Authentication Versus Enrolment

Before we start, it is important to understand the difference between authentication and enrolment.

Moodle users have to be authenticated in order to establish a personal account. Authentication grants users access to the system through login where a username and password have to be given. (This also applies to guest accounts where a username is allotted internally.) Moodle supports a significant number of authentication mechanisms, which are discussed later in detail.

Enrolment happens at course level as discussed in the previous chapter. However, a user has to be authenticated to the system before enrolment to a course can take place. So, the workflow is usually as follows (There are exceptions as always, but we will deal with them when we get there.):