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More Than One Teacher Editing a Course at Once

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More Than One Teacher Editing a Course at Once

by Jonathan Parker - Thursday, June 11, 2009, 9:42 PM

Can more than one teacher edit a course at the same time without anyone losing changes?

This is similar to Julie Spillars' topic about "Multiple Teachers" from last year, but I am new to Moodle and am wondering: can more than one teacher access a lesson or a course and work on different parts of it simultaneously without anyone's changes being lost?

Re: More Than One Teacher Editing a Course at Once

by Tim Hunt - Thursday, June 11, 2009, 9:58 PM

Yes, and no.

There is no restriction on two people editing at once, and normally there will not be a problem.

However, suppose this happens:
1. Teacher A clicks on the edit icon next to Forum 1
2. Teacher B clicks on the edit icon next to Forum 1
3. Teacher B saves their changes.
4. Teacher A saves their changes.

Then Teacher B's changes will be lost.

The best solution is for the two teachers to talk to each other and coordinate their work. (The online users block and Moodle messaging can help.)

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Re: More Than One Teacher Editing a Course at Once

by Jonathan Parker - Thursday, June 11, 2009, 10:48 PM

Thanks for your reply, Tim!

Okay, so as long as the two teachers aren't making changes to the same item, say Teacher A makes changes to #1 in the Topic Outline and Teacher B makes changes to #2, one won't overwrite the other when they save changes?

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Re: More Than One Teacher Editing a Course at Once

by Tim Hunt - Friday, June 12, 2009, 8:36 AM

Correct.

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