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{{Moodle 1.9}}Location: ''Administration > Users > Accounts > Bulk user actions''
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The bulk user actions feature in ''Administration > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Bulk user actions'' enables administrators to select users by creating a filter and then perform any of the following actions:


*Confirm user accounts created through [[Email-based self-registration]] which are not yet confirmed by the user
*Send a message (requires [[Messaging]] to be enabled)
*Delete user accounts
*Display a list of users on a page
*Download user data in text, ODS or Excel file format
*Force users to change their passwords
*Add users to a [[Cohorts|cohort]]


[[Image:bulk user actions.png|thumb|Bulk user actions]]
==To perform a bulk user action==
This feature enables administrators to select users by creating a filter and then perform any of the following actions:


* Confirm user accounts created through [[Email-based self-registration]] which are not yet confirmed by the user
*If you know them, choose your users from the available list or else click ''Show Advanced'' to create a filter.
* Send a message (requires site-wide [[Messaging]] to be enabled in ''Administration > Security > [[Site policies]]'')
*Users can be filtered according to full name, surname, first name, email address, city/town, country, confirmed, first access, last access, last login, username, authentication. (Screenshot 1 below)
* Delete user accounts
*If you have set a custom profile field, this is available too from the "Profile" dropdown box (Screenshot 2 below)
* Display a list of users on a page
*Select users from the list.
* Download user data in text, ODS or Excel file format
*Choose an action from the dropdown menu (Screenshot 3 below)
* Force users to change their passwords (in 1.9.7 onwards)
*Click the ''Add filter'' button.
*Select in the  box on the left those users you require and move them to  the box on the right.
*From the dropdown box ''With selected users'', choose the action you wish to perform and then click ''Go''.


==Bulk user actions==
{|
 
| [[File:Bulkuserfilter.png|thumb|(1)"Show advanced" ]]
To perform a bulk user action:
| [[File:customfilter.png|thumb|(2)Filtering with custom profile fields]]
 
| [[File:Bulkuser.png|thumb|(3) Choosing a bulk user action]]
#Create a filter. Users can be filtered according to full name, surname, first name, email address, city/town, country, confirm, course role, global role, first access, last access, last login, username, authentication.
|}
#Select users from the list.
#Choose an action from the dropdown menu.
#Click the Go button.


==See also==
==See also==


*[[Student projects/User Management Improvements]]
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=LOx8xG5GC_M Video demonstrating bulk user actions]
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=LOx8xG5GC_M Video demonstrating bulk user actions]
[[Category:Administrator]]


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[[ja:バルクユーザ処理]]
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[[de:Nutzerverwaltung (Bulk)]]
[[es:Acciones masivas con usuarios]]

Latest revision as of 19:20, 22 July 2014

The bulk user actions feature in Administration > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Bulk user actions enables administrators to select users by creating a filter and then perform any of the following actions:

  • Confirm user accounts created through Email-based self-registration which are not yet confirmed by the user
  • Send a message (requires Messaging to be enabled)
  • Delete user accounts
  • Display a list of users on a page
  • Download user data in text, ODS or Excel file format
  • Force users to change their passwords
  • Add users to a cohort

To perform a bulk user action

  • If you know them, choose your users from the available list or else click Show Advanced to create a filter.
  • Users can be filtered according to full name, surname, first name, email address, city/town, country, confirmed, first access, last access, last login, username, authentication. (Screenshot 1 below)
  • If you have set a custom profile field, this is available too from the "Profile" dropdown box (Screenshot 2 below)
  • Select users from the list.
  • Choose an action from the dropdown menu (Screenshot 3 below)
  • Click the Add filter button.
  • Select in the box on the left those users you require and move them to the box on the right.
  • From the dropdown box With selected users, choose the action you wish to perform and then click Go.
(1)"Show advanced"
(2)Filtering with custom profile fields
(3) Choosing a bulk user action

See also