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<p class="note">'''Please refer to [[Page_notes#Grouping users|these notes]] before editing this page.'''</p>Cohorts, or site-wide groups, enable all members of a cohort to be enrolled in a course in one action, either manually or synchronised automatically. | <p class="note">'''Please refer to [[Page_notes#Grouping users|these notes]] before editing this page.'''</p>Cohorts, or site-wide groups, enable all members of a cohort to be enrolled in a course in one action, either manually or synchronised automatically. | ||
==Enrolling a cohort in a course== | |||
In order to actually enrol users from a Cohort into courses the ''Cohort-Sync'' Enrollment plugin needs to be added to the enrollment methods for the course. The Administrator will first need to enable the ''Cohort-Sync'' enrolment plugin site wide (Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments) and then add it to the required Course (Course administration > Users > Enrolment Methods). At this stage the ''Cohort-Sync'' instance for the course is edited and the appropriate Cohort selected. The role to which the Cohort users are assigned is also selected at this point (typically Student). | |||
Visiting the Course administration > Users > Enrolled Users page will show users enrolled via the ''Cohort-Sync'' plugin. | |||
Note that, by default, a teacher cannot add this plugin to their course. It needs to be configured by an Administrator or a user with the Manager role. | |||
The required capabilities for setting up a cohort sync are: | |||
* moodle/course:enrolconfig in the course context | |||
* moodle/cohort:config in the course context | |||
* moodle/cohort:view in the same context as category | |||
The required capabilities for manually enrolling cohort members are: | |||
* the same as cohort sync (note: this is a bug MDL-28431) | |||
* enrol/manual:enrol in course context | |||
* moodle/course:enrolreview in course context | |||
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==Admin settings for cohorts== | |||
To create a cohort manually | To create a cohort manually | ||
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To synchronise cohort members with course participants, the ''Cohort sync'' enrolment plugin should be enabled in ''Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins''. | To synchronise cohort members with course participants, the ''Cohort sync'' enrolment plugin should be enabled in ''Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins''. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*A three minute Cohort in Moodle 2.0 video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMWZW_n0eVI] | |||
*Cohorts in Moodle 2.0 video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMqaeOGXuHQ] | |||
* [[Development:Cohorts]] | * [[Development:Cohorts]] | ||
[[fr:Cohortes]] | [[fr:Cohortes]] | ||
[[de:Globale Gruppen]] | [[de:Globale Gruppen]] | ||
Revision as of 17:18, 31 August 2011
Please refer to these notes before editing this page.
Cohorts, or site-wide groups, enable all members of a cohort to be enrolled in a course in one action, either manually or synchronised automatically.
Enrolling a cohort in a course
In order to actually enrol users from a Cohort into courses the Cohort-Sync Enrollment plugin needs to be added to the enrollment methods for the course. The Administrator will first need to enable the Cohort-Sync enrolment plugin site wide (Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments) and then add it to the required Course (Course administration > Users > Enrolment Methods). At this stage the Cohort-Sync instance for the course is edited and the appropriate Cohort selected. The role to which the Cohort users are assigned is also selected at this point (typically Student).
Visiting the Course administration > Users > Enrolled Users page will show users enrolled via the Cohort-Sync plugin.
Note that, by default, a teacher cannot add this plugin to their course. It needs to be configured by an Administrator or a user with the Manager role.
The required capabilities for setting up a cohort sync are:
- moodle/course:enrolconfig in the course context
- moodle/cohort:config in the course context
- moodle/cohort:view in the same context as category
The required capabilities for manually enrolling cohort members are:
- the same as cohort sync (note: this is a bug MDL-28431)
- enrol/manual:enrol in course context
- moodle/course:enrolreview in course context
Admin settings for cohorts
To create a cohort manually
- Access Site administration > Users > Accounts > Cohorts
- Click the Add button
- Complete the form and click the 'Save changes' button
- Follow the assign link opposite the cohort name in the list of available cohorts
- Select potential users from the list then click the Add button
To synchronise cohort members with course participants, the Cohort sync enrolment plugin should be enabled in Site administration > Plugins > Enrolments > Manage enrol plugins.
See also
- A three minute Cohort in Moodle 2.0 video [1]
- Cohorts in Moodle 2.0 video: [2]
- Development:Cohorts
