The TELT Administrator role is a powerful role which faculty/school staff are provided with to help manage the course life-cycle and/or provide staff support.
The TELT Administrator role functionality is quite extensive, which in Moodle consists of an equivalent or higher level of access an Instructor has at the course level, plus category (eg. faculty/school) level access that allows them to work across courses. TELT Administrators also work heavily in MyUNSW within the Learning Management tab, where they create courses and assign staff enrolments.
More information about course administration can be found in Moodle Course Administration page.
TELT Administrators can see courses in their faculty/ school even though they are not enrolled in those courses. They can see and access activities and resources, even though they are hidden from students. They can also use functions such as “Switch role” and “Login as”.
Staff can request access to the TELT Administrator role via the UNSW TELT Administrator Role Request Form. Users with TELT Administrator access can access the TELT Administration Guide page for support.
Switch Role View
TELT Administrators can view courses within their category as a generic student/instructor would see them by using the ‘switch role’ functionality. This is particularly useful when helping Instructors to build a course to ensure it comes out as desired. Switch role is a very useful tool, but is not always a perfect representation of what students will see. Individual students may see something different due to their personal circumstances, and some tools (typically external tools) may not work well with switch role.
Log In As View
TELT Administrators can view their own courses as a specific student/instructor would see it by using the ‘log-in-as’ functionality. This is particularly useful when helping a student or instructor with a query. Due to a security vulnerability identified in April 2019, the Log-In-As view is no longer as reliable as it once was. For additional information, please visit our Log-in-as Reliability page.
Assign the Question Sharer role
TELT Administrators can assign the Question Sharer role to users. This role allows users to share questions on category level. Once they have Question Sharer role, staff members can access different categories when they go to the Question bank and click on Select a category dropdown.
