{"id":7992,"date":"2020-07-25T11:12:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T11:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=7992"},"modified":"2020-07-25T11:12:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T11:12:50","slug":"modifying-site-administrators-in-moodle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/modifying-site-administrators-in-moodle\/","title":{"rendered":"Modifying Site Administrators in the User Permissions Section of Moodle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While administering a Moodle site, you might need to add several different teachers or administrators as a Site Administrator to give them editing capabilities. This rarely happens. You can add Moodle Admin permissions to existing users allowing them more admin roles. In this tutorial, we will learn about the Administrator user permission and role.<\/p>\n<h3>Steps to Add and Change Admin User Roles and Permissions<\/h3>\n<p>Login to your <strong>Moodle<\/strong> dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>In the left-hand side, go to <strong>Settings -&gt; Site administration -&gt; Users -&gt; Permissions -&gt; Site administrators<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/permissions-site-administrators-min-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"939\" height=\"597\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-wrapr kb-wisdom-info kb-wisdom-wrapr-blue\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-icon\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-icon\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-content\">\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Remember to keep <strong>Blocks editing on<\/strong> in the top left-side of the <strong>Site administration<\/strong> for editing any of these options.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/blocks-editing-on-min-1024x139.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"139\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <strong>Manage site administrators<\/strong> page will get displayed. For creating extra administrators for your Moodle site, select the user that will become an administrator and click on <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/add-user-as-admin-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A window with a message <strong>\u201cDo you really want to add user . . .\u201d<\/strong> will appear. Click on <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/continue-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will see this user with the label <strong>Existing Users<\/strong> in the <strong>Current Site Administrators<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For modifying the <strong>Main Administrator<\/strong> to a <strong>New Administrator<\/strong>, select the <strong>Existing User<\/strong> in the list and click on <strong>Set Main User<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/set-main-admin-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, the user will be set as the <strong>Main Administrator<\/strong> and the previous one will be set to <strong>Existing User<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/main-admin-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus, you have learned to modify site administrators in the user permissions section of Moodle.<\/p>\n<h3>Also Read<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/unicode-format-utf-8-error-when-installing-moodle-manually\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Unicode format UTF-8&#8221; error when installing moodle manually<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-add-favicon-in-moodle-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to add favicon in Moodle sites ?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While administering a Moodle site, you might need to add several different teachers or administrators as a Site Administrator to give them editing capabilities. This rarely happens. You can add Moodle Admin permissions to existing users allowing them more admin roles. In this tutorial, we will learn about the Administrator user permission and role. 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