Configure guest access
- 04 Aug 2023
- 1 minute to read
Configure guest access
- Updated on 04 Aug 2023
- 1 minute to read
Article Summary
Share feedback
Thanks for sharing your feedback!
Setting up guest access allows those with the guest role to view the contents of a course. Users with the guest role may be visitors who do not have an account on your Totara site, or users who do have an account (authenticated users) but who would just like to explore your course. It is also possible to add an enrolment key so that only those guest users you wish to grant access can enter the course.
Users with only guest access may not be able to participate in activities, depending on the capabilities assigned to the Guest role.
Before starting you need check that guest access is enabled at the site level.
To allow guest access for a course:
- Select the course using Find courses.
- In Course administration > Users > Enrolment methods, ensure Guest access is enabled (showing an open eye icon).
- If the Guest access method is not listed then select Add method and select Guest access from the dropdown box.
You will also need to show the guest login button on the login screen. This can be enabled by going via the quick-access menu to Plugins > Authentication > Manage authentication and setting the Guest login button to Show.
If you'd like to log users who access the site via guest login, go to Quick-access menu > Plugins > Logging > Standard log and enable the Log guest access setting. You can also get Guest users to agree to the site policy under the quick-access menu via Security > Site policies. Guests then have to agree to the site policy before accessing a course with guest access.
Next steps
© Copyright 2024 Totara Learning Solutions. All rights reserved. Some content originally obtained via GPLv3 license and continues to be available under GPLv3. All other content is the sole copyright of Totara Learning Solutions.
Was this article helpful?
