Permissions¶
The plugin ships a set of capabilities that are populated automatically when it is installed. Most of them apply at the activity (module) level, so teachers can override the default restrictions on a per-activity basis from Activity → Permissions.
Capabilities¶
Each capability below shows its identifier, what it controls, the context where it
applies and the roles it is granted to by default (the archetypes defined in the
plugin's db/access.php).
| Capability | What it controls | Default roles |
|---|---|---|
mod/jitsi:addinstance |
Create Jitsi activities in a course. Cloned from moodle/course:manageactivities. (Course context.) |
Editing teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:view |
See and access Jitsi activities in the course view. | Guest, Authenticated user |
mod/jitsi:moderation |
Determines who is a moderator in sessions. With token configuration enabled, only users with this capability are promoted to Jitsi moderator and shown a moderator indicator; without it, moderator-only buttons (mute-everyone, kick participant) are merely hidden from non-moderators and may be bypassed by experienced users. | Editing teacher, Teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:record |
Start recordings and manage external recording links. You can build sessions where students record themselves. | Editing teacher, Teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:viewusersonsession |
Access the attendees report — see who is currently in a session. You may want to grant this to students. | Editing teacher, Teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:hide |
Hide recordings. Consider preventing non-editing teachers from hiding recordings. | Editing teacher, Teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:deleterecord |
Mark a recording as deleted (set private on YouTube; later removed by the cron_task_delete scheduled task or by an admin). Consider preventing non-editing teachers from deleting recordings. |
Editing teacher, Teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:editrecordname |
Rename the title of a recording. Consider preventing non-editing teachers from renaming recordings. | Editing teacher, Teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:createlink |
View and copy invite links for guest users. A teacher may allow students to share guest invitation links. | Editing teacher, Teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:viewrecords |
Access the Recordings tab. Disable this to hide recordings from specific roles. | Guest, Authenticated user |
mod/jitsi:viewexternallink |
View externally-linked recordings (Dropbox, 8x8, manual links). | Editing teacher, Teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:generateaisummary |
Generate AI-powered summaries for GCS recordings. Requires AI features to be enabled. | Editing teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:generateaiquiz |
Generate AI-powered quizzes from GCS recordings. Requires AI features to be enabled. | Editing teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:generateaitranscription |
Generate AI transcriptions for GCS recordings. Requires AI features to be enabled. | Editing teacher, Manager |
mod/jitsi:viewattendance |
Access the detailed attendance report with recording view tracking. Requires a mod_jitsi Account. | Editing teacher, Teacher, Manager |
Default role names
"Editing teacher", "Teacher" (non-editing), "Manager", "Guest" and "Authenticated
user" correspond to Moodle's standard archetypes (editingteacher, teacher,
manager, guest, user). Your site's actual role definitions may differ if they
have been customised.
AI capabilities are teacher-only by default
The three AI capabilities (generateaisummary, generateaiquiz,
generateaitranscription) are granted only to editing teachers and managers —
non-editing teachers do not get them by default.