Roles in Moodle Admin.

Roles in Moodle Admin.

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

Each role has permissions for a number of actions that can be carried out in Moodle. For example, an administrator and a course creator are able to create new courses, whereas all 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 table that follows:

Role	Description	Short Name
Administrator	Administrators have full access to the entire site and to all courses. Site administrator - can "do everything" on the site Manager - a lesser administrator role	admin
Course Creator	Course creators can create new courses and also teach in them.	coursecreator
Teacher	Teachers can do anything within a course, including changing activities and grading students - can manage and add content to courses.	editingteacher
Non-editing Teacher	Non-editing teachers can teach in courses and grade students, but not alter any activities.	teacher
Student	Students are able to perform allocated tasks which include resources and activities, among others - can access and participate in courses.	student
Guest	Guests have minimal privileges and usually cannot enter text anywhere - can view courses but not participate.	guest
Authenticated User	Additional role given once logged in. It is an exception role and is mostly used by Moodle internally. Authenticated user on the front page role - a logged in user role for the front page only.	user

Here are some of the things Administrators have to know:

The Course Creator has to be able make informed decisions about course design, strategic planning and providing support in your organization.

Course set up and layout modification: Course settings, orientation, course page layout.

Learning resources: Adding resources , Upload, manage and signpost for your participants.

File management: Re-use and archive activities and courses.

Monitor participant activity logs within a course.

Learning activities: Assessment, collaboration and communication using a range of Moodle tools.

Activity modules - Forum, Choice, Chat, Glossary, Quiz, Wiki, Assignment

Create popular question types

Explore the more complex Database, Lesson and Workshop modules.

Workshop

        - Create peer and self-assessed assignment activities

        -  Manage the various set up and deployment phases

        -  Allocate submissions for peer assessment

        -  Provide tutor feedback and marks

        -  Support student peer assessments

Lesson

        -  Create multi-page activities with linear and/or branched progression through content

        -  Manage user progression through content based on responses to a wide  range of content

        - Extend the computer marked assessment options in your courses

Database

        -  Create and manage form based activities

        -  Identify suitable field types to meet your needs

        -  Manage templates for adding entries plus list and single views of existing entries

        -  Configure requirements and approval of learner contributions

        -  Create templates for rapid future development

Course Managers explore key concepts that enable them to better manage access to their courses, 

organize and monitor users within them and improve the experience for facilitators and learners by automating the availability of content and activities.

Manage access to courses using a range of enrolment options

Adapt and review user permissions within a course

Control collaboration, awareness and segmentation of users within a course

Manage access to activities and course section using specified conditions

Enable facilitators and learners to track progress in a course.

Native Moodle enrolment types including self-enrolment, cohorts, meta links

Manage users with Groups

Controll access to activities using Groupings

Conditional access for course activities, resources and sections

Completion tracking - programmed and learner initiated 

Moodle Administrator is required to configure (or re-configure) and administer a Moodle site.

Moodle works well with its default settings but day-to-day administrators and strategic planners must be able to make informed choices about Moodle setup for their organization.

Create and manage user accounts using manual and email authentication

Identify and manage site layout options

Assign and adapt permissions using the roles system

Configure global privacy and access settings

Identify and manage defaults for course related functionality

Customize the interface terminology

Configure in-built appearance options to modify the site experience

Create user accounts (individual/bulk)

Options to organize the site

Manage course enrolments

The roles system

Identify and manage security/privacy settings

Configure user-related data

Make life easier - Using default values, replicating courses

Adapt Language packs

Manage appearance related settings

Integration with external systems, the various external authentication or enrolment options, networking between Moodle sites, server and infrastructure configuration or web design for customizing Moodle themes.