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If the class enrollment changes frequently, it can be cumbersome to manually update the group.  Another method to prevent Guests from accessing specific material in the course is to override the permissions for those items.  To do this:

• Go into

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  Edit mode

• On the course page, click the

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  button for the item to restrict

  3 vertical dots button and choose Edit settings

• Under the title of the item, choose More and select Permissions

• Click More → Permissions.  

• Under

  Advanced role override, select the Guest role and

  Activity <type of item> you have selected, find the setting for View <type of item>

• Click the Plus sign to the right of the list of roles, to bring up a list of roles to prohibit for that activity

• Select the Guest role to change the viewing permissions to 

  Prevent

  Prohibit.  

  • For example, when limiting access to a file, Under Activity: File change the View resource

     value to Prevent. 

    list to Prohibit for Guests(Note that you may have to remove the Guest user from the “Roles with Permission” list on that same line)