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*Location: ''Settings>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manage authentication.'' | |||
*Manual authentication is enabled by default in Moodle and requires the administrator to manually create all the user accounts. | |||
[[File:Manualauthentication.png]] | |||
==Locking user fields== | |||
*The settings page in ''Settings>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manual accounts'' allows for certain fields to be "locked". Users are not allowed to change the locked fields. | |||
[[File:Manualaccountspage.png]] | |||
==Adding a new user== | |||
This may be done on an individual basis in ''Settings>Site Administration>Users>Accounts>Add a new user'' or via a text file upload in ''Settings>Site Administration>Users>Accounts>Upload users'' | |||
==Adding users in bulk== | |||
===Can you arrange for an e-mail to be sent to notify Users of new accounts?=== | ===Can you arrange for an e-mail to be sent to notify Users of new accounts?=== | ||
Revision as of 11:39, 3 October 2011
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- Location: Settings>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manage authentication.
- Manual authentication is enabled by default in Moodle and requires the administrator to manually create all the user accounts.
Locking user fields
- The settings page in Settings>Site Administration>Plugins>Authentication>Manual accounts allows for certain fields to be "locked". Users are not allowed to change the locked fields.
Adding a new user
This may be done on an individual basis in Settings>Site Administration>Users>Accounts>Add a new user or via a text file upload in Settings>Site Administration>Users>Accounts>Upload users
Adding users in bulk
Can you arrange for an e-mail to be sent to notify Users of new accounts?
If you are creating ONE manual account, then no.
See Feature request here: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-19390
See discussion http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=117005
Bulk upload can be set up to send e-mails: see the discussion here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=85333 (Which includes a code hack to do this as well. (Also http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=125000)
