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<div>{{Enrolment}}<br />
The Guest access plugin allows users with the [[Guest_role |Guest role]] to view the contents of a course. This might be used, for example, if a Moodle site serves as a website where certain courses contain publicly available information, or else with a commercial Moodle site where courses with guest access can offers a "taster" of the kind of courses which may be purchased. (Note that the guest cannot participate in any activities; they can only view content.)<br />
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==Course settings for guest access==<br />
*In ''Settings > Course administration > Users > Enrolment methods'', first ensure that you have added "guest access" as an enrollment method, and that it has its eye open.<br />
*Ensure that self enrolment is also enabled.<br />
*In ''Settings > Course administration > Edit settings'', scroll to "Guest access"<br />
*Set the drop down to "Yes"<br />
*If you wish guests to use a password to access the course then add it here.<br />
[[File:Guestaccesscoursesettings.png]]<br />
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==Admin settings for guest access==<br />
*In ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins'',ensure Guest access is enabled (has its eye open.) This enables Guest access.<br />
* In ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Manage authentication'' set the Guest login button to Show if you want the button on the Frontpage. <br />
* Also Guest accounts can be logged - check the ''Settings > Site administration > Server > Cleanup > Log guest access'' setting<br />
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===Default settings for guest access===<br />
*Clicking on ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Guest access'' brings up the screen where admin can set defaults for guest access in courses. Guest access can be turned on by default in all new courses and you can also:<br />
**require each course with guest access to have a password for guests. (Note: this can confuse teachers who are not aware of the requirement.)<br />
**use or ignore your Moodle's standard password policy for guest access passwords<br />
**offer if needed the first letter of the password as a hint.<br />
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===Auto-login guests===<br />
*In ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Permissions > User policies'', you can tick the box so that visitors are automatically logged in as guests when accessing a course with guest access (i.e. they don't have to click the "login as guest button".<br />
*In ''Settings > Site administration > Security > Site policies'' you can check "Open to Google" setting so that the Google search robot will be allowed to enter your site as a Guest. In addition, people coming in to your site via a Google search will automatically be logged in as a Guest.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Guest role]]<br />
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[[de:Gastzugang zum Kurs]]</div>Lmikowychokhttps://docs.moodle.org/31/en/index.php?title=Advanced_uploading_of_files_assignment&diff=54805Advanced uploading of files assignment2009-04-23T18:03:37Z<p>Lmikowychok: </p>
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<div>{{Assignments}}This type of assignment, available in Moodle 1.7 onwards, allows each student to upload one or more files in any format.<br />
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==Features==<br />
*This feature allows teachers to send files back to students in response to their submissions. <br />
:'' Example:'' A typical way to use this would be to edit the student's submitted file by adding comments and/or corrections, and then returning this file back to the student via the assignment. When a student clicks on the assignment, files sent to him or her appear as a list of Response files. <br />
*Response files can be uploaded before submission which can be used to give each student a different file to work with. <br />
:''Tip:'' Be sure that [[Gradebook]] settings for that assignment allow the grades/response files to be visible to the student.<br />
*Students may also enter notes describing the submitted files, progress status or any other text information.<br />
*Submission of this type of assignment must be manually finalized by the student.<br />
*Teachers can review the current status at any time, unfinished assignments are marked as Draft. <br />
*Teachers can revert any ungraded assignment back to draft status.<br />
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==Settings==<br />
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These settings are in addition to the general assignment settings outlined on [[Adding/editing_an_assignment|editing an assignment]].<br />
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===Maximum size===<br />
This setting specifies the maximum size (in total) of the file which the students can upload as their submission. If your students are uploading word processing documents or spreadsheets, typically you only need to allow for a few megabytes. If your students are submitting multimedia projects or other files with many images or audio clips, then the space allowed will need to be larger.<br />
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Remember there are other places which can place limits on the maximum file size. The course administration block, the site administration block and several server files which are outside the direct control of Moodle.<br />
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===Allow deleting===<br />
If enabled, students may delete uploaded files at any time before submitting for grading.<br />
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===Maximum number of uploaded files===<br />
Maximum number of files each participant may upload, this number is not shown to students, please write the actual number of requested files in assignment description.<br />
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===Allow notes===<br />
If enabled, students may enter notes into text area associated with the assignment.<br />
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This text box can be used for communication with the grading person, assignment progress description or any other written activity.<br />
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===Hide description before available date===<br />
If enabled, assignment description is hidden before the opening date.<br />
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===Email alerts to teachers===<br />
If enabled, then teachers are alerted with a short email whenever students add or update an assignment submission.<br />
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Only teachers who are able to grade the particular submission are notified. So, for example, if the course uses separate groups, then teachers restricted to particular groups won't receive any notices about students in other groups.<br />
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==Resubmitting==<br />
As we know, the "Send For Marking" button pushes an assignment through for grading if enabled. After the send for marking button is pushed, to get back to that draft stage and remove their submission, the teacher must step in. This is also true if Send For Marking is never turned on; the teacher must take steps to give the student a chance to resubmit.<br />
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To revert to the draft stage or let a student resubmit, click on the assignment activity, then click on ''View # submitted assignments,'' in the upper right. On the page with the roster and their submissions, click '''Grade''' (or '''Update''' for students who have already been graded) for the student who should get to resubmit. When the new window opens, click Revert to Draft at the lower right, or click the black '''X''' to delete their files.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SahXhi3zLqs Marking and sending back work in Moodle video]<br />
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<div>{{Assignments}}<br />
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A student can upload a single file.<br />
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This could be a Word document, spreadsheet or anything in digital format. Multiple files may be zipped and then submitted. After students upload their files, the teacher will be able to open the submission and use the Moodle interface to assign a grade and offer comments as feedback. A student may submit a file as many times as they like up until the deadline. Only the latest file is retained, and this is the one the lecturer marks.<br />
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==Settings==<br />
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These settings are in addition to the general assignment settings outlined on [[Adding/editing_an_assignment|editing an assignment]].<br />
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===Allow resubmitting===<br />
By default, students cannot resubmit assignments once the teacher has graded them. If you turn this option on, then students will be allowed to resubmit assignments after they have been graded (for you to re-grade). This may be useful if the teacher wants to encourage students to do better work in an iterative process.<br />
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To make a resubmission, it is important to note that the instructor does not have to do anything else for the user to make their resubmission, other than that one setting for ''Allow Resubmitting''. Even if they grade the assignment, the user needs only upload a file again to overwrite the old file, and then the submission will be marked as needing to be graded again in the ''View # submitted assignments'' page.<br />
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===Email alerts to teachers===<br />
If enabled, then teachers are alerted with a short email whenever students add or update an assignment submission.<br />
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Only teachers who are able to grade the particular submission are notified. So, for example, if the course uses separate groups, then teachers restricted to particular groups won't receive any notices about students in other groups.<br />
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===Maximum Size===<br />
This setting specifies the maximum size of the file which the students can upload as their submission. If your students are uploading word processing documents or spreadsheets, typically you only need to allow for a few megabytes. If your students are submitting multimedia projects or other files with many images or audio clips, then the space allowed will need to be larger.<br />
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===FAQ===<br />
# Is there any way students can be notified of a successful submission with either a message or an e-mail?? <br><br />
Not in standard install of Moodle.<br />
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<div>{{Roles}}<br />
Location: ''Administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles''<br />
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The define roles page has three tabs, for managing roles, [[Allow role assignments|allowing role assignments]] and [[Allow role overrides|allowing role overrides]].<br />
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The manage roles tab contains a list of roles on your site. The edit column contains icons for editing and deleting roles, and for moving them up or down in the list (affecting the way that roles are listed around Moodle).<br />
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==Predefined roles==<br />
Moodle comes with 7 predefined roles:<br />
*[[Administrator role|Administrator]]<br />
*[[Course creator role|Course creator]]<br />
*[[Teacher role|Teacher]]<br />
*[[Teacher role| Non-editing teacher]]<br />
*[[Student role|Student]]<br />
*[[Guest role|Guest]]<br />
*[[Authenticated user role|Authenticated user]] (from 1.8 onwards)<br />
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==Editing a role==<br />
[[Image:manage roles.png|thumb|Managing roles]]<br />
To edit a role:<br />
#Click on Permissions in the Site Administration block, then Define roles.<br />
#Click the edit icon opposite the role you want to edit e.g. student.<br />
#On the edit role page, change permissions as required.<br />
#Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Save changes" button.<br />
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==Adding a new role==<br />
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To add a new role:<br />
#Click on Permissions in the Site Administration block, then Define roles.<br />
#Click the "Add a new role" button.<br />
#On the add a new role page, give the role a name. If you need to name the role for multiple languages you can use [[Multi language content|multi-lang syntax]] if you wish, such as <code><nowiki><span lang="en" class="multilang">Teacher</span> <span lang="es_es" class="multilang">Profesor</span></nowiki></code>. If multi-lang syntax is used then ''Filter all strings'' should be set in [[Filter settings]].<br />
#Give the role a meaningful short name. The short name is necessary for other plugins in Moodle that may need to refer to the role (e.g. when uploading users from a file or setting enrolments via an enrolment plugin).<br />
#Give the role a description (optional).<br />
#Set permissions as required.<br />
#Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Add a new role" button.<br />
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==Creating a duplicate role==<br />
{{Moodle 1.8}}In Moodle 1.8 onwards, a new role may be quickly created by making a copy of an existing role.<br />
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To create a duplicate role:<br />
#Click on Permissions in the Site Administration block, then Define roles. <br />
#Click on the role to be duplicated, for example "Guest".<br />
#Click the "Duplicate role" button near the top of the "View role details" page.<br />
#Answer Yes to the question "Are you sure you want to duplicate the role ...?"<br />
#The list of roles will now show the "... copy 1" at the bottom, for example "Guest copy 1". <br />
#Edit the duplicated role to meet your needs.<br />
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==Permissions==<br />
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There are four settings for each capability:<br />
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;Not Set<br />
:This is the default value for all permissions when a new role is created.<br />
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:Note that if a capability is left as "Not Set," the resulting behavior is that of '''Prevent''', unless otherwise allowed by another role at a higher context. For example, if you mark Not Set for the permission of a Student to Add New Discussions in a forum, they will not be allowed to do so unless they also hold the role of Teacher, Course Creator, or another higher role for which that capability ''is'' allowed.<br />
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;Allow<br />
:By choosing this you are granting permission for this capability to people who are assigned this role. This permission applies for the context that this role gets assigned plus all "lower" contexts. For example, if this role is a student role assigned to a course, then students will be able to "start new discussions" in all forums in that course, unless some forum contains an override or a new assignment with a Prevent or Prohibit value for this capability.<br />
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;Prevent<br />
:By choosing this you are removing permission for this capability, even if the users with this role were allowed that permission in a higher context.<br />
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;Prohibit<br />
:This is rarely needed, but occasionally you might want to completely deny permissions to a role in a way that can NOT be overridden at any lower context. An example of when you might need this is when an admin wants to prohibit one person from starting new discussions in any forum on the whole site. In this case they can create a role with that capability set to "Prohibit" and then assign it to that user in the system context.<br />
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==Legacy role types==<br />
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* Legacy role types were implemented for backward compatibility.<br />
* Selecting a legacy role type in 1.8 (or allowing a legacy capability in 1.7) does NOT provide a new role with all capabilities of a pre-Moodle 1.7 role.<br />
*It is recommended that a legacy role type is selected only for roles that are similar to pre-Moodle 1.7 student/teacher/admin/creator roles. <br />
* It is not necessary to select a legacy role type unless using old 3rd party code that was not designed for Moodle 1.7 and doesn't yet support roles.<br />
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==New role considerations==<br />
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A newly-created role does not have the ability to assign or override any other roles. This is true even when the new role is a copy of a role that had such abilities. If such ability is needed, the administrator must grant it explicitly (Site administration -> Users -> Permissions -> Define roles -> Allow role assignments and Allow role overrides tab).<br />
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A new role is not automatically listed in course descriptions even if was created by copying a role that is listed, such as [[Teacher]]. If you want the new role to appear in the course listing, you must set it explicitly via ''Administration > Appearance > [[Course managers]]''.<br />
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==Testing a new role==<br />
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In Moodle 1.9 and later, you can use the "Switch roles to..." menu in the upper right corner of each course page to test the new role. Since switching roles confines you to those roles you can assign in a course context, this method is only useful for testing course-scoped capabilities (i.e., it will not be useful for testing permissions that apply outside the course context, like moodle/user:edit).<br />
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In Moodle 1.7.x and 1.8.x role changes take effect only after the next login from that user, so new roles may not be tested using the "Switch role to..." feature.<br />
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In any version of Moodle with roles, you can always create test user and assign the new role to them. Then logout as admin and login as the test user.<br />
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==Example roles==<br />
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*[[Inspector role|Inspector]] - for providing external inspectors with permission to view all courses (without being required to enrol)<br />
*[[Parent role|Parent]] - for providing parents/mentors/tutors with permission to view certain information about their children/mentees/tutees<br />
*[[Demo teacher role|Demo teacher]] - for providing a demonstration teacher account with a password which can't be changed<br />
*[[Forum moderator role|Forum moderator]] - for providing a user with permission in a particular forum to edit or delete forum posts, split discussions and move discussions to other forums<br />
*[[Calendar editor role|Calendar editor]] - for enabling a user to add site or course events to the calendar<br />
*[[Blogger role|Blogger]] - for limiting blogging to specific users only<br />
*[[Quiz user with unlimited time role|Quiz user with unlimited time]] - for allowing a user unlimited time to attempt a quiz which has a time limit set<br />
*[[Question creator role|Question creator]] - for enabling students to create questions for use in quizzes<br />
*[[Keyholder role]] - someone who manages the [[Enrolment key]] in courses.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[How permissions are calculated ]]<br />
* [[The rolesdebug.php roles debugging script]] (a contributed script)<br />
* [[Useful things a teacher can do with roles]]<br />
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Using Moodle forum discussions:<br />
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* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=66782 What happens if a user has multiple roles in a course?]<br />
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=90140 logged in: what role am I?]<br />
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[[de:Rollen verwalten]]</div>Lmikowychokhttps://docs.moodle.org/31/en/index.php?title=Groupings&diff=48717Groupings2009-01-09T13:46:38Z<p>Lmikowychok: </p>
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<div>{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9 onwards, [[Groups|groups]] may be organised into groupings. In a nutshell, '''groupings''' are '''clusters of groups'''. <br />
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One metaphor that has worked well in training is this: At the Olympics, there are many sports—gymnastics, swimming, track—and many countries. In this way, there are two levels of being categorized as an Olympian: by your sport, and by your nationality. To be on the United States Olympic Team, you must first be a swimmer, a gymnast, a runner, etc.; you cannot be on the US Team without first being an athlete in a certain sport. Your sport is your group. Your country is your grouping. You must belong to a group before joining a grouping. Does this make sense?<br />
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An educational example would be that perhaps in a class, you've divided your students into 4 groups, each with their own author to research. Groups A and B, while they have different authors, are both assigned to write in a forum; groups C and D, though writing on different authors, are supposed to make a wiki. You might create a Forum Group''ing'', containing groups A and B, and a Wiki Group''ing'', containing groups C and D. Then, you can make the Wiki activity available to only the Wiki grouping, but you still have your two Wiki sub-groups, as well - C and D - for an added layer of distinction between the work going on about two different authors.<br />
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Another example may be that teachers in different departments might tell some students to enroll in a refresher math course. These student might be assigned to a group associated with their primary teacher. However, each department has a math tutor. The groups that came from a department could be placed in groupings.<br />
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==Enabling the use of groupings==<br />
To use groupings, the feature must be enabled on the site by checking the enablegroupings box in ''Administration > Miscellaneous > [[Experimental]]''. A groupings tab will appear on the [[Groups]] page.<br />
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==Adding groups to a grouping==<br />
[[Image:Groupings.png|thumb|Groupings]]<br />
To add groups to a grouping: <br />
#Follow the groups link in the course administration block.<br />
#Click the groupings tab on the groups page.<br />
#If necessary, create a new grouping by clicking the "[[Create grouping]]" button on the groupings page.<br />
#Click the "Show groups in grouping" people icon in the edit column opposite the grouping which groups are to be added to.<br />
#On the add/remove groups page, select the group(s) you want to add to the grouping from the "Potential members" list.<br />
#Click the arrow button that points towards the "Existing members" list.<br />
#Click the "Back to groupings" button. The group(s) you added to the grouping will now be listed in the table on the groupings page.<br />
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Existing groupings can be edited and/or deleted using the appropriate icons in the edit column of the table on the groupings page.<br />
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==Setting the default grouping==<br />
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Once some groupings have been created, a default grouping for course activities and resources may be set.<br />
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#Follow the settings link in the course administration block.<br />
#In the groups section in the [[Course settings|course settings]], select the default grouping.<br />
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==Assigning an activity to a grouping==<br />
[[Image:Restricting an activity to a grouping.png|thumb|Assigning an activity to a particular grouping only]]<br />
To assign an activity to a particular grouping:<br />
#On the edit activity page, click the "Show advanced" button in the common module settings section.<br />
#Ensure that the group mode is set to separate or visible groups.<br />
#Select the grouping from the grouping dropdown menu.<br />
#Click the "Save changes" button at the bottom of the page.<br />
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The name of the grouping will then appear in brackets after the activity name on the course page.<br />
A count of activities assigned to each grouping is kept on the groupings page.<br />
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To assign an activity to a particular grouping ONLY, in addition to the above, before clicking the the "Save changes" button, check the "Available for group members only" checkbox. This will result in only users assigned to the groups within the grouping being able to see the activity (or resource) on the course page.<br />
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:''Note'': If a graded activity is assigned to a particular grouping only, it will still appear in the gradebook for all users. (See MDL-13868 for further details.)<br />
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:''Note'': You cannot make an activity visible to only one group of students without first placing them into a Grouping. (See [[What is the difference between groups and groupings?]] for further details.)<br />
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==See also==<br />
*Curious about where 'groupings' came from? There is some discussion here: [[Development:Groupings OU]]<br />
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<div>{{Course admin}}<br />
The '''Groups''' feature allows a teacher to assign teachers and students to a group within a course. Participants in a course can belong to more than one group. The Groups feature can be applied to an activity, to provide sight or interaction separation of students. <br />
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==Groups in Moodle 1.9==<br />
{{Moodle 1.9}}<br />
Groups must be enabled in the course settings. After it is enabled a group icon will appear in the [[Course administration block]]. This icon links to the "Features Groups" page.<br />
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To create a group, click on the "Create group" button below the left column. Type the group name in the text box, a description. If you define a group [[enrolment key]] then, not only will entering that key let the user into the course, but it will also automatically make them a member of this group (For this to work you will need to define a separate course enrolment key in your 'course settings'). You can also define an icon for the group by uploading an image - this icon will appear on the participants listing, forum posts by those group members and other places. The "Save" button will take you back to the Festures Groups page. <br />
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To [[Assign users to group|add a member]](s) to a group you need to select the group name in the left column, then select the participants (use shift or ctrl for multiple selections), from the right column. Click the "Add" button to move them to the selected group..<br />
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To remove participants from a group, select the appropriate group to view members, select the participants to remove and click the "Remove selected members" button.<br />
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In Moodle 1.9 onwards, groups include the following additional features:<br />
*[[Groupings]] tab, including the option of assigning particular activities/resources to particular groupings<br />
*[[Groups overview|Overview]] tab <br />
*[[Auto-create groups]] button<br />
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==Group modes==<br />
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The group mode can be defined at two levels:<br />
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* Course level - the group mode defined at the course level is the default mode for all activities defined within that course. This is determined in the course [[Course_settings|settings]]<br />
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* Activity level - each activity that supports groups can also have its own group mode defined. If the course setting "Force group mode" is set to "Yes" then the option to define the group mode for individual activities is not available i.e. there is no Groups icon [[Image:Groupn.gif]] next to activities on the course page. <br />
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There are three group modes:<br />
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===No groups===<br />
:There are no sub groups, everyone is part of one big community.<br />
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===Separate groups===<br />
:Each group can only see their own group, others are invisible.<br />
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===Visible groups===<br />
:Each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups. (The other groups' work is read-only.)<br />
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==Groups in older Moodle versions==<br />
===Groups in 1.8===<br />
[[Image:Groups 1.8.png|thumb|center|Edit groups screen in Moodle 1.8]] <br />
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Please note, in Moodle 1.8 onwards, [[Create group|groups are created]] and [[Assign users to group|users are assigned]] on separate pages.<br />
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===Groups pre -1.8===<br />
[[Image:000.jpg|left|thumb|Groups in Moodle 1.7]]In Moodle 1.6 and 1.7, the Groups edit page has three columns:<br />
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* ''People in the course'' - both assigned and unassigned participants.<br />
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* ''Groups'' - A list of groups available for this course.<br />
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* ''Members of selected group'' - When you select a group this column will display the members of that group<br />
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Underneath each column are the options for that column. <br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Create group]] in Moodle 1.8 onwards, including information on setting group enrolment keys<br />
*[[Assign users to group]] in Moodle 1.8 onwards<br />
*[[Groups FAQ]]<br />
*[[What is the difference between groups and groupings?]]<br />
*[[Upload users]] - for importing users into groups<br />
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=1490 Groups forum]<br />
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<div>==General==<br />
===What is the 'groups mode' setting?===<br />
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There are three different groups modes – No groups, Separate Groups, Visible Groups. In ‘Separate groups’ mode, each group can only see their own group – other groups are invisible. In ‘Visible groups’ mode, each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups.<br />
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===What is the 'force' setting?===<br />
<br />
If force is set to yes, then all activities are group activities. This overrides any settings for individual activities. If force is set to no, then activities are only group activities if they have been set to group mode. In this case, each activity requires to be set to group mode individually.<br />
<br />
===How do I assign a teacher to a group? Can a teacher be in more than one group?===<br />
<br />
You can assign a teacher to a group in exactly the same way that you assign a student to a group. In 1.5, a teacher cannot be in more than one group. This has changed in 1.6.<br />
<br />
===How do I restrict a teacher to view only information about the groups that they are in?===<br />
<br />
In Moodle 1.6, for Separate Groups mode, teachers can see all groups, whilst non-editing teachers can only see the groups of which they are a member.<br />
<br />
In Moodle 1.7 onwards, for Separate Groups mode, the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/site:accessallgroups|moodle/site:accessallgroups]] may be used to restrict access to all groups in a particular context.<br />
<br />
===What determines whether students can see a teacher's profile?===<br />
<br />
A student can see the profile of all teachers that are members of their group or that have edit rights. <br />
<br />
===I have two groups that meet on different days. Can I set up activities for different times for the two groups?===<br />
<br />
Not currently. You can create a separate course for each class using backup and restore, though you do then have to update both courses. <br />
<br />
===Can I use the same groups for more than one course?===<br />
<br />
Not currently. There are two possible workarounds for this. The first is to give the students group enrolment keys, so they enrol themselves into the right group for each course. The other alternative is to create a master course with all the students enrolled and in the correct groups, and then to make each of the courses a metacourse based on that master course (although the metacourse documentation claims that metacourses do not preserve groups, this seems to have been used by some people). See the documentation on [[Metacourses]].<br />
<br />
===Can a student be a member of more than one group? Is it possible to have students not in any group?===<br />
<br />
In 1.5, a student cannot be a member of more than one group. This has changed in 1.6 - a student can be in more than one group. A student does not need to be in a group.<br />
<br />
===If I have several groups, can I make a specific activity visible to just one of those groups?===<br />
{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9 onwards, you can organise groups into [[Groupings|groupings]], then assign an activity (or resource) to a particular grouping.<br />
<br />
In any version of Moodle you can make a forum post visible to just one group.<br />
<br />
===Can I have one set of groups for Activity A and another set of groups for Activity B?===<br />
<br />
{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9 onwards, you can create two different [[Groupings|groupings]] (a grouping is a set of groups), and assign different groupings to the two activities.<br />
<br />
===What is the difference between a Group and a Grouping?===<br />
<br />
In a nutshell, '''groupings''' are clusters of '''groups'''. One metaphor that has worked well in training is this: At the Olympics, there are many sports—gymnastics, swimming, track—and many countries. In this way, there are two levels of being categorized as an Olympian: by your sport, and by your nationality. To be on the United States Olympic Team, you must first be a swimmer, a gymnast, a runner, etc.; you cannot be on the US Team without first being an athlete in a certain sport. Your sport is your '''group'''. Your country is your '''grouping'''. You must belong to a group before joining a grouping. Does this make sense?<br />
<br />
The effects/results of each can be summarized like this:<br />
<br />
To place students into workgroups, to work separately on the ''same'' activity (such as group A, B, and C all discussing in a forum on technology) they just need to be put into '''groups'''. This first level allows them to have workgroups, with either visible work or completely separate work in the ''same activity''.<br />
<br />
To have students working on ''different'' activities, not even ''seeing'' activities for other groups (such as group A writing a report, group B using a forum, and group C creating a wiki), you need to put them in groups first, such as group A, B, and C, THEN you must place each group in their own '''grouping''', such as Grouping A containing Group A, Grouping B containing group B, etcetera. The only way you can make an entire activity available for only one set of students is to pass through groups to group''ings''—just like the only way to be on the US Olympic Team is to first have a sport.<br />
<br />
The advantage of this structure is you can have really creative combinations of groups and groupings. For example, maybe groups A and B are supposed to write in a forum, and groups C and D are supposed to make a wiki. You might create a Forum Grouping, containing groups A and B, and a Wiki Grouping, containing groups C and D. Then, you make the Wiki activity available to only the Wiki grouping, but you still have your two Wiki sub-groups, as well - C and D - for an added layer of distinction. This can be especially useful if you have many different topics for projects paired with different activity types.<br />
<br />
Another way to get creative is to give yourself lots of flexibility. For example, on a staff site, you might have four groups: Teachers, Secretaries, Aides, and Special Ed Staff. If you have some forms that go to Teachers and Aides, and some activities that go only to Teachers, and some that go only to Special Ed Staff and Aides, you could create your four groups, then group''ings'' like this:<br />
<br />
# Special Education (containing only the SpecEd group)<br />
# Teachers (containing only the Teacher group)<br />
# Secretaries (containing only the Secretaries group)<br />
# Aides (containing only the Aides group)<br />
# Teachers and Aides (containing the Teacher Group and the Aide group)<br />
# Aides and Special Education (containing the Aide group and the Special Ed group)<br />
# etc...<br />
<br />
...then assign your activities, documents, or resources to JUST the people that need them.<br />
<br />
The possibilities are endless, once you wrap your mind around the structure.<br />
<br />
===Is it possible to view all the groups in a course as a list to print out?===<br />
<br />
In Moodle 1.9 onwards, the [[Groups overview|groups overview page]] provides a table listing groups, group members and a user count.<br />
<br />
===When I try to add a student, they are always added to the first group, whichever group I select?===<br />
<br />
Make sure that the students name does not include any punctuation. There is also a workaround – give each group a temporary name at the start of the alphabet, put your students in the group and then rename the group. <br />
<br />
===How can I delete a group in Moodle 1.9?===<br />
<br />
{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9, follow these steps.<br />
<br />
After clicking, "Groups" in the Administration block,<br />
<br />
# Select the group that you want to delete.<br />
# Click "Show members for group." (Then the "Delete selected group" button will become active.)<br />
# Now you can click the "Delete selected group" button<br />
<br />
<br />
===How can I import a list of students into a group?===<br />
<br />
Please check [[Upload users]].<br />
<br />
===How can I sort students automatically into groups during enrolment?===<br />
<br />
You can make use of [[Enrolment key|enrolment keys]]. Set an enrolment key on the course settings page (to enforce the enrolment key dialogue form when students enrol). That key is only for students who should not be in a group. On the screen for administering groups, you create your groups and by editing the settings of each group, you can add a different enrolment key for each group. When a student enrols, using an enrolment key that is connected to a certain group, the student will automatically be part of that group.<br />
<br />
:''TIP:'' Make sure that the first letter for each group enrolment key is the same as the course settings enrolment key. If a student makes a mistake typing in the enrolment key, they are provided with the first letter of the course settings enrolment key as a hint.<br />
<br />
===How can I change the sort order of the participants?===<br />
<br />
The admin can change the "fullnamedisplay" variable which will affect the sort order of participants for the entire Moodle site. This can be found in the [[Site administration block]] under Security>Site Policies>Full name format. The default is First+Surname, with First, and Surname+First as options. Some language packs have other options.<br />
<br />
===What are groupings?===<br />
{{Moodle 1.9}}Groupings, in Moodle 1.9 onwards, are collections of groups. Groups normally exist within a grouping, but it is possible to create a group which doesn't belong to any grouping.<br />
<br />
===What is an orphan group?===<br />
<br />
An orphan group (in Moodle 1.9 onwards) is simply a group that doesn't belong to any grouping.<br />
<br />
===Is it possible to create site-wide groups?===<br />
<br />
Site-wide groups are not yet available in Moodle. The Using Moodle forum discussion [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=43755 Site Wide Groups] contains possible work-arounds.<br />
<br />
===Is there any way to enable students to choose a group?===<br />
<br />
Not in the standard Moodle 1.9 build, but there are hacks which people have described in the forums.<br />
<br />
==Activity modules and groups==<br />
<br />
Different activity modules vary as to how they treat groups – some have better support for groups than others! For groups in forums, see the section on group mode in [[Adding/editing a forum]].<br />
<br />
In general if you have questions about how an activity supports groups, you’re advised to post in the forum for the activity module, and not the groups forum. <br />
<br />
===What happens if I switch an activity from being in non-groups mode to being in groups mode?===<br />
<br />
This depends on the activity module in question.<br />
<br />
For forums, posts made before the forum is put into groups mode are visible to all students after you have put the forum into group mode. However students cannot reply to these posts if they have no group (i.e. blank). <br />
<br />
===What happens if I change the groups for an activity in groups mode e.g. if I move a student from one group to another?===<br />
<br />
Again this depends on the activity module. You may find that grades or activity logs are lost, so check for the specific activity module first. <br />
<br />
===How do I post a message in a forum that only one group can see?===<br />
<br />
Before you click 'Add a new topic', you need to choose the group from the Separate groups drop-down menu at the top left. <br />
<br />
===As a teacher I want to put the same post in each group's forum with students able to reply to that post. How can I do this?===<br />
<br />
You need to post the same message into the forum for each group. There is currently no way to do this in one go if you want students to be able to reply to your post. If you don't mind students not being able to reply, then you can of course just post the message to all participants.<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Groups]]<br />
[[Category:FAQ]]<br />
<br />
[[fr:FAQ des groupes]]<br />
[[ru:FAQ по группам]]<br />
[[de:Gruppen_FAQ]]</div>Lmikowychokhttps://docs.moodle.org/31/en/index.php?title=Groups_FAQ&diff=48696Groups FAQ2009-01-08T21:59:03Z<p>Lmikowychok: Describing Groups</p>
<hr />
<div>==General==<br />
===What is the 'groups mode' setting?===<br />
<br />
There are three different groups modes – No groups, Separate Groups, Visible Groups. In ‘Separate groups’ mode, each group can only see their own group – other groups are invisible. In ‘Visible groups’ mode, each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups.<br />
<br />
===What is the 'force' setting?===<br />
<br />
If force is set to yes, then all activities are group activities. This overrides any settings for individual activities. If force is set to no, then activities are only group activities if they have been set to group mode. In this case, each activity requires to be set to group mode individually.<br />
<br />
===How do I assign a teacher to a group? Can a teacher be in more than one group?===<br />
<br />
You can assign a teacher to a group in exactly the same way that you assign a student to a group. In 1.5, a teacher cannot be in more than one group. This has changed in 1.6.<br />
<br />
===How do I restrict a teacher to view only information about the groups that they are in?===<br />
<br />
In Moodle 1.6, for Separate Groups mode, teachers can see all groups, whilst non-editing teachers can only see the groups of which they are a member.<br />
<br />
In Moodle 1.7 onwards, for Separate Groups mode, the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/site:accessallgroups|moodle/site:accessallgroups]] may be used to restrict access to all groups in a particular context.<br />
<br />
===What determines whether students can see a teacher's profile?===<br />
<br />
A student can see the profile of all teachers that are members of their group or that have edit rights. <br />
<br />
===I have two groups that meet on different days. Can I set up activities for different times for the two groups?===<br />
<br />
Not currently. You can create a separate course for each class using backup and restore, though you do then have to update both courses. <br />
<br />
===Can I use the same groups for more than one course?===<br />
<br />
Not currently. There are two possible workarounds for this. The first is to give the students group enrolment keys, so they enrol themselves into the right group for each course. The other alternative is to create a master course with all the students enrolled and in the correct groups, and then to make each of the courses a metacourse based on that master course (although the metacourse documentation claims that metacourses do not preserve groups, this seems to have been used by some people). See the documentation on [[Metacourses]].<br />
<br />
===Can a student be a member of more than one group? Is it possible to have students not in any group?===<br />
<br />
In 1.5, a student cannot be a member of more than one group. This has changed in 1.6 - a student can be in more than one group. A student does not need to be in a group.<br />
<br />
===If I have several groups, can I make a specific activity visible to just one of those groups?===<br />
{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9 onwards, you can organise groups into [[Groupings|groupings]], then assign an activity (or resource) to a particular grouping.<br />
<br />
In any version of Moodle you can make a forum post visible to just one group.<br />
<br />
===Can I have one set of groups for Activity A and another set of groups for Activity B?===<br />
<br />
{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9 onwards, you can create two different [[Groupings|groupings]] (a grouping is a set of groups), and assign different groupings to the two activities.<br />
<br />
===What is the difference between a Group and a Grouping?===<br />
<br />
In a nutshell, '''groupings''' are clusters of '''groups'''. The effects/results of each can be summarized like this:<br />
<br />
To place students into workgroups, to work separately on the ''same'' activity (such as group A, B, and C all discussing in a forum on technology) they just need to be put into '''groups'''. This first level allows them to have workgroups, with either visible work or completely separate work in the ''same activity''.<br />
<br />
To have students working on ''different'' activities, not even ''seeing'' activities for other groups (such as group A writing a report, group B using a forum, and group C creating a wiki), you need to put them in groups first, such as group A, B, and C, THEN you must place each group in their own '''grouping''', such as Grouping A containing Group A, Grouping B containing group B, etcetera. The only way you can make an entire activity available for only one set of students is to pass through groups to the next level: groupings.<br />
<br />
The advantage of this structure is you can have really creative combinations of groups and groupings. For example, maybe groups A and B are supposed to write in a forum, and groups C and D are supposed to make a wiki. You might create a Forum Grouping, containing groups A and B, and a Wiki Grouping, containing groups C and D. Then, you make the Wiki activity available to only the Wiki grouping, but you still have your two Wiki sub-groups, as well - C and D - for an added layer of distinction. This can be especially useful if you have many different topics for projects paired with different activity types.<br />
<br />
Another way to get creative is to give yourself lots of flexibility. For example, on a staff site, you might have four groups: Teachers, Secretaries, Aides, and Special Ed Staff. If you have some forms that go to Teachers and Aides, and some activities that go only to Teachers, and some that go only to Special Ed Staff and Aides, you could create your four groups, then group''ings'' like this:<br />
<br />
# Special Education (containing only the SpecEd group)<br />
# Teachers (containing only the Teacher group)<br />
# Secretaries (containing only the Secretaries group)<br />
# Aides (containing only the Aides group)<br />
# Teachers and Aides (containing the Teacher Group and the Aide group)<br />
# Aides and Special Education (containing the Aide group and the Special Ed group)<br />
# etc...<br />
<br />
...then assign your activities, documents, or resources to JUST the people that need them.<br />
<br />
The possibilities are endless, once you wrap your mind around the structure.<br />
<br />
===Is it possible to view all the groups in a course as a list to print out?===<br />
<br />
In Moodle 1.9 onwards, the [[Groups overview|groups overview page]] provides a table listing groups, group members and a user count.<br />
<br />
===When I try to add a student, they are always added to the first group, whichever group I select?===<br />
<br />
Make sure that the students name does not include any punctuation. There is also a workaround – give each group a temporary name at the start of the alphabet, put your students in the group and then rename the group. <br />
<br />
===How can I delete a group in Moodle 1.9?===<br />
<br />
{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9, follow these steps.<br />
<br />
After clicking, "Groups" in the Administration block,<br />
<br />
# Select the group that you want to delete.<br />
# Click "Show members for group." (Then the "Delete selected group" button will become active.)<br />
# Now you can click the "Delete selected group" button<br />
<br />
<br />
===How can I import a list of students into a group?===<br />
<br />
Please check [[Upload users]].<br />
<br />
===How can I sort students automatically into groups during enrolment?===<br />
<br />
You can make use of [[Enrolment key|enrolment keys]]. Set an enrolment key on the course settings page (to enforce the enrolment key dialogue form when students enrol). That key is only for students who should not be in a group. On the screen for administering groups, you create your groups and by editing the settings of each group, you can add a different enrolment key for each group. When a student enrols, using an enrolment key that is connected to a certain group, the student will automatically be part of that group.<br />
<br />
:''TIP:'' Make sure that the first letter for each group enrolment key is the same as the course settings enrolment key. If a student makes a mistake typing in the enrolment key, they are provided with the first letter of the course settings enrolment key as a hint.<br />
<br />
===How can I change the sort order of the participants?===<br />
<br />
The admin can change the "fullnamedisplay" variable which will affect the sort order of participants for the entire Moodle site. This can be found in the [[Site administration block]] under Security>Site Policies>Full name format. The default is First+Surname, with First, and Surname+First as options. Some language packs have other options.<br />
<br />
===What are groupings?===<br />
{{Moodle 1.9}}Groupings, in Moodle 1.9 onwards, are collections of groups. Groups normally exist within a grouping, but it is possible to create a group which doesn't belong to any grouping.<br />
<br />
===What is an orphan group?===<br />
<br />
An orphan group (in Moodle 1.9 onwards) is simply a group that doesn't belong to any grouping.<br />
<br />
===Is it possible to create site-wide groups?===<br />
<br />
Site-wide groups are not yet available in Moodle. The Using Moodle forum discussion [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=43755 Site Wide Groups] contains possible work-arounds.<br />
<br />
===Is there any way to enable students to choose a group?===<br />
<br />
Not in the standard Moodle 1.9 build, but there are hacks which people have described in the forums.<br />
<br />
==Activity modules and groups==<br />
<br />
Different activity modules vary as to how they treat groups – some have better support for groups than others! For groups in forums, see the section on group mode in [[Adding/editing a forum]].<br />
<br />
In general if you have questions about how an activity supports groups, you’re advised to post in the forum for the activity module, and not the groups forum. <br />
<br />
===What happens if I switch an activity from being in non-groups mode to being in groups mode?===<br />
<br />
This depends on the activity module in question.<br />
<br />
For forums, posts made before the forum is put into groups mode are visible to all students after you have put the forum into group mode. However students cannot reply to these posts if they have no group (i.e. blank). <br />
<br />
===What happens if I change the groups for an activity in groups mode e.g. if I move a student from one group to another?===<br />
<br />
Again this depends on the activity module. You may find that grades or activity logs are lost, so check for the specific activity module first. <br />
<br />
===How do I post a message in a forum that only one group can see?===<br />
<br />
Before you click 'Add a new topic', you need to choose the group from the Separate groups drop-down menu at the top left. <br />
<br />
===As a teacher I want to put the same post in each group's forum with students able to reply to that post. How can I do this?===<br />
<br />
You need to post the same message into the forum for each group. There is currently no way to do this in one go if you want students to be able to reply to your post. If you don't mind students not being able to reply, then you can of course just post the message to all participants.<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Groups]]<br />
[[Category:FAQ]]<br />
<br />
[[fr:FAQ des groupes]]<br />
[[ru:FAQ по группам]]<br />
[[de:Gruppen_FAQ]]</div>Lmikowychokhttps://docs.moodle.org/31/en/index.php?title=error/blog/noguestpost&diff=48550error/blog/noguestpost2009-01-03T05:18:13Z<p>Lmikowychok: Guests permissions are restricted to forbid access to blogs and making new blog entries.</p>
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<div>You have reached this error because your Site Administrator has limited the permissions of guest users. In order to access a blog, make postings, and/or read the blogs of other users, you may need to create an account, or "register" for the Site.<br />
<br />
If you are registered for the Site in question or have reached the message in error, you should get in touch with the Administrator.</div>Lmikowychok