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1. How do I allow guests to access my course?
2. My course is currently unavailable. How can I let a particular student access it?
3. How do I send a message to several users?




How do I allow guests to access my course?
By default, during the first four weeks of the semester, any authenticated user (i.e. everyone in HUJI) can access your course.
You can change this period of time, disable guest access entirely or enable it also for unauthenticated users (i.e. open your course to the world), and/or set a guest password, as follows:

• In the Administration block, under Course administration, click on Users
• Click on Enrolment methods
• Click on Guest access
• Modify any of the fields and click on Save changes

See FAQ question Where do I configure Guest access and Self enrolment?

Note: Guest access to a CSE course is limited to CSE users (unless the course is open to the world).
The value of Use CSE authentication in the course settings determines whether the course is recognized as a CSE course.
See Tools for CSE courses.

My course is currently unavailable. How can I let a particular student access it?
Assign capability moodle/course:viewhiddencourses to one of the Utility user roles as follows:

• In the Course administration block, under Users, click on Permissions
• In the Advanced role override menu, choose e.g. Utility user 1
• Search for entry moodle/course:viewhiddencourses
• Check its Allow checkbox and click on Save changes at the bottom of the page

Now assign the student the Utility user role as follows:

• Go to page Participants
• Find the student's entry
• Click on the icon in column Roles.
• Click on ▼
• Select role Utility user 1
• Click on to save

How do I send a message to several users?
You can send a message to several users in one of two ways.

1. Using a Moodle group and the Messaging drawer
   • Create a group or use an existing group.
   • Ensure that Group messaging is enabled and that you are also a member of the group.
   • Open the Messaging drawer using the balloon icon or dropdown menu in the top bar.
   • Select the group from the Group section of the Messaging drawer
   This is considered a single message.
2. From the Participants page:
   • Select the users you wish to send a message to.
   • Select option Send a message from the With selected users... menu
   This is considered as an individual message to each of the users.