Roles, Enrolments, and Groups¶

Why This Module Matters to You¶

This module helps you perform roles, enrolments, and groups tasks in a way that is consistent, evidence-based, and safe for live Moodle users. The focus is on what you need to do, what to check, and how to explain your decisions.

What You Will Be Able to Do¶

Choose appropriate enrolment methods for different course types.
Explain role contexts and avoid overly broad permissions.
Configure cohorts, groups, and groupings for common teaching patterns.
Diagnose access issues using enrolment, restriction, and permission evidence.

Topics You Will Practice¶

Manual, self, cohort, and external enrolment patterns.
Role assignment contexts and capability inheritance.
Groups, groupings, and activity restrictions.
Suspensions, enrolment dates, and access windows.
Permission troubleshooting workflow.

Hands-On Lab¶

Resolve a simulated access issue by checking enrolment status, role context, group membership, and activity restrictions.

Your Evidence of Completion¶

By the end of this module, you should have:

A completed checklist or decision note.
Screenshots or written observations from a non-production Moodle site where available.
A short explanation of the risk, validation method, and next action.

Key Takeaways¶

Intermediate administration is about repeatable workflows, not just knowing where menus are.
Every meaningful change should have an owner, rationale, validation method, and rollback path.
Logs, reports, and stakeholder confirmation should be used together before declaring an issue resolved.