Somewhat similar is wishlist item bug #1323490. ** Summary changed:
- rofile pages not shared by default + Profile pages not shared by default ** Tags added: profile viewaccess -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contributors -- please ask on #mahara-dev or mahara.org forum before editing or unsubscribing it! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1320099 Title: Profile pages not shared by default Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Triaged Bug description: Hi everyone, I raised this with Kristina recently and also added a forum entry, but will post a wishlist too. Basically we are finding students who are new to Mahara adding assignments and resume details to profile pages. This presents an obvious problem in that many details are confidential. Students would not share them with all logged in users knowingly. This practice exists because the page already exists, users don't need to learn how to create a page - and - it's already shared so the teacher can see it. In this way, some students can get away with not learning how to create a page or share it in order to submit their first Mahara assignment. Inadvertently they share everything with everyone. This isn't a fault with Mahara, however from our point of view we need to do something to prevent students from making this error. Therefore our conclusion is that sharing profile pages should be opt- in - not opt out. Or in the current case they cant even opt out. The wish would be that Mahara had an option for the administrator to control whether or not profile pages are opt-in or opt-out - and not mandate that students share their profile pages. They are still discoverable in "find friends", and if they like they can allow fiends to see their profile page. IF helping users understand this ability to share with friends is important, then Maybe Mahara could have a series of "first use" pop up dialogues to help users know what is possible, starting from a privacy first stance as with other Mahara features. Cheers, Shane. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1320099/+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
