Demo teacher role

Mall:Moodle 1.9 The role of Demo teacher may be used to provide a demonstration teacher account with a password and profile which can't be changed.

Role set-up

1. Access Administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles
2. Follow the Teacher link then click on the "Duplicate role" button
3. Edit the newly created Teacher copy 1, giving it a name (e.g. Demo teacher), short name and description
4. Change the capabilities moodle/user:changeownpassword and moodle/user:editownprofile) to prevent. (Note that these capabilities are only available in Moodle 1.9 onwards.)
5. Click the button "Save changes"

Account and course set-up

1. Create a demo teacher account via Administration > Users > Accounts > Add a new user
2. Create a course for the demo teacher, perhaps a copy of the Moodle Features Demo course

Role assignment

1. Access the Assign roles page in the demo course via the Assign roles link in course administration block i.e. assign the role in the course context
2. Choose the Demo teacher role to assign
3. Select the demo teacher user in the potential users list, and use the left-facing arrow button to add it to the existing users list

See also

• Manage roles - including testing a new role