Parent access
From MoodleDocs
| Parent Access | |
|---|---|
| Project state | Specification |
| Tracker issue | MDL-38043 |
| Discussion | |
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For ease of conversation, the feature is here called parent access. It can also be used e.g. for an observer of a firm who paid for an employees courses.
What a parent should see
A parent should see a My Home style interface when logging in to Moodle. Parents probably don’t spend so much time on the platform, so the presented information should relevant and easy to access.
- A way to choose between children (if more then one)
- A view of upcoming events in all courses the children are subscribed (upcoming tests, assignments, …)
- A view on the marks of the children
- A way to get to the marked tests, assignments, workshops, …
- Documents from school for the parents (Exam overview, notifications, forms, …)
- Messages from school to parents
What admins can do
- Limit/enable what parents can do:
- enter courses of their own children yes/no
- see content of other users then themselves or their children yes/no (forum posts, wiki contributions, ..
- configure extra blocks on the parents screen
- Connect childrens accounts to parent accounts
- keep in mind that parents can have more then one child and children have more then one parent.
- Upload the connection with CSV, from database, manually with a web interface
