BASIC ADMINISTRATION GUIDE

A. User Management
Only the administrator can add and update profiles so make sure you are logged in as
admin before proceeding.
I. Updating your profile
1. To update profile as an administrator, click on Users Accounts Browse
List o Users under the Site Administration block. A list of users will be shown.
2. Click . A page where you can update your details will be shown.
3. Click the button to sae the changes.
II. Creating new users
1. To add new user, click on Users Accounts Add a new user under the Site
Administration block. The Add User General page will be shown.
2. !nter new user"s details. #ote that the re$uired field must be entered before the
user will be accepted %marked with &'. The re$uired fields are( Username, New
password, Surname, Email address, City/town, Select a country.
3. Click the button to sae new user.
Updating a user profile
)sers with the capability moodle*user(update are able to update another user+s profile i.e.
in addition to being able to edit the profile, all settings %username, password,
authentication method, force new password etc.' may be changed.
Account disabling
An account may be disabled by setting the authentication method to ,No !ogin,. The
account email may not be used to create another account.
III. Role Management and Delegation
,Student,, ,Teac"er,, ,Course Creator, are some of the predefined roles that come
with -oodle. The site administrator can create additional roles.
To assign a role:
1. .elect Users #ermissions Assign s$stem ro!es from the Site Administration
block. Choose the type of role you wish to assign. /or e0ample, if you want to assign a
.tudent role to a user, choose ,Student, from the list of roles.
2. Once you hae chosen a role, two lists appear( a list of users who currently hae that
role, and a list of users who don+t. .elect a user in the second list, and use the left1facing
arrow button to add the user to the list of .tudents. -ultiple users may be selected by
holding down the Apple or Ctrl key while clicking on the users+ names.
2emoing someone from a role is done by moing the user from the left column to the
right.
Ena%!ing teac"ers to assign t"e ro!e o teac"er
3y default, teachers are only allowed to assign the roles of non1editing teacher, student
and guest. To enable teachers to assign the role of teacher(
1. Click on Users #ermissions Deine ro!es.
2. Click the tab .
3. Click the checkbo0 where the teacher row and column intersect.
4. Click the button.
#ote( 5ou can assign multiple roles to a user at the same time.
Editing ro!es
To edit a role:
1. Click on #ermissions in the Site Administration %!oc&, then Deine ro!es.
2. Click the %edit' icon opposite the role you want to edit e.g. 6student7.
3. On the edit role page, change permissions as re$uired.
4. .croll to the bottom of the page and click the button.
Adding a new ro!e
To add a new role:
1. Click on #ermissions in the Site Administration %!oc&, then Deine ro!es.
2. Click the button.
3. On the 6add a new' role page, gie the role a name. 8f you need to name the role
for multiple languages you can use multi1lang synta0 if you wish, such as Teacher
9rofessor. 8f multi1lang synta0 is used then /ilter all strings should be set in /ilter
settings.
4. :ie the role a meaningful short name. The short name is necessary for other
plugins in -oodle that may need to refer to the role %e.g. when uploading users
from a file or setting enrolments ia an enrolment plugin'.
;. :ie the role a description %optional'.
<. .et permissions as re$uired.
=. .croll to the bottom of the page and click the button.
B. Course Administration
I. Creation of Course category
Courses or sub>ects as they are commonly called are usually categori?ed in the
following manner( Ma(or, Minor, Cognates, S)ecia!i*ation+ Deicienc$+ T"esis+
and Misce!!aneous %if applicable'. .o it is but proper to create these categories first
before actually adding the actual sub>ects later.
To add new course category:
1. On the Site Administration %!oc&, click Courses Add,Edit courses, then click
button. The Add new categor$ screen will appear.
2. After filling all re$uired fields, click .
#ote( The Misce!!aneous category is automatically added by the system by default.
II. Creation of Courses
To add a course:
1. :o to the Site Administration panel, click Courses and then Add,Edit courses.
The Course categories screen wi!! a))ear.


2. Click the button. The !dit course settings page will appear.
3. To make things simpler, fill up only the basic course %sub>ect' information needed.
Click afterwards.