Moodle

Suggested feature - pinned topic

Details

  • Type: New Feature New Feature
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 2.0
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Forum
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    All
  • Database:
    Any
  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_20_STABLE

Description

I would like to be able to pin a topic in a discussion. This feature should only be available to admin and the teachers.

Issue Links

This issue is duplicated by:
MDL-1997 Sticky comments in Discussion Board Minor Open

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment -

From Martin Dougiamas (martin at moodle.com) Friday, 25 April 2003, 09:55 AM:

Which would pin it at the top of a forum?

From Gunther Dippe (dippe at ncm.gu.se) Friday, 25 April 2003, 02:51 PM:

You got it!

From Gustav Delius (gwd2 at york.ac.uk) Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 03:39 AM:

Re-classified as forum feature request

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment - From Martin Dougiamas (martin at moodle.com) Friday, 25 April 2003, 09:55 AM: Which would pin it at the top of a forum? From Gunther Dippe (dippe at ncm.gu.se) Friday, 25 April 2003, 02:51 PM: You got it! From Gustav Delius (gwd2 at york.ac.uk) Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 03:39 AM: Re-classified as forum feature request
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Martin Dougiamas added a comment -

Assigning to me temporarily because Vy-Shane no longer works for Moodle HQ.

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment - Assigning to me temporarily because Vy-Shane no longer works for Moodle HQ.
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Niall Julian added a comment -

I'm surprised we don't have a sticky option already. It would be a really useful addition to the forums. I have quite a few important posts that need to be stickies and the only way to do this right now is go in and make an edit to the topic. This can get very time consuming.

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Niall Julian added a comment - I'm surprised we don't have a sticky option already. It would be a really useful addition to the forums. I have quite a few important posts that need to be stickies and the only way to do this right now is go in and make an edit to the topic. This can get very time consuming.
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Stuart R Mealor added a comment -

Yeah, considering how vital Forums are to the 'best practice' use of Moodle, it seems strange this facility (so comom on bulleting boards for many years) is missing. Would be a good addition

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Stuart R Mealor added a comment - Yeah, considering how vital Forums are to the 'best practice' use of Moodle, it seems strange this facility (so comom on bulleting boards for many years) is missing. Would be a good addition
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Martin Dougiamas added a comment -

I guess it's more important in bulletin boards because they have just forums only.

Moodle has other ways to capture information for later use:

  • you could move the discussion to a special "sticky" forum
  • you could capture the data in a wiki, glossary, or database

I'm not saying we shouldn't do it, just explaining that alternatives existed.

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment - I guess it's more important in bulletin boards because they have just forums only. Moodle has other ways to capture information for later use:
  • you could move the discussion to a special "sticky" forum
  • you could capture the data in a wiki, glossary, or database
I'm not saying we shouldn't do it, just explaining that alternatives existed.
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Don Hinkelman added a comment -

>> Moodle has other ways to capture information for later use:
>> - you could move the discussion to a special "sticky" forum
>> - you could capture the data in a wiki, glossary, or database

Are these two new features planned for Moodle 2.0? If so, I believe the "pinned topics" request would be handled, if an admin or teacher could redesignate an ordinary forum into a "Sticky" forum. Then be able select the topic(s) which would become "sticky" (fixed at the top of the list of topics). Presumably, if more than one forum topic is selected as sticky, the teacher could fix the order of the sticky topics (first, second, third...).

On the data capture feature, that is another great idea. It needs to be automated or semi-automated, though. With a teacher clicking on a "capture data" button, she/he could select (copy to wiki, copy to glossary, copy to database) and the data would be moved into a pre-existing or new wiki/glossary/database.

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Don Hinkelman added a comment - >> Moodle has other ways to capture information for later use: >> - you could move the discussion to a special "sticky" forum >> - you could capture the data in a wiki, glossary, or database Are these two new features planned for Moodle 2.0? If so, I believe the "pinned topics" request would be handled, if an admin or teacher could redesignate an ordinary forum into a "Sticky" forum. Then be able select the topic(s) which would become "sticky" (fixed at the top of the list of topics). Presumably, if more than one forum topic is selected as sticky, the teacher could fix the order of the sticky topics (first, second, third...). On the data capture feature, that is another great idea. It needs to be automated or semi-automated, though. With a teacher clicking on a "capture data" button, she/he could select (copy to wiki, copy to glossary, copy to database) and the data would be moved into a pre-existing or new wiki/glossary/database.
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Martin Dougiamas added a comment -

Actually I was just talking about standard Moodle ... an ordinary forum can have important discussions moved to it from other forums. And for the other stuff: cut and paste, like we do now for http://moodle.org/useful/ -> http://docs.moodle.org/en

But your ideas are good anyway!

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment - Actually I was just talking about standard Moodle ... an ordinary forum can have important discussions moved to it from other forums. And for the other stuff: cut and paste, like we do now for http://moodle.org/useful/ -> http://docs.moodle.org/en But your ideas are good anyway!
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Charles Fulton added a comment -

If anyone's still interested in taking this up I've implemented this functionality in a limited way for 2.0. Users with the new mod/forum:pindiscussions capability can "pin" a discussion so that it goes to the top of a forum. Patch here: https://github.com/mackensen/moodle/compare/mdl-372.

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Charles Fulton added a comment - If anyone's still interested in taking this up I've implemented this functionality in a limited way for 2.0. Users with the new mod/forum:pindiscussions capability can "pin" a discussion so that it goes to the top of a forum. Patch here: https://github.com/mackensen/moodle/compare/mdl-372.

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