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| {{Moodle 1.7}}Moodle 1.7 allows the administrator to add or edit existing roles available on the Moodle site. This is done through the Administration block>>User>>Permission>>Define roles menu area.
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| ==Define roles==
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| There are 3 tabs on the define role page.
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| [[Image:Roles_Define_tab.JPG|center]]
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| ===Manage roles===
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| The place to add and define permissions for a new role, or edit name and/or permissions associated with existing Moodle roles.
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| ===Allow role assignments===
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| A matrix which determines which role can assign users to other roles.
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| ===Allow role overrides===
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| A matric which determines which role can override a previously assigned role. The default is that only an administrator can override any role assigned by another role.
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| ==Permissions==
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| The permissions matrix allows a very granular approach to assigning rights to a role (a class of users). Assigning or editing permissions should be done with great care. A change can produce a profound unwanted effect, or an annoying effect that will be hard to understand the cause.
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| There are over 150 lines of capabilities where any of 4 different permissions can be assigned. The capabilities are grouped in 21 catagories. Here is the top of the list.
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| [[Image:Roles_Define_Permissions_crop.JPG|center]] | |
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| ===Permission terms===
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| *Inherit
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| *Allow
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| *Prevent
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| *Inhibit
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| ==Examples of roles==
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| Why would a site want different roles? Consider
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| ||*Site Designers||*Educational Authority Adviser||*Educational Inspector||
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| ||*Second Marker / Moderator||*Peer observer of teaching||*External Examiner
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| ||*Parent||*Manager||*Weekly Seminar Leader
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| ||*Mentor/Mentee||*Community-Designed Rating Criteria||*Visitor
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| ||*Guest Speaker||*Former Student||*Alumnus
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| ||*Librarian||*Teacher||*Community Education Tutors/Trainers
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| ||*Secretary/Student Worker||*Teaching Assistant||*Student - FERPA rights
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| ||*Help Desk|| ||
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| ==See Also==
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| Assign roles
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| User Policies
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| [[Category: Administrator]]
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| [[Category:Roles]]
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