--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Change_Privileges.tex 2006/08/08 17:47:26 1.2
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Change_Privileges.tex 2010/08/21 20:42:16 1.8
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
\label{Course_Change_Privileges}
-To modify a user's privileges, do the following:
+To add a user to a course or to modify a user's privileges, do the following: (Note: if creation of new users is not permitted in your domain, you will only be able to add a user with an existing account in the LON-CAPA system). As an author (role selected), you can use this same mechanism to grant users co-author access to your authoring space.
\begin{enumerate}
-\item Click \textbf{CUSR} on the remote control.
-\item At the \textbf{Create User, Change User Privileges} screen under
- the heading \textbf{Set Individual User Roles}, type the username in the textbox.
+\item Select
+\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{emblem-photos}
+\textbf{Course Roles}
+on the \textbf{User Management} screen.
+\item At the \textbf{User Management} screen, select
+\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{edit-redo}
+\textbf{Add/Modify a Course User}.
+\item You can use the \textbf{Search for a user and modify/add user information or roles} section to search for a user by username, or last name, in a specific LON-CAPA domain, or in an institutional directory, if the domain has access to an institutional directory search service. You can also click the \underline{Select User} link and a window will open with a list of all the users in the course.
-\textbf{Note}: If you don't know the username, click the \textbf{Select User} link and a window
-will open with a list of all the users in the course. Select a User.
+\textbf{Note}: If you know the exact username, you can either use a ``username is ...'' search in the search section, or type the username in the textbox in the \textbf{Search criteria} section.
-\item Click the \textbf{User Role} button.
+\item Click the \textbf{Search} or \textbf{Create/Modify user} button, as appropriate.
-\textbf{Note}: At the \textbf{Change User Privileges} screen the user's existing roles and
-available roles are listed.
+\textbf{Note}: If the user exists, the \textbf{Modify existing user} screen will display the user's information, existing roles and roles you can assign. Which fields appear as textboxes in the \textbf{Personal Data} table, and may be modified, will depend on policies set for the domain.
-\item Click the box next to the roles you wish to revoke or add to the user. If
-you are adding roles, input the group/section if applicable and the starting/ending
-dates for the roll.
+\textbf{Note}: If this will be a new user, the \textbf{Create New User} screen will display fields to type in the user's nformation, and roles you can assign.
+
+\item Click the box next to the roles you wish to revoke, or add to the user. If
+you are adding roles, a section can be assigned (not required) by choosing from existing sections or typing a new one. You can also provide starting and ending dates for the role.
\item Click \textbf{Modify user}.
\end{enumerate}