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A context is a "space" in Moodle.  Together, they define the navigational structure of a Moodle site.  A course can be a context, so can an activity, resource or block.
A context is a "space" in Moodle.  Together, they define the navigational structure of a Moodle site.  A course can be a context, so can an activity, resource or block.
A course can have many contexts in its space.  These might include lesson, assignment, forum and quiz modules and blocks.  Or for example, [[Question bank]]'s question categories are contexts.


==Role contexts==
==Role contexts==
The context is combined with [[Role permissions]] to define a user's [[Roles and capabilities|capabilities]] on any page in Moodle.  In the context of a specific course, some users have the permissions of a student and others of a teacher.  While in another course, the same users may be assigned different roles because they are in a different context.
A context is combined with [[Role permissions]] to define a user's [[Roles and capabilities|capabilities]] on any page in Moodle.  Typically contexts have their own organization structure which allow a user's role to be passed along to the context "below" but not to the one above it.   
 
In Moodle 1.7 and onward, a permission context can include an activity module or a block. Thus a course can have many contexts in its space.  These might include lesson, assignment, forum and quiz modules and blocks.


It is possible to assign a user different permissions based upon a specific context. For example, a user might be given the role of "student" for a course but be given a teacher's role in the context of one specific forum.  Or a user can be a teacher of one course and a student in another course.   
It is possible to assign a user different permissions based upon a specific context. For example, a user might be given the role of "student" for a course but be given a teacher's role in the context of one specific forum.  Or a user can be a teacher of one course and a student in another course.   


What this means is that '''different [[Roles | Roles]]''' can apply depending on the '''page''' the User is in.
Many Moodle contexts have a place to grant exceptions to specific roles.
 
'''Before anyone logs in''' to the Moodle, sitting at the log in page, or public front page, depending how you have set your Moodle up, they should have the role of '''"Guest"'''.  It is possible to change this but be careful.
 
In Moodle, '''when anyone''' with a user name and password logs into the Moodle, they become an "'''Authenticated User'''".  How they are authenticated is different from their Role.
 
For [[Beginning_Administration_FAQ#All students are enrolling in every course|any number of reasons]], you may want a Users to become "'''Students'''" while in the '''Front Page''' context. (Be careful here, read on below before assigning roles.)
 
When they click to go to a Category context, they revert to an "'''Authenticated User'''". Once there, their User Name is scanned and their permissions are calculated and if they have permissions, they can have sufficient rights to be a "'''Teacher'''" or a "'''Course Creator'''" or even an "'''Administrator'''" in that context.
 
Alternatively, they may not have those rights but when they click to go to a Course, they may have the rights to be an "'''Administrator'''", a "'''Course Creator'''", a "'''Teacher'''" or a "'''Student'''" in that Course '''context'''.
 
This does not mean they have any of those rights in any other page or Course as they will no longer be in the same '''context'''.


== Overview ==
== Overview ==

Revision as of 12:38, 21 July 2011

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A context is a "space" in Moodle. Together, they define the navigational structure of a Moodle site. A course can be a context, so can an activity, resource or block.

A course can have many contexts in its space. These might include lesson, assignment, forum and quiz modules and blocks. Or for example, Question bank's question categories are contexts.


Role contexts

A context is combined with Role permissions to define a user's capabilities on any page in Moodle. Typically contexts have their own organization structure which allow a user's role to be passed along to the context "below" but not to the one above it.

It is possible to assign a user different permissions based upon a specific context. For example, a user might be given the role of "student" for a course but be given a teacher's role in the context of one specific forum. Or a user can be a teacher of one course and a student in another course.

Many Moodle contexts have a place to grant exceptions to specific roles.

Overview

Moodle contexts in version 1.8:

Moodle-contexts-1.8.png

(Source: Development:Roles#Context)

See also

Moodle Docs

Forum discussions

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