Inspector role

The role of Inspector may be used to provide external inspectors with permission to view all courses (without being required to enrol).

Role set-up

1. Access Administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles
2. Click the button "Add a new role"
3. Give the role a name e.g. Inspector, short name and description
4. Change the capability moodle/course:view to allow
5. Click the button "Add a new role"

Role assignment

1. Access Administration > Users > Permissions > Assign roles i.e. assign the role at site/system context level
2. Choose the role to assign
3. Select a user in the potential users list, and use the left-facing arrow button to add it to the existing users list
4. Optional (from 1.8 onwards): To hide an Inspector role user, click the "Hidden assignments" check box before adding them to the existing users list. (If this is not done, then the user is listed as a course participant.)

See also

• Manage roles - including testing a new role
• Video showing how to create an inspector role in Moodle