Online users block

The Online user’s block shows a list of users who have been logged into the current course. The list is updated on a regular basis (the default is every 5 minutes but this may be changed – see below).

Note that even though a user may have been logged into a course within the last 5 minutes, it does not necessarily mean that this user is still online.

• If you hold the cursor over somebody’s name, you will see how long ago that person was last “seen” in the course
• If you click on the envelope icon next to somebody’s name, you will be able to send a private message to that person (using LMS’s messaging system)

Note: If separate groups are enabled in a course and this block is added onto the course page, only members of the group will be displayed in the list.

Capabilities

• Add a new online users block to the Dashboard – allowed for the default role of the authenticated user
• Add a new online users block to a course page – allowed for the default roles of manager and teacher

Site administration settings

The online users’ block has one setting which may be changed by an administrator in Settings > Plugins > Blocks > Online users.

• block_online_users_timetosee – The number of minutes after which users will not be displayed in the list. The default is 5 minutes. You may want to adjust this if the list of users displayed is too long or too short.