Hi Tim,
Yes, we
upload students in bulk. See
this bit of documentation, which makes it seem rather complicated, but it's really very simple! Create the course space and the groups you need within the course space.
- Put all your students into an Excel file in these columns: username, password, firstname, lastname, email, course1, group1.
- It's very important that they're in that order, and the first 6 are essential, but if you don't want groups within courses leave off Group1.
- Put changeme as everyone's password and then everyone will be prompted to choose their own when they log in the first time.
- Use the course short name in the Course1 column.
- Save the excel file as a csv.
I don't know what version you're using: in 1.8, you then go from the
front page site admin block users > accounts > upload users and upload the csv file. If you're on an older version, it's definitely still possible. We had 1.6 last, and could do it fine ('fraid I can't remember how!)
Hope that helps!
Lizzi