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A category is a level in the hierarchy of "spaces" or contexts within Moodle. Under the System context, the Category context is the next level.
Under the System context, the Category context is is really the next level in the hierarchy of "spaces" within Moodle.  


Category is the highest level container for sub-categories and courses.  
Category is the highest level container for sub-categories and courses.  


Roles assigned at this level affect every sub-category and course contained within that Category.  
Roles assigned at the category level affect every sub-category and course contained within that category.  


==Sub-Category==
==Sub-Category==

Revision as of 13:58, 20 September 2011

Template:Moodle site - basic structure A category is a level in the hierarchy of "spaces" or contexts within Moodle. Under the System context, the Category context is the next level.

Category is the highest level container for sub-categories and courses.

Roles assigned at the category level affect every sub-category and course contained within that category.

Sub-Category

A sub-category is a division of a category.

The hierarchy of Categories and sub-categories

In the image above, we can see that sub-categiories can contain sub-sub-categories of their own, as well as courses at each level.

See Also