How can I help non-UCL students and colleagues access Moodle?
One option is to provide ‘guest access’ to a Moodle course – guests don’t need UCL accounts in order to access a course, but they will not be able to participate in forums or assessments. Guest access is controlled through the Availability section of the Course Settings screen. The other option is to arrange for an IS user account for the non-UCL person; this can be requested via the Services System. There may be an administrative charge for creation and management of the IS user account. Any intercollegiate students registered on Portico will automatically get UCL userids and so will be able to log into Moodle. If students are not registered on Portico – i.e. if your department is making other arrangements – then they will only be able to get userids by recording the students as visitors using the Services System and expressly requesting user accounts.
One option is to provide ‘guest access’ to a Moodle course – guests don’t need UCL accounts in order to access a course, but they will not be able to participate in forums or assessments. Guest access is controlled through the Availability section of the Course Settings screen. If you want to make sure that not just anyone can come in and look at the course you need to set it to demand an enrolment key for guests too. For this, set Guest access to Allow guests who have the key. With this, when guests attempt to access your course they’ll be prompted to enter this password. They’ll then be let in to the course, while those without it will not be allowed in. For more information about the enrolment key see our FAQ Section on Setting an Enrolment key. The other option is to arrange for an IS user account for the non-UCL person; this can be requested via the Services System. There may be an administrative charge for creation and management of the IS user account. Any intercollegiate studen
