<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">From: "David Leeming" <<a href="mailto:david@leeming-consulting.com">david@leeming-consulting.com</a>><br>
To: "'XS Devel'" <<a href="mailto:server-devel@lists.laptop.org">server-devel@lists.laptop.org</a>><br>Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:52:08 +1000<br>Subject: [Server-devel] Turn Editing On missing and joining multiple courses<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In our PNG deployment and elsewhere I am finding with Moodle
that when the initial administrator XO creates additional course creators, the “Turn
Editing On” button does not appear on the new Course Creator XOs,
although you can see all the site admin functions. For example, I have used Admin
1 XO (the first one to register) to make Admin 2 XO a system course creator and
a front page course creator. But no “Turn Editing On”
appears. </p></div></div></blockquote><div>I don't know exactly the role setup for Moodle on XS, but it may be that they have slightly different roles; do they appear at the same level in "Users" - "permissions" - "assign system roles"?<br>
I just tested - I am logged in as site "administrator" (I mean Moodle role "administrator" at system level) on one computer and have just assigned another XO as "course creator" at system level. The new system course creator XO does have a turn editing on button.<br>
Tested adding another XO as a front page course creator and this XO does not get a turn editing on button. I then tested assigning the XO as a front page teacher and now they do get the turn editing on button. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Secondly, we have set up courses for each of six classes and
are joining the 250 students and their teachers to them as “teachers”
and “students”. The teachers have been made “Front Page
teachers” but not been given any system roles (otherwise they appear in
all the courses). We want to allow teachers to collaborate between each other
as well, so I am thinking of creating a “Teachers” course. I have
not enough experience with Moodle to know what to expect – will there be
any “cross over” issues (the best way I can describe it) if teachers
A and B are members of the Grade 3A and 4B courses respectively, and then also
both as members of “Teachers”.</p>
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PNG Teachers are not system level teachers so you can make them students in a course. Who is the teacher role assigned to for the teacher course? The principal maybe? <br>Continuing this train of thought - it is perfectly okay to make a student a teacher of a course. e.g. You can have a year 6 student the teacher of the year 4 maths course if you want. Just don't do it at system level, stick to course level. <br>
<br>I would not set system level roles for anyone except the person(s) who will adminstrate Moodle after you leave. Two people is good in case one person leaves. <br><br>Tabitha<br></div></div>