How to change the role of someone enrolled on your module

This refers to Moodle 4.3 from August 2024 onwards.

How to: change the role of someone enrolled on your module

You may wish to change the role of a member of staff or student already enrolled on your module to give them the ability to do more or restrict their access.

Examples:

Change the role of a co-convenor from Teacher (marking only) to Editing Teacher (marking and participation).

Change an Observer to Teacher so that they can mark.

To change a role

1. In your module, click on the participants tab, which can be found under the module heading.

2. A list of those enrolled in your module appears. You can filter by active/inactive, type of user, group or initial(s).

3. Select Keyword from the dropdown list in the box to the right of 'Match' (None/Any/All) and type a surname into the search box to find the person.
If you do not find them, follow the instructions to Enrol a user.

4. Look under the Roles column against the person's name.

5. Click the pencil icon.

6. Click in the box or start typing a role, such as Editing Teacher.

7. Click on the new role to add it to the list.

8. Click the 'x' against the role you wish to remove.

NOTE: it is best if participants have only one role. Observer is the only one often combined with others.
If there is not an x to enable you to remove them, it will be because they are enrolled at category level.

9. Click 'Enrol users' at the bottom-right of the page.

The role is changed.