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Using roles

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Give students forum moderator rights

How: Assign the role of non-editing teacher in the module context, via the "Locally assigned roles" tab in the editing activity page (default role settings)

  • Enables a user to edit or delete forum posts, split discussions and move discussions to other forums
  • See Forum moderator role for more details

Guide: How to give a student forum moderator rights ODT

Enable students to grade assignment submissions

How: Assign the role of non-editing teacher in the module context, via the "Locally assigned roles" tab in the editing activity page (default role settings)

  • A form of peer assessment/evaluation
  • Similar use: Enable students to grade essay questions in a quiz

Give students the rights to approve database module entries

How: Assign the role of non-editing teacher in the module context, via the "Locally assigned roles" tab in the editing activity page (default role settings)

  • Enables a user to approve, edit and delete database module entries
  • Similar use: Give students the rights to approve glossary entries

Guide: How to give a student rights to approve database entries ODT

Allow students to clean up saved chat sessions

How: Assign the role of non-editing teacher in the module context, via the "Locally assigned roles" tab in the editing activity page (default role settings)

  • Allows a user to delete chat logs for conversations which don't go anywhere

Create an archive forum

How: Override the student role in the module context, via the "Override permissions" tab in the editing activity page, and set the capabilities to start discussions and reply to posts to 'prevent' (requires teachers to be able to override permissions)

  • In an archive forum, students may no longer start new discussions, nor add replies, but may still read all the discussions
  • See Forum permissions for more details
  • Similar uses: Archive database, glossary or wiki

Guide: How to create an archive forum ODT

Enable students to rate forum posts

How: Override the student role in the module context, via the "Override permissions" tab in the editing activity page, and allow the capability to rate forum posts (requires teachers to be able to override permissions)

  • A form of peer assessment/evaluation
  • See Forum permissions for more details
  • Similar uses: Enable students to rate database or glossary entries

Allow students to unenrol themselves from a course

How: Override the student role in the course context, via the Assign roles link in course administration block and the "Override permissions tab", and allow the unassign own roles capability (requires teachers to be able to override permissions)

  • Useful for taster courses, revision courses and any other courses which are optional
  • See Unenrolment for more details

Guide: How to allow students to unenrol themselves from a course ODT

Hide a block from guests

How: Override the guest role in the block context, via the Assign roles link in course block and the "Override permissions tab", and prevent the capability to view blocks (requires teachers to be able to override permissions)

Give students unlimited time to complete timed quizzes

How: Assign the role of quiz user with unlimited time in the course or module context (requires Quiz user with unlimited time role to be created by an administrator)

Enable students to create questions

How: Assign the role of question creator in the course context, via the Assign roles link in course administration block (requires Question creator role to be created by an administrator)

  • Enables students to create questions which can later be used in quizzes
  • See Question creator role for more details

Guide: How to enable students to create questions ODT

Assign a student the role of calendar editor

How: Assign the role of calendar editor in the course context, via the Assign roles link in course administration block (requires Calendar editor role to be created by an administrator)

  • Allows a user to add course events to the calendar
  • Useful for enabling school admin staff to add term dates etc. to the school calendar (when role assigned in the system context)
  • See Calendar editor role for more details

Provide temporary read-only access to naughty students

How: Assign the role in the course or module context (requires 'can not post data' role, with selected capabilities prohibited, to be created by an administrator)

  • Prevents users from entering text anywhere whilst allowing read-only access

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