How to create a new UCLA user in Moodle

UCLA Moodle accounts will be automatically created when someone logs into the CCLE site via the UCLA Login. But if you want to set up someone’s account in advance, and you have their UCLA Login (usually same as BruinOnline ID), name and email address, just follow the steps below.

Steps to create a specialUCLA caseuser account:

1. Log in as administrator to the Moodle system.
2. Site Administration
3. Users
4. Accounts
5. Add a new user
6. In the “Edit profile screen:”
7. Username: put in their UCLA Logon ID This should be in the form joebruin@ucla.edu
8. Change authentication method to Shibboleth
9. Enter a First Name, Surname and Email address.
10. Enter a city (Los Angeles) and country (U.S.A.) – these are required
11. Email activated: Make sure it’s “This email address is enabled”.
12. The rest of the settings are optional, and the user can modify them later if need be.
13. Click “Update profile” to save the new account.
14. Go ahead and assign this account to the sites you want them to have access to. When they login with their UCLA Login they’ll automatically be linked to those sites.
15. To also add this new account to an existing Moodle site, see In Moodle how do I add participants to a site?