title: How is Moodle Guest access different from publicly visible and why require a login?
body: <p>Why does Moodle have a Guest user account? Is this not the same as simply making some areas of the site publicly visible? </p>
  
  <p>I ask because when my session times out, it says "You are logged in as Guest" and there is a Log Out button... which would do what? If Guest is the default, why would you need to log in or out of it?</p>
  
  <p>Why did they not simply have a Public level of access, which you can set items in your site to? There is a way to make things publicly visible, so I do not see the point of such a "user".</p>