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Moodle 3 Administration, Third Edition

You're reading from   Moodle 3 Administration, Third Edition An administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781783289714
Length 492 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Preface 1. Moodle Installation FREE CHAPTER 2. The Moodle System 3. Courses, Users, and Roles 4. Course Management 5. User Management 6. Managing Permissions – Roles and Capabilities 7. Moodle Look and Feel 8. Moodle Plugins 9. Moodle Configuration 10. Moodle Logging and Reporting 11. Moodle Security and Privacy 12. Moodle Performance and Optimization 13. Backup and Restore 14. Moodle Admin Tools 15. Moodle Integration 16. Moodle Networking A. Configuration Settings Index

Moodle predefined roles


Moodle comes with a number of predefined roles. These standard roles are suitable for most educational setups, but some institutions require modifications to the roles system to tailor Moodle to their specific needs.

Each role has capabilities for a number of actions that can be carried out. For example, an administrator and a course creator are allowed to create new courses, whereas all the other roles are denied this right. Likewise, a teacher is allowed to moderate forums, whereas students are only allowed to contribute to them.

The description of each standard role and the short names that are used, internally and in operations, such as user batch upload, given by Moodle, are listed in the following table:

Role

Description

Short Name

Administrator

Administrators have full access to the entire site and to all the courses

admin

Course creator

Course creators can create new courses, but not participate or teach in them

course creator

Manager

Managers...

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