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{{Blocks}}The community finder block enables users to access | {{Blocks}}The community finder block enables users to access [http://moodle.net Moodle.net], and search for courses to download or enrol in. | ||
* Downloadable courses may be immediately restored to your Moodle site | * Downloadable courses may be immediately restored to your Moodle site | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 5 September 2017
The community finder block enables users to access Moodle.net, and search for courses to download or enrol in.
- Downloadable courses may be immediately restored to your Moodle site
- Links to enrollable courses are saved in the community finder block
Downloading courses from a hub
- In the community finder block click Search
- Select a hub, such as Moodle.net
- Select 'Courses I can download' and then click the Search button
- For any courses of interest, click 'Visit demo' then if you're happy with the course, click 'Download'
- The course backup will then be downloaded and saved in your private files. Click Yes to immediately restore the course
Finding courses to enrol in
- In the community finder block click Search
- Select a hub, such as Moodle.net
- Select 'Courses I can enrol in' and then click the Search button
- For any courses of interest, click 'Visit site' then if you're happy with the course, click 'Save a link to this course'
The link to the course will then be displayed in the community finder block.
If you wish to remove any saved links, click the X icon after the link.
Capabilities
By default, users with the role of manager or teacher can use the community finder block.
The following capabilities control access to the block:
- moodle/community:add - allows a user to use the Community block to search for courses on a hub
- moodle/community:download - allows a user to use the Community block to download courses from a hub
See also
- Community hub
- Restoring file aliases for details of what happens when restoring a course which has been downloaded from a hub and which contains file aliases
