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Manage roles

2007-05-29T19:18:16Z

Elenaivanova:

{{Roles}}
Location: ''Administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles''

Moodle comes with 7 predefined roles:

*Administrator
*[[Course creator]]
*[[Teacher]]
*[[Teacher#Non-editing teacher| Non-editing teacher]]
*[[Student]]
*[[Guest access|Guest]]
*Authenticated user (from 1.8 onwards)

Each role may be edited via the link next to its name.

==Permissions==

Permissions are settings for specific capabilities. There are four values:

;Not Set (formerly Inherit)
:This is the default setting, generally. It's a neutral setting that means "use whatever setting the user already had". If a role gets assigned to someone (e.g. in a course) that has this permission for a capability, then the actual permission they'll have will just be the same as they already had at higher-level contexts (e.g. categories or site level). Ultimately, if permission is never allowed at any level, then the user will have no permission for that capability.

;Allow
:By choosing this you are granting permission for this capability to people who are assigned this role. This permission applies for the context that this role gets assigned plus all "lower" contexts. For example, if this role is a student role assigned to a course, then students will be able to "start new discussions" in all forums in that course, unless some forum contains an override or a new assignment with a Prevent or Prohibit value for this capability.

;Prevent
:By choosing this you are removing permission for this capability, even if the users with this role were allowed that permission in a higher context.

;Prohibit
:This is rarely needed, but occasionally you might want to completely deny permissions to a role in a way that can NOT be overridden at any lower context. An example of when you might need this is when an admin wants to prohibit one person from starting new discussions in any forum on the whole site. In this case they can create a role with that capability set to "Prohibit" and then assign it to that user in the site context.

Permissions at a "lower" context will generally override anything at a "higher" context (this applies to overrides and assigned roles). The exception is Prohibit which can not be overridden at lower levels.

If two roles are assigned to a person in the same context, one with Allow and one with Prevent, which one wins? In this case, Moodle will look up the context tree for a "decider".

For example, a student has two roles in a course, one that allows them to start new discussions, one that prevents them. In this case, we check the categories and the site contexts, looking for another defined permission to help us decide. If we don't find one, then permission is Prevent by default (because the two settings cancelled each other out, and thus they have no permission).

==Legacy role types==

* Legacy role types were implemented for backward compatibility.
* Selecting a legacy role type in 1.8 (or allowing a legacy capability in 1.7) does NOT provide a new role with all capabilities of a pre-Moodle 1.7 role.
*It is recommended that a legacy role type is selected only for roles that are similar to pre-Moodle 1.7 student/teacher/admin/creator roles.
* It is not necessary to select a legacy role type unless using old 3rd party code that was not designed for Moodle 1.7 and doesn't yet support roles.

==Adding a new role==

#Give the role an appropriate name. If you need to name the role for multiple languages you can use [[Multi language content|multi-lang syntax]] if you wish, such as <code><nowiki>Teacher Profesor</nowiki></code>. If multi-lang syntax is used then ''Filter all strings'' should be set in [[Filter settings]].
#Give the role a meaningful short name. The short name is necessary for other plugins in Moodle that may need to refer to the role (e.g. when uploading users from a file or setting enrolments via an enrolment plugin).
#Optional: Give the role a description so that everyone has a common understanding of it.

==Creating a duplicate role==
{{Moodle 1.8}}
In Moodle 1.8 onwards, a new role based on a predefined role may be quickly created using the "Duplicate role" button.
#Follow the link of the name of the predefined role to be duplicated.
#Click the "Duplicate role" button near the top of the "View role details" page.
#Answer '''Yes''' to the question "Are you sure you want to duplicate the role ...?"

==Testing a new role==

#Create test user and assign new role to them.
#Either logout as admin and then login as test user or use a different browser to login as test user.

Note: New roles may not be tested using the "Switch role to..." feature.

==Example roles==

*[[Inspector role|Inspector]] - for providing external inspectors with permission to view all courses (without being required to enrol)
*[[Parent role|Parent]] - for providing parents/mentors/tutors with permission to view certain information about their children/mentees/tutees
*[[Demo teacher role|Demo teacher]] - for providing a demonstration teacher account with a password which can't be changed
*[[Forum moderator role]] - for providing a user with permission in a particular forum to edit or delete forum posts, split discussions and move discussions to other forums

==See also==

*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=66782 What happens if a user has multiple roles in a course?] forum discussion

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Roles]]

[[es:Gestionar_roles]]
[[fr:Définir les rôles]]

Blocks

2006-09-06T18:23:39Z

Elenaivanova: /* Block arrangement */

[[Image:Course edit on new 4.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Example shows blocks on left and right on a new empty course homepage]]This page is for teachers who are learning about a course feature called blocks.

The [[course/view|course homepage]] generally contains '''blocks''' on the left and right of the centre column. For example in the upper right is the "Latest News" block and in the upper left is the "People" block.
 
==Adding blocks==
Teachers in a course may add blocks. In the above image the "Add Block" block is in the lower left. Here the dropdown list showing standard blocks in Moodle 1.6 plus a non-standard "Verify Certificate" block.
[[Image:Block_add_dropdown_list.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Add block list in 1.6]]
 

==Block types==
Here is a list of different types of blocks and links with more infomation
*[[Activities block|Activities]]
*[[Administration block|Administration]]
*[[Blog Tags block|Blog Tags]] (1.6)
*[[Blog Menu block|Blog Menu]] (1.6)
*[[Calendar block|Calendar]]
*[[Courses block|Courses]]
*[[Course/Site Description block|Course/Site Description]]
*[[HTML block|HTML]]
*[[Latest News block|Latest News]]
*[[Loan Calculator block|Loan Calculator]] (1.6)
*[[Messages block|Messages]]
*[[Online Users block|Online Users]]
*[[People block|People]]
*[[Quiz Results block|Quiz Results]]
*[[Random Glossary Entry block|Random Glossary Entry]]
*[[Recent Activity block|Recent Activity]]
*[[RSS feeds block|RSS feeds]]
*[[Search Forums block|Search Forums]]
*[[Section Links block|Section Links]]
*[[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming Events]]

==Block arrangement==
Blocks may be added, hidden, deleted, and moved up, down and left/right when editing is turned on.
[[Image:Block_People.JPG |thumb|200px|left|People Block - with the editing icons showing]]
 

==See also==

* [[Blocks (administrator)]]

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Block]]

[[fr:Blocs (enseignant)]]

Blocks

2006-09-06T18:23:12Z

Elenaivanova:

[[Image:Course edit on new 4.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Example shows blocks on left and right on a new empty course homepage]]This page is for teachers who are learning about a course feature called blocks.

The [[course/view|course homepage]] generally contains '''blocks''' on the left and right of the centre column. For example in the upper right is the "Latest News" block and in the upper left is the "People" block.
 
==Adding blocks==
Teachers in a course may add blocks. In the above image the "Add Block" block is in the lower left. Here the dropdown list showing standard blocks in Moodle 1.6 plus a non-standard "Verify Certificate" block.
[[Image:Block_add_dropdown_list.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Add block list in 1.6]]
 

==Block types==
Here is a list of different types of blocks and links with more infomation
*[[Activities block|Activities]]
*[[Administration block|Administration]]
*[[Blog Tags block|Blog Tags]] (1.6)
*[[Blog Menu block|Blog Menu]] (1.6)
*[[Calendar block|Calendar]]
*[[Courses block|Courses]]
*[[Course/Site Description block|Course/Site Description]]
*[[HTML block|HTML]]
*[[Latest News block|Latest News]]
*[[Loan Calculator block|Loan Calculator]] (1.6)
*[[Messages block|Messages]]
*[[Online Users block|Online Users]]
*[[People block|People]]
*[[Quiz Results block|Quiz Results]]
*[[Random Glossary Entry block|Random Glossary Entry]]
*[[Recent Activity block|Recent Activity]]
*[[RSS feeds block|RSS feeds]]
*[[Search Forums block|Search Forums]]
*[[Section Links block|Section Links]]
*[[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming Events]]

==Block arrangement==
Blocks may be added, hidden, deleted, and moved up, down and left/right when editing is turned on.
[[Image:Block_People.JPG |thumb|200px|left|People Block - with the editing icons showing]]
 

==See also==

* [[Blocks (administrator)]]

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Block]]

[[fr:Blocs (enseignant)]]

Blocks

2006-09-06T16:10:55Z

Elenaivanova: /* Adding blocks */

[[Image:Course edit on new 4.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Example shows blocks on left and right on a new empty course homepage]]This page is for teachers who are learning about a course feature called blocks.

The [[course/view|course homepage]] generally contains '''blocks''' on the left and right of the centre column. For example in the upper right is the "Latest News" block and in the upper left is the "People" block.
 
==Adding blocks==
Teachers in a course may add blocks. In the above image the "Add Block" block is in the lower left. Here the dropdown list showing standard blocks in Moodle 1.6 plus a non-standard "Verify Certificate" block.
[[Image:Block_add_dropdown_list.JPG|thumb|150px|frame|right|Add block list in 1.6]]
 

==Block types==
Here is a list of different types of blocks and links with more infomation
*[[Activities block|Activities]]
*[[Administration block|Administration]]
*[[Blog Tags block|Blog Tags]] (1.6)
*[[Blog Menu block|Blog Menu]] (1.6)
*[[Calendar block|Calendar]]
*[[Courses block|Courses]]
*[[Course/Site Description block|Course/Site Description]]
*[[HTML block|HTML]]
*[[Latest News block|Latest News]]
*[[Loan Calculator block|Loan Calculator]] (1.6)
*[[Messages block|Messages]]
*[[Online Users block|Online Users]]
*[[People block|People]]
*[[Quiz Results block|Quiz Results]]
*[[Random Glossary Entry block|Random Glossary Entry]]
*[[Recent Activity block|Recent Activity]]
*[[RSS feeds block|RSS feeds]]
*[[Search Forums block|Search Forums]]
*[[Section Links block|Section Links]]
*[[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming Events]]

==Block arrangement==
[[Image:Block_People.JPG |thumb|200px|right|People Block - with the editing icons showing]]Blocks may be added, hidden, deleted, and moved up, down and left/right when editing is turned on.
 

==See also==

* [[Blocks (administrator)]]

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Block]]

[[fr:Blocs (enseignant)]]

Blocks

2006-09-06T16:03:54Z

Elenaivanova: /* Adding blocks */

[[Image:Course edit on new 4.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Example shows blocks on left and right on a new empty course homepage]]This page is for teachers who are learning about a course feature called blocks.

The [[course/view|course homepage]] generally contains '''blocks''' on the left and right of the centre column. For example in the upper right is the "Latest News" block and in the upper left is the "People" block.
 
==Adding blocks==
Teachers in a course may add blocks. In the above image the "Add Block" block is in the lower left. Here the dropdown list showing standard blocks in Moodle 1.6 plus a non-standard "Verify Certificate" block.
[[Image:Block_add_dropdown_list.JPG|thumb|150px|frame|left|Add block list in 1.6]]
 

==Block types==
Here is a list of different types of blocks and links with more infomation
*[[Activities block|Activities]]
*[[Administration block|Administration]]
*[[Blog Tags block|Blog Tags]] (1.6)
*[[Blog Menu block|Blog Menu]] (1.6)
*[[Calendar block|Calendar]]
*[[Courses block|Courses]]
*[[Course/Site Description block|Course/Site Description]]
*[[HTML block|HTML]]
*[[Latest News block|Latest News]]
*[[Loan Calculator block|Loan Calculator]] (1.6)
*[[Messages block|Messages]]
*[[Online Users block|Online Users]]
*[[People block|People]]
*[[Quiz Results block|Quiz Results]]
*[[Random Glossary Entry block|Random Glossary Entry]]
*[[Recent Activity block|Recent Activity]]
*[[RSS feeds block|RSS feeds]]
*[[Search Forums block|Search Forums]]
*[[Section Links block|Section Links]]
*[[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming Events]]

==Block arrangement==
[[Image:Block_People.JPG |thumb|200px|right|People Block - with the editing icons showing]]Blocks may be added, hidden, deleted, and moved up, down and left/right when editing is turned on.
 

==See also==

* [[Blocks (administrator)]]

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Block]]

[[fr:Blocs (enseignant)]]

Blocks

2006-09-06T15:50:22Z

Elenaivanova: /* Block arrangement */

[[Image:Course edit on new 4.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Example shows blocks on left and right on a new empty course homepage]]This page is for teachers who are learning about a course feature called blocks.

The [[course/view|course homepage]] generally contains '''blocks''' on the left and right of the centre column. For example in the upper right is the "Latest News" block and in the upper left is the "People" block.
 
==Adding blocks==
[[Image:Block_add_dropdown_list.JPG|thumb|150px|right|Add block list in 1.6]]Teachers in a course may add blocks. In the above image the "Add Block" block is in the lower left. Here the dropdown list showing standard blocks in Moodle 1.6 plus a non-standard "Verify Certificate" block.
 

==Block types==
Here is a list of different types of blocks and links with more infomation
*[[Activities block|Activities]]
*[[Administration block|Administration]]
*[[Blog Tags block|Blog Tags]] (1.6)
*[[Blog Menu block|Blog Menu]] (1.6)
*[[Calendar block|Calendar]]
*[[Courses block|Courses]]
*[[Course/Site Description block|Course/Site Description]]
*[[HTML block|HTML]]
*[[Latest News block|Latest News]]
*[[Loan Calculator block|Loan Calculator]] (1.6)
*[[Messages block|Messages]]
*[[Online Users block|Online Users]]
*[[People block|People]]
*[[Quiz Results block|Quiz Results]]
*[[Random Glossary Entry block|Random Glossary Entry]]
*[[Recent Activity block|Recent Activity]]
*[[RSS feeds block|RSS feeds]]
*[[Search Forums block|Search Forums]]
*[[Section Links block|Section Links]]
*[[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming Events]]

==Block arrangement==
[[Image:Block_People.JPG |thumb|200px|right|People Block - with the editing icons showing]]Blocks may be added, hidden, deleted, and moved up, down and left/right when editing is turned on.
 

==See also==

* [[Blocks (administrator)]]

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Block]]

[[fr:Blocs (enseignant)]]

Blocks

2006-09-06T15:50:05Z

Elenaivanova: /* Adding blocks */

[[Image:Course edit on new 4.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Example shows blocks on left and right on a new empty course homepage]]This page is for teachers who are learning about a course feature called blocks.

The [[course/view|course homepage]] generally contains '''blocks''' on the left and right of the centre column. For example in the upper right is the "Latest News" block and in the upper left is the "People" block.
 
==Adding blocks==
[[Image:Block_add_dropdown_list.JPG|thumb|150px|right|Add block list in 1.6]]Teachers in a course may add blocks. In the above image the "Add Block" block is in the lower left. Here the dropdown list showing standard blocks in Moodle 1.6 plus a non-standard "Verify Certificate" block.
 

==Block types==
Here is a list of different types of blocks and links with more infomation
*[[Activities block|Activities]]
*[[Administration block|Administration]]
*[[Blog Tags block|Blog Tags]] (1.6)
*[[Blog Menu block|Blog Menu]] (1.6)
*[[Calendar block|Calendar]]
*[[Courses block|Courses]]
*[[Course/Site Description block|Course/Site Description]]
*[[HTML block|HTML]]
*[[Latest News block|Latest News]]
*[[Loan Calculator block|Loan Calculator]] (1.6)
*[[Messages block|Messages]]
*[[Online Users block|Online Users]]
*[[People block|People]]
*[[Quiz Results block|Quiz Results]]
*[[Random Glossary Entry block|Random Glossary Entry]]
*[[Recent Activity block|Recent Activity]]
*[[RSS feeds block|RSS feeds]]
*[[Search Forums block|Search Forums]]
*[[Section Links block|Section Links]]
*[[Upcoming Events block|Upcoming Events]]

==Block arrangement==
[[Image:Block_People.JPG |thumb|200px|left|People Block - with the editing icons showing]]Blocks may be added, hidden, deleted, and moved up, down and left/right when editing is turned on.
 
==See also==

* [[Blocks (administrator)]]

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Block]]

[[fr:Blocs (enseignant)]]

User:Elena Ivanova

2006-08-21T21:09:15Z

Elenaivanova:

'''You can send a message to Elena
[http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=120033&course=1 here]

http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=120033&course=1
'''

Meta course

2006-08-21T20:50:37Z

Elenaivanova: /* Metacourse usage */

'''Metacourses''' are courses which take their enrolments from other courses i.e. for every course 'enrolled' on the metacourse, all students in the course are also enrolled in the metacourse.

Each time a student enrols on (or unenrols from) a course, s/he is enrolled/unenrolled from any metacourse(s) associated with it (although it doesn't happen immediately - it may take an hour to show up).

Please note that metacourse enrolments do not preserve groups.

==Metacourse setup==
Teachers are able to choose whether a course is a metacourse via the "Is this a metacourse?" (yes/no) menu option in the [[Settings|course settings]]. If a meta course is chosen, the [[Students|students]] page changes from listing/searching for students to listing/searching for courses.

==Metacourse usage==
Metacourses may be used in a variety of ways:

* '''Scenario 1:''' X is a metacourse with Course 1 through 4 as normal courses with standard student enrollments. Students enrolling on these courses are automatically enrolled onto Metacourse X. This would be used, for example, when every student gets to choose one option from Courses 1-4 but Metacourse X is compulsory for all students taking one of those four options.

[[Image:Metacourses1_en.jpg|Standard Metacourse Usage]]

* '''Scenario 2:''' Metacourses 1-4 are linked to Y which is a normal course. Students enrolling on Course Y are automatically enrolled on Metacourses 1-4. This would be used, for example, when all five courses are intended to have exactly the same students.

[[Image:Metacourses2_en.jpg|Upsidedown Metacourse Usage]]

In both diagrams you can see students being enrolled normally into standard courses and then the entire student list of a course being added to the Metacourse.

==See also==
* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=48901 Metacourses?] forum discussion

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Enrolment]]

[[es:Metacourses]]
[[fr:Méta-cours]]
[[ru:Метакурсы]]

File:Metacourses2 en.jpg

2006-08-21T20:48:28Z

Elenaivanova: Explanation of Metacousres in English

Explanation of Metacousres in English

Meta course

2006-08-21T20:42:14Z

Elenaivanova:

'''Metacourses''' are courses which take their enrolments from other courses i.e. for every course 'enrolled' on the metacourse, all students in the course are also enrolled in the metacourse.

Each time a student enrols on (or unenrols from) a course, s/he is enrolled/unenrolled from any metacourse(s) associated with it (although it doesn't happen immediately - it may take an hour to show up).

Please note that metacourse enrolments do not preserve groups.

==Metacourse setup==
Teachers are able to choose whether a course is a metacourse via the "Is this a metacourse?" (yes/no) menu option in the [[Settings|course settings]]. If a meta course is chosen, the [[Students|students]] page changes from listing/searching for students to listing/searching for courses.

==Metacourse usage==
Metacourses may be used in a variety of ways:

* '''Scenario 1:''' X is a metacourse with Course 1 through 4 as normal courses with standard student enrollments. Students enrolling on these courses are automatically enrolled onto Metacourse X. This would be used, for example, when every student gets to choose one option from Courses 1-4 but Metacourse X is compulsory for all students taking one of those four options.

[[Image:Metacourses1_en.jpg|Standard Metacourse Usage]]

* '''Scenario 2:''' Metacourses 1-4 are linked to Y which is a normal course. Students enrolling on Course Y are automatically enrolled on Metacourses 1-4. This would be used, for example, when all five courses are intended to have exactly the same students.

[[Image:Metacourses2.png|Upsidedown Metacourse Usage]]

In both diagrams you can see students being enrolled normally into standard courses and then the entire student list of a course being added to the Metacourse.

==See also==
* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=48901 Metacourses?] forum discussion

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Enrolment]]

[[es:Metacourses]]
[[fr:Méta-cours]]
[[ru:Метакурсы]]

File:Metacourses1 en.jpg

2006-08-21T20:41:41Z

Elenaivanova: Explanation of Meta cousres

Explanation of Meta cousres

File:Metacourses1.jpg

2006-08-21T20:41:02Z

Elenaivanova: Explanation of Meta courses in English

Explanation of Meta courses in English