Use this feature to easily import a list of users with custom fields from a CSV file.
Note: Only the LMS administrator can import users
The CSV file doesn’t require a specific structure, the import schema can be set manually for each file upon import.
Click on the Import users option from the Admin panel of the Admin home page
You will get the following option to upload the CSV file on the import user screen.
File Options
Once you hit Next, it will take you the screen below to select the following option.
Import Options
Send new login credentials to users
If flagged, the registration email with user credentials is sent to each imported user
Node
All the imported users will be added to the selected node. You can still import users to different nodes at a time, check the schema options below.
Action on users
Define what to do if a user is already present or not: create new and update existing, just create new users ignoring existing ones, just update existing while ignoring the new ones.
Require password change upon next login
Define if the user should be prompted to change the password on the next login. They will need to know a default password.
Set password
Choose if you want to load the password from the imported file, or set it with the following method (automatic or manual).
Note: If “load from file” is chosen and the password field in the imported file is left empty, the password creation method will be used instead
Password create
Automatically sets a different random password for each user,
Manual password: this will be the default password for all users
Import Schema
Select the format field in which import each file column