually create all the user accounts.  


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==Locking user fields==
==Locking user fields==
*The settings page in ''Settings>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manual accounts'' allows for certain fields to be "locked". Users are not allowed to change the locked fields.
*The settings page in ''Administration>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manual accounts'' allows for certain fields to be "locked". Users are not allowed to change the locked fields.
[[File:Manualaccountspage.png]]
[[File:Manualaccountspage.png]]


   
   
==Adding a new user==
==Adding a new user==
This may be done on an individual basis in ''Settings>Site Administration>Users>Accounts>Add a new user'' or via a text file upload in ''Settings>Site Administration>Users>Accounts>Upload users''
This may be done on an individual basis in ''Administration>Site Administration>Users>Accounts>[[Add_a_new_user| Add a new user'']]


==Adding users in bulk==
==Adding users in bulk==
This may be done via a text file upload in ''Administration>Site Administration>Users>Accounts>[[Upload_users| Upload users'']]








===Can you arrange for an e-mail to be sent to notify Users of new accounts?===
If you are creating ONE manual account, then no.
See Feature request here: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-19390
See discussion http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=117005
Bulk upload can be set up to send e-mails: see the discussion here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=85333 (Which includes a code hack to do this as well.  (Also http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=125000)


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[[fr:Création manuelle de comptes]]
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Latest revision as of 23:27, 6 April 2014


  • Location: Administration>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manage authentication.
  • Manual authentication is enabled by default in Moodle and requires the administrator to manually create all the user accounts.

Manualauthentication.png

Locking user fields

  • The settings page in Administration>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manual accounts allows for certain fields to be "locked". Users are not allowed to change the locked fields.

Manualaccountspage.png


Adding a new user

This may be done on an individual basis in Administration>Site Administration>Users>Accounts> Add a new user

Adding users in bulk

This may be done via a text file upload in Administration>Site Administration>Users>Accounts> Upload users