6. Restrict Access to Sections

Moodle allows you to restrict access to your sections. For instance, you may want sensitive material to only be available at a set point in the course. Or you may want it to only be available during a set time range, such as the weekend or week before an exam.

Follow the directions below to Restrict access to your sections

  1. Log in to your course
  2. Click on Gear menu on the top right of your course.
  3. Click Turn editing on, located in the dropdown menu.
  4. Locate the Section you would like to restrict access to.
  5. To the right of the section you would like to restrict click Edit then Edit Topic.
  6. On the next page locate Restrict Access.
  7. Click Add Restriction.
  8. Click Date.
  9. Click the Eye icon if you would like the section to be hidden from students IF it is restricted.
  10. For the date options select “Date From/Until“.
    • From means that the section will be available starting after the From date (hidden if eye icon is selected). Until means the section will not be available after the Untildate.
  11. Set the date and time (24-Hour Clock) you would like the section to be available.
  12. If you would like the section to only be available for a specific time range then you can add another date restriction following steps 6-9.
  13. Click Save Changes.