Time for action — setting up a controlled membership group with course roles
You must be set up as a staff member or an administrator in your Mahara site — or a Mahara institution, in order to complete the procedure mentioned in this section. If you do not have these permissions, ask your site administrator, or your own institution administrator, to set you up. You are going to set up your first controlled membership group and to allow course roles, so that you can set up some tutors:
1. Log in to your Mahara as either a general staff member or a staff member of an institution.
2. Click on the Groups tab in the main menu bar.
3. On the My groups page, click on the Create group button.
4. As you did in Chapter 5, Share and Network in Groups, create your group in exactly the same way by giving it a relevant name and description.
5. In the Settings drop-down list, make sure you tick the Controlled check box to set up a group that you can oblige members to join.
6. Under Roles, choose Course: Member...
