Moodle

Add new Messaging Permissions to limit sending to various roles

Details

  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 1.8.2
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Messages
  • Labels:
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  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_18_STABLE

Description

Currently with the permissions system as it stands there is no way to limit or block message sending per user.

I would like to see permissions for Messaging added that enable/disable the sending of messages to other roles.

This would allow for blocking, say, student to student messaging. Or to only enable messaging between teachers and teachers..and teachers to tutors, etc.

In dealing with children, there needs also to be the ability to create a role that blocks messaging just for individual students who are abusing the system.

Issue Links

This issue will be resolved by:
MDL-10028 Bulk messaging not available for teachers Major Closed

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Art Lader added a comment -

This really does keep coming up at schools in my area. Would love to see it happen. – Art

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Art Lader added a comment - This really does keep coming up at schools in my area. Would love to see it happen. – Art
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Marcia S. Kalayjian added a comment -

Amen! Speaking as someone at one of the schools in Art's area, I couldn't agree more. To be able to allow teacher-student and student-teacher email (and block student-student email) would be a wonderful feature for the K-12 crowd.

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Marcia S. Kalayjian added a comment - Amen! Speaking as someone at one of the schools in Art's area, I couldn't agree more. To be able to allow teacher-student and student-teacher email (and block student-student email) would be a wonderful feature for the K-12 crowd.
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Richard Woffinden added a comment -

I would also like to add that this is something that is being asked of here in Swansea as well. Would sort out a lot of problems for us.

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Richard Woffinden added a comment - I would also like to add that this is something that is being asked of here in Swansea as well. Would sort out a lot of problems for us.
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Ryan Smith added a comment -

Any update on this? This would be a fantastic addition to 1.9.

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Ryan Smith added a comment - Any update on this? This would be a fantastic addition to 1.9.
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Martin Dougiamas added a comment -

The problem for destination roles is that the rules are going to be a little complex in general. Roles are assigned per course, not site-wide.

For example, what do you do when someone is a teacher and a student, sending to someone else who is a teacher and a student? All these combination and possibilities need to be laid out in detail and agreed upon before anyone can start work implementing it.

A capability that prevent certain people USING messaging already exists (moodle/site:sendmessage) but it needs to be applied at site level (messaging is a site-level tool).

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment - The problem for destination roles is that the rules are going to be a little complex in general. Roles are assigned per course, not site-wide. For example, what do you do when someone is a teacher and a student, sending to someone else who is a teacher and a student? All these combination and possibilities need to be laid out in detail and agreed upon before anyone can start work implementing it. A capability that prevent certain people USING messaging already exists (moodle/site:sendmessage) but it needs to be applied at site level (messaging is a site-level tool).
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Helen Foster added a comment -

For more details on Martin's final comment, please see http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=98212

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Helen Foster added a comment - For more details on Martin's final comment, please see http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=98212

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