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To check or change those:

  • log in to Moodle
  • go to your course homepage
  • click the Settings link in the Administration block on the left

settings

Enrollment Key (one-time password) - keeps unwanted people out of your site

  • Autofetched or manually added students, if any, do not need to know the key, since they will be granted access automatically.
  • Removing the key will allow anyone with a University of Minnesota Moodle ID to self-enroll in your course site. This should not be done without informing students that the course site is open to all members of the university community.

Anonymous access - provides the possibility of people browsing through your site in the "read-only" mode without authentication (more about access types to Moodle).

  • If you invite read-only visitors into the site that has the enrollment key, you should inform students. 
  • If you allow read-only access without an enrollment key, then anyone in the world will be able to access and browse your course site.  It also allows content inside your website, such as forums and wikis, to be indexed by search engines like Google and Yahoo.  This should not be done without informing students that the course site is open to the world.

For more information, visit our FERPA page.

Settings

 What it means When to use

Enrollment key: none

Anonymous access: Do not allow

Users with a UofM Moodle ID (either Internet or Guest ID) can self-enroll freely into your site

Read-only visitors are not allowed at any time

 Site 1

Enrollment key: none

Anonymous access: Allow with a key

Users with a UofM Moodle ID can self-enroll freely into your site

Read-only visitors are allowed with the key, which does not exist; therefore they will not be able to access the site

 Site 2

Enrollment key: none

Anonymous access: Allow without a key

Users with a UofM Moodle ID can self-enroll freely into your site

Read-only visitors will be able to access the site at any time they want. The site will be also open to search engines (Google)

Site 3

High security risk

Use these settings for sites that provide content or serve as a repository of information, e.g., departmental webpages or public discussion boards for your student club

Enrollment key: exists

Anonymous access: Do not allow

Users with a UofM Moodle ID will need a key to self-enroll; they will need to enter it the first time only.

Read-only visitors are not allowed at any time

Site 4

Default, most secure

Enrollment key: exists

Anonymous access: Allow with the key

Users with a UofM Moodle ID will need a key to self-enroll; they will need to enter it first time only.

Read-only visitors will need to enter the key (password) in order to get access to the site every single time they go there

Site 5

Use these settings to provide a simple way for your peers to look around at your work. Make sure to change your enrollment key from time to time.

Enrollment key: exists

Anonymous access: Allow without the key

Users with a UofM Moodle ID will need a key to self-enroll; they will need to enter it the first time only.

Read-only visitors will be able to access the site at any time they want. The site will be also open to search engines (Google)

Site 6

High security risk

 
 
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