MOODLE – The BasicsPart Five - Enrollment

byBob Anthony

CFF Coach/Technology IntegratorWyomissing Area JR/SR High School

banthony@wyoarea.org

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5.0 Enrollment5.1  After a user has been authenticated by the site or allowed in as a guest, they are enrolled in courses.5.2  Teachers can add an "enrollment key" to their courses to only allow certain students to enter. They can give out this key face-to-face or via personal email, etc.5.3  Teachers can enroll students manually if desired.5.4  Teachers can unenroll students manually if desired otherwise they are automatically unenrolled after a certain period of inactivity (set by the admin).

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5.0 Enrollment (2)5.5  There are many enrollment plug-ins including: LDAP, IMS (Instant Message System), PayPal, Moodle Network to name a few.5.6  Any external database that has at least two fields can be used as an external authentication source.5.7  Flat file or CSV (Comma Separated Values) files can automatically authenticate and enroll students in specific courses.5.8  Each person requires only one account for the Moodle site - each account can have access to different courses or resources and activities.5.9  Meta courses get their enrollment information from one or more other courses.

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