This refers to Moodle 3.6 8 from July 2019 September 2020 onwards
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You may want to manually enrol staff on your module (and occasionally students). This guide shows you how. NOTE: most student enrolments to modules are automatic |
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2. A list of those enrolled in your module appears. This is searchable in various ways.
3, Type a surname into the 'Search keyword or select filter' box on the left to check the person is not already enrolled
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4. If they are not enrolled, click
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the 'Enrol users' button
5. Check "Assign role" is set to the appropriate role. The default is Student. Select 'Editing teacher
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' or 'Editor' for someone who just needs to add and edit content but not see students' marks,
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or 'Teacher' for a Teaching Assistant / marker who doesn’t need to edit or add material (See below for more details on roles).
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6. Type the user's name into the "Select user" 'Search' box - as much of the name as you know
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Use % as a wildcard to catch all middle names or find variations (e.g., Jo%Smith will get Jo Smith, John Leo Smith, Joan Smithson, etc.). Names will appear dynamically as you type. See more below on how to search for users.
NOTE: searching usernames will work for students, but NOT necessarily for staff (use their name or part of their name).
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When the users come up, check for the correct one and select it
8. Search for next person and enrol in the same way.
9. When you are finished click 'Enrol selected users and cohorts
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The Participants list can be used to query your course enrolments in various ways. You can filter by Iength of time inactive, type of user, or initial(s). You can then interrogate a particular user’s activity more closely.
In your module space drop down the Hamburger menu and click Participants
In the 'Search keyword or select filter' by clicking the 'Down arrow' and scrolling down you can:
Scroll down to see other filter options, e.g., sorting by type of enrolment or how long inactive.
You can combine searches
As an Editing Teacher (or School Support) you can enrol someone on a module as a:
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Under normal circumstances you should not remove students from modules as this happens automatically when the module is removed from their SATURN record. You are able to remove students from other modules, but please bear in mind that the student's contributions to activities, assignments and grades may be lost.
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2. A list of those enrolled in your module appears.
3. Search or browse to the person you wish to unenrol
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'Pencil' next to their role
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5. Delete a role as appropriate
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6. Choose a new role from the drop down
7. When correct, click the Save icon
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8. To unenrol a user from the module altogether, click the
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'Dustbin' icon at the far right
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in the "Status" column
Which shows you, e.g.,
Searching for users to enrol
Note that : That if you type a full name Moodle will look for a full name to match exactly, so searching for, e.g., “Helen Whitehead” will not match “Helen Victoria Whitehead”.
Most student records are created directly from SATURN and will have their middle names as well, so you may have difficulty finding them. The best option is to search for the lastname and select them from the list that comes up – or search for a username or studentID.
Do not use the "username" to search for staff or postgraduates. Moodle searches the email address (which includes the username for undergraduates) but will not find a username if the email is in the format firstname.lastname@nottingham.ac.uk.
Tips on finding users in the the 'Enrol users' window:
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