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Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development

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Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Moodle 1.9
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
10
Extending and Administering Moodle
Index

Combining Anonymous, Guest, and Registered Access


There are three ways by which you can gain access into Moodle: through Anonymous, Guest, or Registered access. However, you need to know which kind of user access is best for your learning site. As the different kinds of access can be applied to the site, and individual courses, you can combine them to create the effect you want. This is explained in the following section.

Security Options Available to You

Moodle's security options enable you to choose the kind of user access that is best for your learning site. From the moment that a web browser hits your Moodle site till the point where a student has enrolled in a course, the following are the options:

  • Add your own introductory page, index.html, to the Moodle directory. When browsers first visit your site, instead of seeing Moodle's Front Page they'll see index.html. This enables you to create the exact first impression you want, without the limitations imposed by Moodle's layout.

  • Enable...