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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-{{Moodle 1.7}}
+{{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.
-This page is intended to be a quick overview of the Roles functionality that was introduced in Moodle 1.7.
+*[[Managing roles]]
+*[[Assign roles]]
+*[[User policies]]
+*[[Using roles]]
+*[[Standard roles]]
+*[[Creating custom roles]]
+*[[Role export and import]]
+*[[Permissions]]
+*[[Override permissions]]
-Previous Moodle versions had predefined, fixed roles.  There was no easy way to change what a teacher, or student, for instance, could do.  While fixed roles are adequate for many users, others require greater flexibility in regulating how users see and interact with the system.
+==See also==
-With Roles, authorised users can create any number of customised roles and assign them to users.  From 1.7, an organisation can create multiple roles so that, for instance, students assigned Role A could post to forums, while students assigned Role B are prevented from posting.
+*[[Roles FAQ]]
-Definitions
+[[Category:Roles]]
-*A role is an identifier of the user's status in some context. For example, teacher, student and fourm moderator are examples of roles.
-*A capability is a description of some particular Moodle feature. Capabilities are associated with roles. For example, mod/forum:replypost is a capability.
-*A permission is some value that is assigned for a capability for a particular role. For example, allow or prevent.
-*A context is a "space" in the Moodle, such as courses, activity modules, blocks etc.
-Capabilities are aggregated and controlled via roles.  Stated another way, a role consists of a list of capabilities for different possible actions within Moodle (eg delete discussions, add activities etc).  With 1.7 it's now possible to have sophisticated yet flexible levels of control over participants and what they can or can't do.
-A smooth upgrade will be provided with 1.7. The existing roles (admin, teacher, student, etc), and the existing capabilities will be automatically retained. This is done by creating default roles at site/course levels, and assigning the current users to these roles accordingly. The default roles will have default capabilities associated with them, mirroring what we have in 1.6. With no modifications, Moodle will operate exactly the same before and after the upgrade.
+[[es:Roles y permisos]]
+[[eu:Rolak]]
-==See also==
+[[fr:Rôles et permissions]]
-*[[Development:Roles]]
+[[ja:ロールおよびケイパビリティ]]
-*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=6826 Roles and Capabilities forum]
+[[de:Rollen und Rechte]]
-[[Category:Teacher]]
-[[Category:Administrator]]
-[[Category:Roles]]

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Roles and permissions: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:50, 18 May 2015

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