Details
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Type:
Bug
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Status:
Closed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Duplicate
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Affects Version/s: 1.8.2, 1.9
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Fix Version/s: None
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Component/s: Messages, Roles / Access
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Labels:None
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Affected Branches:MOODLE_18_STABLE, MOODLE_19_STABLE
Description
Teachers cannot send bulk messages even though they possess the capability "course:bulkmessaging" (see attached screenshot). It only works if site:readallmessages is allowed as well – which does not make sense to me, though. Related issue: MDL-8561.
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Issue Links
| This issue duplicates: | ||||
| MDL-10028 | Bulk messaging not available for teachers |
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I agree.
MDL-8561's suggested solution of "resetting to legacy role defaults" does not actually address the semantic discrepancy here.The permission course:bulkmessaging seems clearly more meaningfully related to the desired function than site:readallmessages.
MDL-8561's suggested solution of "resetting to legacy role defaults" does not actually address the semantic discrepancy here. The permission course:bulkmessaging seems clearly more meaningfully related to the desired function than site:readallmessages.