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title: "How to Create Users in Moodle"
description: "After adding an activity or resource to a course in Moodle, new users can be set up for accessing the Moodle site. The most important factor in setting up a Moodle site other than creating courses is..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/moodle/add-new-user/
date: 2012-10-23
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Moodle"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Create Users in Moodle

![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/How-to-Create-Users-in-Moodle-1024x538.png)

After [adding an activity or resource to a course in Moodle](/support/website/deleting-a-website-created-in-fantastico-de-luxe/), new users can be set up for accessing the Moodle site. The most important factor in setting up a Moodle site other than creating courses is to create users for logging in and taking courses. In this article, we will outline how to create users in Moodle.

Topics Include

- Creating Users in Moodle

Add more students to your Moodle courses to get the most out of your [Dedicated Hosting](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/dedicated-servers) experience.

### Create Users in Moodle

1. [Log into the Moodle Dashboard](/support/edu/moodle/moodle-login-administrator/)

2. In the **Site Administration** section on the left in the **Settings** section, navigate to **Users** > **Accounts**, click** Add a new user**.

**Important!** Keep in mind that [editing must be turned on](/support/edu/moodle/creating-courses-in-moodle/) in the Settings section in order to edit any of these options.

![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/MoodleSiteAdminUsers-1024x385.png)

3. On the next page, fill out the required fields. The required fields show in red and are the username, new password, first name, surname and E-mail address. See below for a brief description of what each section contains. Once these values are set, click **Create User.**

![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/MoodleNewAccount-1024x512.png)

**General:** The general settings contain the basic information for the user like the username, password, address and email, and other login information. The **Choose an ****a****uthentication method** drop box determines how users are authenticated when logging in. With this setting, the **authentication method must be available** in order for the method to work. In most cases, the **Manual Account** will be selected. To prevent users from logging in, the method can be set to **No Login**.

4. After the clicking **Create User**, the users list will appear with the users in the Moodle database. If the user list does not show, click in the **Settings** section to the left, **Site administration** > **Users** > **Accounts** > **Browse list of users** to view the User list.

![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/MoodleUserList-1024x623.png)

This concludes the tutorial on Adding new users to the Moodle User Accounts in Moodle 2.3. Please check the next article on [Editing User profile fields in Moodle](/support/edu/moodle/user-profile-fields/). For more information on this Education Channel please visit [Managing users and roles in Moodle](/support/news/twitter-users/).