How do I restrict access to items or activities to certain groups or students of the course?

There are some modules that has two intakes starting in the same month ex.(062026) which will be in one course in Moodle. Therefore, you can differentiate between them by choosing the targeted groups from the filter in participants page as below:

L-4 and L-5 are from different intakes with different start dates

There are many cases in which it is useful to restrict access to material or activities in Moodle, including restricting sections so that students belonging could only access sections and the associated materials that they are in.

Step 1 - Click on the the “Edit Mode” slider

Step 2a - Create and edit a section that you want restricted to a particular group

Tip: You may duplicate sections to save yourself time instead of doing it from scratch. If you have any activities within the section, they will be duplicated as well. Rename your sections so you know which intake should have access to them.

Step 2b - Go to the section’s “Edit Settings” (refer to above image) and set the restrictions under the “Restrict Access” settings

Step 3 - Under Restrict Access, click Add restriction and Select “Group” and pick the group you want to have access to the item i.e TM___AICT010-4-2-BSMA-L-4___2025-07-07.

You can also click on the eye icon to hide the section from students who do not belong to the restricted group.

Step 4 - Save changes

Restricting Topics

It is possible to add a group restriction on a topic or week. Follow the same procedure as above, but set the restriction on the entire topic. You will need to leave the topic and all its contents visible, but Moodle will display a label indicating that access to the topic is restricted. You do not need to adjust the permissions/restrictions for any of the items within the topic. If the topic itself is restricted so will all the contents of the topic.

Different Intakes

One module folder may contain two or more intakes, which can then be found confusing when adding content and activities. Please note the enrollment process is automated by the system. In order to not confuse the materials and activities intended for different groups a solution is to utilise restrictions so that the students from different intakes will be able to see materials meant for them while being in the same folder.

Important Tip - If you restrict access to an entire section, all activities in that section will follow the restrictions set. That way, you do not have to set restrictions one by one for each activity.

How do I restrict access to items or activities to certain groups or students of the course?

Restricting Topics

Different Intakes

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