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Key: MDL-20628
Type: Improvement Improvement
Status: Open Open
Priority: Major Major
Assignee: Martin Dougiamas
Reporter: Howard Miller
Votes: 20
Watchers: 7
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"topic 1", "topic 2" etc. is next to useless - allow them to be changed to a custom title for the topic or allow them to be switched off

Created: 23/Oct/09 08:19 PM   Updated: 23/Oct/09 09:36 PM
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Component/s: Course
Affects Version/s: 2.0
Fix Version/s: None

URL: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=136022
Participants: Eloy Lafuente (stronk7), Howard Miller and Martin Dougiamas
Security Level: None
Affected Branches: MOODLE_20_STABLE


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I've always thought that topic numbers where less than useful. We find that most customers hate them and ask for them to be removed (unprompted). Shock horror - in Moodle 2.0 they become even more prominent in the navigation block. IMHO, non-mutually exclusive options:

* Make 'topic n' editable so it can have a proper title. Perhaps editing the header for the topic can have an additional "short name' that becomes the topic name in navigation?
* Allow them to be switched off altogether.

Same applies to the "Topic outline" text at the top of a course. Major source of complaint.

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Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) added a comment - 23/Oct/09 09:36 PM
Assigning to Martin for his consideration.

+1 here too to allow both editing each topic (section) name and to switch on/off numbers for all the course. Or, alternatively, introduce one new course format, like the topics one but allowing to "name" them: namedtopics or so.

Just an idea... ciao