Add people to a Moodle course

Updated on: 7 May 2025

Find out how to enrol people onto a Moodle course in the digital learning environment.


Add people to a Moodle course

The person you are adding to the Moodle course must have a ‘@st-andrews.ac.uk’ user account. Generic accounts such as shared mailboxes or role-based accounts should not be used.  

This guide applies to Moodle courses not connected to MMS modules. See the related guides for instructions on managing enrolments for taught modules. 

You must be a Course Coordinator or Course Facilitator to add people to the Moodle course. 

  1. Go to the 'participants' tab under the course name.
  2. Select the 'enrol users' button.
  3. Enter the persons username or email address into the first field.
  4. Select the person when they appear.
  5. Choose the role you want them to have in the course.
  6. Click the 'enrol selected users' button. 

Course Coordinators or Course Facilitators can assign one or more of the following roles to other users enrolled on the course: 

  • School Administrator
  • Student, Auditing student - Only for students auditing courses
  • Course Coordinator
  • Lecturer
  • Tutor
  • Anonymous Marker
  • Read Only
  • Read Only No User data
  • External Examiner 

Please email itservicedesk@st-andrews.ac.uk in circumstances where: 

  • Nobody on a course has been assigned the role of Course Coordinator or Course Facilitator.
  • Nobody with the role assigned is available to perform the required enrolments. 

Please include details of:

  • The course
  • The people involved
  • The roles you wish to be assigned to them. 

Related guides

Add people to a taught module.


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