Note: This documentation is for Moodle 2.7. For up-to-date documentation see Roles settings.

Roles settings

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Template:Moodle 1.7 Location: Administration > Users > Permissions > User policies

Default role for all users

The default role for all users should generally be set to Authenticated user (Moodle 1.8 onwards) or Guest (Moodle 1.7). If it is set to Student then the result is that all students are enrolled on all courses.