Create User Profile

Last modified by Carina Enke on 15.01.2024

A user account can either be created by the users themselves via the self-registration function or by the responsible system administrator. Within the user account, it is for example possible to

  • maintain user attributes (additional user information)
  • assign roles
  • reset passwords if necessary.

Create user

To create a new user profile in the administration area, proceed as follows:

1

Switch to the Administration tab in the main menu and click on User administration .

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2

Select the entry Create user from the menu on the left.

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3

A form will open in which you can complete the details for the new user account. Depending on the configuration of the learning platform, some labels (institution, company) might vary from the sample image.

Fill in the mandatory fields (here user name, first name, last name, email, and password), which are marked with an asterisk. All other information is optional.

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4

Save your entries.

By default, a new user is automatically (and exclusively) assigned the role of a "learner". To make further functions available to the user, you need to enable another role (e.g. "author") in the user profile.

Read more about this topic in the section Assign roles.

Create user account with expiration date

This is a configurable additional function. It can be used for temporary user accounts - for example, in the context of projects.

Set expiration date

When creating the user account, enter the date from which the user should no longer have access to the system in the field Expiration date .

When the expiration date is reached, the user's login will be blocked, i.e. they will no longer be able to log into the system. However, all the user's data and resources will be retained by the system and only be removed when the user's account is permanently deleted.

The user will be sent a reminder email in good time before the expiration date (by default, 30 days before the user account expires, unless configured otherwise).

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For existing user accounts, you can also set an expiration date. To do this, open the user profile of the respective user in the user administration and enter an expiration date here.

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Extend expiration date

An existing expiration date may be extended by a user administrator at any time. To do this, open the user profile of the respective user in the user administration and enter the new expiration date here.

Please note

The expiration date can only be extended while the user account is still active.

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