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Moodle 2 Administration
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Moodle 2 Administration

by Alex Büchner
October 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
420 pages
9h 59m
English
Packt Publishing
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Moodle users

Moodle users, or rather their user accounts, are dealt with in Users | Accounts. Before we start, it is important to understand the difference between authentication and enrolment.

Moodle users have to be authenticated in order to log in to the system. Authentication grants users access to the system through login where a username and password have to be given (this also applies to guest accounts where a username is allotted internally). Moodle supports a significant number of authentication mechanisms, which are discussed later in detail.

Enrolment happens at course level. However, a user has to be authenticated to the system before enrolment to a course can take place. So, a typical workflow is as follows (there are exceptions as ...

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