Calendar editor role

The role of Calendar editor enables a user to add site or course events to the calendar.

Role set-up

1. Access Administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles.
2. Click the button “Add a new role”.
3. Give the role a name e.g. Calendar editor, short name and description.
4. For context types, choose “System” and “Course”
5. Change the capability lms/calendar:manageentries to allow.
6. Optional: Change the capability lms/calendar:managegroupentries to allow too.
7. Click the button “Create this role”.

Role assignment

To enable a user to add site events to the calendar:

1. Access Administration > Users > Permissions > Assign system roles
2. Choose the calendar editor role to assign
3. Select a user in the potential users’ list, and use the left-facing arrow button to add it to the existing users’ list

To enable a user to add course events to the calendar:

1. In Settings>Course administration, click Users>enrolled users
2. Choose the calendar editor role to assign
3. Select a user in the potential users’ list, and use the left-facing arrow button to add it to the existing users’ list