Moodle 2.0

Configuring Your Site
Enabling guest access for a course
To enable guest access for a course, you should first, make sure that the Guest access
enrollment method is available and activated , by carrying out the steps shown below.
1. Enter the course as a teacher or administrator.
2. Select Settings | Course administration | Users | Enrolled users |
Enrolment methods.
3. If the Guest access enrolment method is not listed on this page, use the Add
method drop-down list to add it. If it's not available under that list, have
your System Administrator add it.
4. Once the Guest access enrolment method is listed, activate it. In the Edit
column, click on the eye icon to open the eye.
Second, enable this method under the course settings, by following the steps
shown below:
1. Select Settings | Course administration | Edit settings. The Course settings
page is displayed.
2. From the Allow guest access drop-down list, select Yes.
3. If you require a password for guest access, enter this password into the
Password field.
4. At the bottom of the page, click on the Save Changes button.
Self enrolment
The Self enrolment method allows users to enrol themselves in courses. As with
guest access, you must enable this method under Site administration for your entire
site, and also activate it for the specific course.
On the Settings page for Self enrolment, you can choose to require an
enrolment key:
An enrolment key is a code that the user must enter when enrolling in a course. After
the user is enrolled, the enrolment key is no longer needed.
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