Moodle's Experimental Feature: Context Freezing Explained!

 Moodle's Experimental Feature: Context Freezing Explained!

What is Context Freezing in Moodle?

The Context Freezing is an experimental feature with the settings in Moodle that allows administrators to make specific content read-only. This means that users with the have appropriate permissions can still view the content, but cannot edit it, delete it or make any changes.

How to enable the Context Freezing in Moodle?

1. Go to the Development 
2. Then search for Experimental Settings and go inside after clicking on it.
3. Enable the Content Freezing setting.
4. Select the content that you want to freeze (e.g., a category, course, activity, or block).
5. Click on the Freeze this content button.

Some insights about this feature in easy to understand bullet points:

• The Content Freezing is an experimental feature in Moodle that will allow the administrators to make specific content read-only.
• This can be useful for preventing the damage due to accidental changes or edits to important content.
• Content Freezing can be applied to categories, courses, activities, and blocks.
• When content is frozen, users will still be able to view it, but they will not be able to edit it or make any changes.
• Administrators can still edit frozen content, but yes there is also a settings for enable content editing even after content is frozen. 
• Content Freezing can be a useful tool for protecting important content from accidental changes.
• It is important to use this feature carefully and to make sure that users understand the implications of this freezing content functionality.

Now, time for you watch this video to understand more around the functionalities

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