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Moodle User Management Guide

Users can be added to a Moodle site in several ways: manually by the administrator one by one or in batches via CSV upload, through self-registration if enabled, or by connecting to external systems using single sign-on via CAS, LDAP, Shibboleth, or another external database. Course teachers can only enroll students to their own courses and do not have permission to add users directly to the site.

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Moodle User Management Guide

Users can be added to a Moodle site in several ways: manually by the administrator one by one or in batches via CSV upload, through self-registration if enabled, or by connecting to external systems using single sign-on via CAS, LDAP, Shibboleth, or another external database. Course teachers can only enroll students to their own courses and do not have permission to add users directly to the site.

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MANAGING A MOODLE SITE

Admin quick guide


Authentication
Managing accounts
Enrolments
Roles and permissions
Security
Performance
Backup
Site registration
Site appearance
Language
Server settings
Site-wide reports
Admin tools
Developer tools
Web services
More features
GDPR
Administration FAQ

Users may be added to a Moodle site in a number of ways. When user accounts are created on a
site, the process is called Authentication and when users join a course, the process is
called Enrolment. Normally only the administrator is allowed to add users to a site. Course teachers
are only able to add students to their course and do not have permission to add users to the site. (If
you're a teacher looking for instructions on how to add students to your course, read Add students.)

Users sign up to the site themselves


If you wish people to create their own accounts on your site, you must enable Email-based self-
registration. This features is disabled by default because of the possibility of spammers accessing
your site.
Signing up for an account

The admin creates accounts manually


This process is called Manual authentication and is enabled by default on a site. You can lock
certain fields, set password expiry dates and other configure other settings from Site administration
> Plugins > Authentication > Manual accounts.
As an administrator, you can add users one at a time from Site administration > Users > Accounts >
Add a new user. See the documentation Add a new user for more details.
You can also upload users in batches with a CSV file from Site Administration > Users > Accounts >
Upload users. See the documentation Upload users for more details.
The CSV file will also upload users directly into courses and groups within those courses. In the
example below, new students are added to the site and enrolled in specified groups in two courses,
English and Mathematics. (The courses need to exist already, but if the groups do not already exist,
Moodle will create them on upload.)

New users added to site, courses and groups


Users may also be added as members of cohorts (site or category wide batches of users.)
See Cohorts for more details.
Adding users from other systems
It is possible for users to connect to Moodle via single sign on from other systems. The settings for
these may be found in Site administration > Plugins >Authentication > Manage authentication and
include:

 CAS server (SSO) - account details are located on an external CAS server
 External database - account details are located on an external database
 LDAP server - account details are located on an external LDAP server
 Moodle Network authentication - how different Moodle sites can connect and authenticate
users
 Shibboleth - account details are located on an external Shibboleth server
 Web services authentication

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