Moodle

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.9.2
• Fix Version/s: DEV backlog
• Component/s: Course, Enrolments
• Labels:

  None

If a logged-in user clicks on a course on which they are not yet enrolled, and that course allows guest access, then the user enters the course immediately as a guest. However, it is far from obvious that they are there as a guest until, for example, they try to post a message and cannot do so. It is easy to miss the "enrol on this course" link in the Admin block if you are not looking for it.

This causes problems for our students who cannot understand why certain courses seem to give them restricted access.

Maybe it would be better if, when a logged-in user first visits a course, they are asked whether they want to enrol or enter as a guest. Choosing guest would admit them as guest on subsequent visits, until they choose to enrol using the link on the Admin panel.

I'm not sure if that is the best solution, but I don't think the status quo is ideal.

• Assignee:

  moodle.com

  Reporter:

  Steve Bond

  Participants:

  moodle.com, Petr Škoda (skodak), Steve Bond

• Created:

  04/Mar/09 6:38 PM

  Updated:

  18/Dec/10 3:02 AM