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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Drupal for Education and E-Learning
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Assign Permissions to Group Nodes


Now that we have created our node types that will create our groups, we need to assign permissions to allow users to create groups. In this example, we will allow teachers to create classes, and both teachers and students to create clubs. To set these permissions, click on the Administer | User Management | Roles link, or navigate to admin/user/roles.

To assign rights to specific roles, click the edit permissions link next to each role, and scroll down to the options for the node module.

Tip

Once you have installed OG on your site, you will probably want to create a Site Maintainer role with expanded rights, to administer content. For more information on creating roles and assigning rights via roles, refer to Chapter 3 and Chapter 5.

For Class Nodes

  • The Teacher role should be assigned rights to create class content and edit own class content.

  • The Site Maintainer role (assuming one has been created) should be assigned rights to create class content and edit any...