Creating User Accounts

Add a new user

Users may be manually added on an individual basis. In Site Administration, navigate to Users > Accounts > Add a new user. 

The required fields when creating a new user are username, first name, surname, and email address. 

Password creation

Password requirements are set as part of your site's security settings, and can be updated through a support request. We recommend all passwords have at least 12 characters, 1 digit(s), 1 lower case letter(s), 1 upper case letter(s), 1 non-alphanumeric character(s). 

When adding a new user you can create a custom password for them or have Moodle automatically generate a password and notify the user via email. There is also the option to force the new user to change their password the first time they login to Moodle. 

Locking user fields

User data fields can be locked. This is useful for sites where the user data is maintained by the administrators manually by editing user records or uploading using the 'Upload users' facility. 

If you are locking fields that are required by Moodle, make sure that you provide that data when creating user accounts or the accounts will be unusable.

Consider setting the lock mode to 'Unlocked if empty' to avoid this problem.

Your eThink implementation team can assist with the configuration of these settings.