lang/en_utf8/help/assignroles.html

   1 <h1>Assigning Roles</h1>
   2
   3 <p>
   4 By assigning a role to a user in a context, you
   5 are granting them the permissions contained
   6 in that role, for the current context and all
   7 "lower" contexts.
   8 </p>
   9
  10 <p>
  11 Contexts:
  12 </p>
  13 <ol>
  14 <li>System (the entire installation)</li>
  15 <li>Front page (the "site course")</li>
  16 <li>Course Categories</li>
  17 <li>Course Sub-categories</li>
  18 <li>Courses</li>
  19 <li>Blocks and Activities</li>
  20 </ol>
  21
  22 <p>
  23 So for example, if you grant a Student role to a
  24 user in a Course, they will have that role for
  25 the course, but also all Blocks and Activities inside
  26 that course.  Their actual permissions may depend on
  27 other roles and overrides that have been defined.
  28 </p>
  29
  30 <p>
  31 See also
  32 <a href="help.php?file=roles.html">Roles</a>,
  33 <a href="help.php?file=contexts.html">Contexts</a>,
  34 <a href="help.php?file=permissions.html">Permissions</a> and
  35 <a href="help.php?file=overrides.html">Overrides</a>.
  36 </p>