Chapter 3. Courses, Users, and Roles
The objective of this chapter is to give an overview of Moodle courses, users, and roles. The three concepts are inherently intertwined and any one of these cannot be used without the other two. We will deal with the basics of the three core elements and show how they work together. Let's see what they are:
- Moodle courses: Courses are central to Moodle as this is where learning takes place. Teachers upload their learning resources, create activities, assist in learning and grade work, monitor progress, and so on. Students, on the other hand, read, listen to or watch learning resources, participate in activities, submit work, collaborate with others, and so on.
- Moodle users: These are individuals accessing our Moodle system. Typical users are students and teachers/trainers, but also there are others such as teaching assistants, managers, parents, assessors, examiners, or guests. Oh, and the administrator, of course!
- Moodle roles: Roles are...
