Hi all,
I have recently installed Moodle. Now, I am about to decide what role new users must be assigned to. The default role in Moodle is "Authenticated user", but I think I prefer "Student" role.
The problem is that Moodle documentation advises us to keep "Authenticated user" as the default role for new users, but it does not provide a clear line between two roles!?
Any ideas? what are the differences between these roles???
Hi Mohammad,
You may want to read a bit of documentation about roles in Moodle. I suggest you start with https://docs.moodle.org/30/en/Roles_FAQ, and read about contexts.
To your question: "Authenticated user" is given to any user with an account in your Moodle. This role gives your users some global permissions to do common things in the platform.
"Student" is a role that is given to a user in one or more specific courses, and gives to this user permissions to actively participate to this or these courses. There's no "Student" for the whole platform. Instead a user can be "Student" in a course, and "Teacher" in another, as these roles are given inside courses. (See https://docs.moodle.org/30/en/Roles_FAQ#Why_can.27t_I_add_teachers_or_students_site_wide_in_Moodle.3F)
Good luck!
Thanks Nicolas for your kind and thorough reply.
