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<p class="note">'''Please refer to [[TOC_with_notes#Authentication|these notes]] before editing this page.'''</p>
This [[Authentication|authentication method]] requires the administrator to manually create all user accounts. It may be used together with the [[Upload users|upload users]] tool (''Site admin > User > Accounts'') which uses a text file.


===Can you arrange for an e-mail to be sent to notify Users of new accounts?===
*Location: ''Administration>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manage authentication.''
If you are creating ONE manual account, then no.
*Manual authentication is enabled by default in Moodle and requires the administrator to manually create all the user accounts.
 
[[File:Manualauthentication.png]]
 
==Password expiry settings==
 
An administrator can specify an expiry time for passwords and when to notify users of the imminent expiry by enabling the setting in ''Site administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manual accounts.''
 
[[File:passwordexpirysettings.png]]
 
==Locking user fields==
*The settings page in ''Administration>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manual accounts'' allows for certain fields to be "locked". Users are not allowed to change the locked fields.
[[File:Manualaccountspage.png]]
 
==Adding a new user==
This may be done on an individual basis in ''Administration>Site Administration>Users>Accounts>[[Add_a_new_user| Add a new user'']]
 
==Adding users in bulk==
This may be done via a text file upload in ''Administration>Site Administration>Users>Accounts>[[Upload_users| Upload users'']]


See Feature request here: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-19390


See discussion http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=117005


Bulk upload can be set up to send e-mails: see the discussion here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=85333 (Which includes a code hack to do this as well.  (Also http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=125000)


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Latest revision as of 10:16, 20 October 2014


  • Location: Administration>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manage authentication.
  • Manual authentication is enabled by default in Moodle and requires the administrator to manually create all the user accounts.

Manualauthentication.png

Password expiry settings

An administrator can specify an expiry time for passwords and when to notify users of the imminent expiry by enabling the setting in Site administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manual accounts.

passwordexpirysettings.png

Locking user fields

  • The settings page in Administration>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manual accounts allows for certain fields to be "locked". Users are not allowed to change the locked fields.

Manualaccountspage.png

Adding a new user

This may be done on an individual basis in Administration>Site Administration>Users>Accounts> Add a new user

Adding users in bulk

This may be done via a text file upload in Administration>Site Administration>Users>Accounts> Upload users