The short name should definitely be displayed somewhere so it can be used. Displaying the shortname in the advanced group settings would be good so that admins can see it easily. However, I'm not so sure about group admins being able to edit the group shortname as that might conflict with the work the institution admin does.
Imagine, a group admin not liking their group shortname and changing it to something else while the institution admin is about to upload users to the group and suddenly can't find that group anymore having to go searching for it again. Currently, group shortnames are only usable by institution and site admins and they aren't used by group admins for anything. They can choose the name of their group when they work with clean URLs, but other than updating group membership and group settings in bulk by an institution / site admin, it's not being used. Thus, displaying it in the group interface for admins only might be better or as non-editable field in the group settings page. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826649 Title: Add group shortnames to manually created groups Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Confirmed Bug description: In Mahara 1.5 groups can be created via a CSV file and associated with an institution. Often, however, groups can be created manually, but a CSV upload of the members may be preferred. Thus, it would be good if manually created groups could also have a short name (that is also displayed to the admin) so that members can be added via CSV. This wishlist item needs a bit more thinking because the CSV feature allows institution admins to create groups that are associated with their institution (though it doesn't do anything with that information yet, I think) but not on a site level. Furthermore, if groups already exist, they would need to be assigned a short name. And then who can add members as they are not associated with an institution yet? Furthermore, the CSV upload is also only beneficial if users don't change their user names. An admin must be aware of that or his upload may not work most of the time. Thus, user names should be locked. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/826649/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
