Peter Ruthven-Stuart

Hello,

In previous versions of the Forum activity module (e.g. 1.6.2) it was possible to set up a Forum so that only the teacher could rate (grade) posts.

Here's a screenshot of the Forum grading setup in 1.6.2 (how it should be?):



and here's a screenshot of the Forum grading setup in 1.8+ (a bug?):



Having searched this forum is seems that others have a similar problem:
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=71396
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=60334

Is this a bug, or are there some changes that can be made elsewhere (e.g. in roles) to allow only teachers to grade posts, and then to allow students to see only their own grades?

Update: I have just setup a Forum in a Moodle 1.8 system using the above settings (Allow postings to be rated? is checked). I then logged in as a student and noticed that it was not possible for the student to rate students, which is what I wanted , but this then leads to the question, how do you allow students to rate postings?

Hello,

I have been having problems updating via CVS.

The error message I get is:

PB100:/library/webserver/documents/moodle18 stuart$ cvs update -dP
Cannot access /cvsroot/moodle/CVSROOT
Permission denied

The Moodle I am trying to update is an experimental one. One of its uses is to make sure CVS updates work before updating my production site. I updated my production site about 4 weeks ago using cvs update -dP without any problem.

However, having read this posting and these:
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=70020
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=70048
http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDLSITE-182

I can see that the 'Permission denied' error is because the CVS server is still down or ????

So, given that I'm a teacher who happens to be running a Moodle server - and new to CVS, what should I do in order to update via CVS, if indeed it is even possible?

I notice that in the every CVS folder within my moodle directory there are files called 'Root' with the single line:
:pserver:anonymous@moodle.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/moodle

Perhaps changing all these lines to:
:pserver:anonymous@eu.cvs.moodle.org:/cvsroot/moodle

would solve the problem?

Any advice will be most welcome?

Hello,

Is it possible to make ##user## a filterable & searchable field?

I have made a database in for students to create dictionary. I would like to make it possible for users of the database/dictionary to search for words entered only by a certain student.

I realize it is possible to add ##user## to entries, and this indicates who made the entry, but it is not possible to search or sort with this ##user## information. Conversely, I could make a field called 'name' and ask students to type in their name, and this would be searchable and sortable.

However, does anyone know of a method to make ##user## into a sortable field so that students do not need to keep on typing their own name when they add to the database?

Any ideas will be most welcome.

Hello Jarot,

Yes, it is possible for users to register to a Moodle system without the admin confirming the registration. Use the 'Email-based authentication' method.

Logged in as an admin, go to Users -> Authentication -> and then enable Email-based authentication

The usual authentication method is to use 'Email-based authentication'. Once a user registers using this method, they must check their email for a message that is automatically sent out by the Moodle system. They click on the link in this message and then complete the registration process.

Another 'automatic' way is to use the 'No authentication' method. This should only be used if for some reason users are unable to check their email accounts. Once users have registered via this method, the admin should switch authentication back to 'Email-based authentication' to prevent people registering without authentication.

Hello,

Has anyone had this problem?

Using Moodle 1.8+ I allowed 20 or so students to register to my Moodle system without having to authenticate themselves - i.e. not using 'Email-based authentication'. Once they had registered and logged in I then turned 'Email-based authentication' back on to prevent any 'unwelcome' users.

However, having switched back to Email-based authentication these 20 students were no longer able to login again. I then changed the authentication method in their profiles from 'No authentication' to 'Email-based authentication'. This fixed the problem.

However, this appears to mean that if a Moodle admin allows some people to register to a Moodle system with 'No authentication', the admin can no longer use 'Email-based authentication'. If the admin does switch back to 'Email-based authentication' he/she will then have to change the profile of every user that registered via 'No authentication'

Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

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