[Moodle] Roles and permissions

Laurie Savage sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au
Mon Dec 8 21:37:08 EST 2008


Let them all play and learn - what are they going to break? Just don't
make them administrators unless they are OCD afflicted. I've just handed
over a major part of day to day admin to a colleague and it's very
pleasant to let go and watch someone else start to get inventive.

Laurie

Just recently, on Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 08:37:47PM +1100  in fact, Ros Meadows mentioned:
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> <font face="Calibri">Good idea Grant, only our school has no Learning
> areas as such, everything works on year levels. I have found a solution
> - I think.&nbsp; See previous email - I would like all staff to feel they
> have the power to create and edit their own courses.<br>
> <br>
> Cheers<br>
> Ros<br>
> </font><br>
> GHE - Grant HENDERSON wrote:
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>   <div dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">Hi Ros,</font></div>
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>   <div dir="ltr"><font face="calibri">One idea is to assign a <em>Course
> Creator</em> for each Learning Area within your school.&nbsp; They then
> become the key contact for that area (or&nbsp;<em>Category</em>)&nbsp;and can
> create courses, assign permissions (esp. teachers)&nbsp;etc.&nbsp;for their area.</font></div>
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>   <div dir="ltr"><font face="calibri">This will also reduce your
> administration burden over time.&nbsp; It's working well so far at our
> College.</font></div>
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>   <div dir="ltr"><font face="calibri">Cheers,</font></div>
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>   <div dir="ltr"><font face="calibri">Grant Henderson</font></div>
>   <div dir="ltr"><font face="calibri">eLearning Coordinator</font></div>
>   <div dir="ltr"><font face="calibri">Sebastopol College</font></div>
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>   <div id="divRpF61652" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Calibri">
>   <hr tabindex="-1"></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b>
> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au">moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au">moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au</a>] On
> Behalf Of Ros Meadows [<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ros.meadows at gmail.com">ros.meadows at gmail.com</a>]<br>
>   <b>Sent:</b> Monday, 8 December 2008 5:21 PM<br>
>   <b>To:</b> The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List<br>
>   <b>Subject:</b> [Moodle] Roles and permissions<br>
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>   <div><font face="Calibri">OK so I have FINALLY got moodle working,
> and have admin access (only took me 5 years!!)<br>
>   <br>
> Just wondering - I want teachers to be able to create their own course
> but not edit a course anyone else created - possible? how?<br>
> Teachers can edit the front page - I can't find how to stop this in
> teacher permissions<br>
>   <br>
> mmm... not a good day<br>
>   <br>
> Any help much appreciated<br>
>   <br>
> Cheers<br>
> Ros<br>
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>   </style><span class="style1"><span class="style2">Roslyn Meadows <br>
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Laurie Savage
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