Using roles

Default role settings

• Give students forum moderator rights
• Enable students to grade assignment submissions
• Give students the rights to approve database entries (or glossary entries)
• Allow students to clean up saved chat sessions

In each of the above cases, students are assigned the role of non-editing teacher in the module context (via the "Locally assigned roles" tab in the editing activity page).

Requirement: Teachers allowed to override permissions

• Create an archive forum (or archive database, glossary or wiki)
• Enable students to rate forum posts
• Allow students to unenrol themselves from a course
• Hide a block from guests

By default, only administrators are able to override permissions. Instructions on enabling teachers to override permissions can be found in Override permissions.

Requirement: New role created by an administrator

• Give students unlimited time to complete quizzes
• Enable students to create questions
• Assign a student the role of calendar editor
• Provide temporary read-only access to naughty students