Moodle

Forum timed posts: display period not displayed

Details

  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 1.8.10, 1.9.6, 2.0
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Forum
  • Labels:
    None
  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_18_STABLE, MOODLE_19_STABLE, MOODLE_20_STABLE

Description

When the forum timed posts feature is enabled, users can see their own timed posts even when they are not yet due to appear. This is probably correct but there should be some display indicating that a post is not visible to ordinary users and showing the dates that it will be available.

Issue Links

This issue has a non-specific relationship to:
MDL-17955 Forum timed posts - still experimental? Minor Open

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Sam Marshall added a comment -

(Sorry, I accidentally submitted this before it was finished.)

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Enrique Castro added a comment -

An indication that a discussion is NOT visible to studenst is MANDATORY.
Otherwise the system is error prone and induces confusions and bitter arguments between teachers and students.
It is an often used excuse any kind of "I cannot see/read/access that on my computer", but in thsi case the student is right, and teh teacher has NO CUE, once the post is issued that there was some time-restriction on it.

I suggest that in the view-discusions page the hidden discussiosn were be shown as DIMMED, the same way as invisible activities and resources are shown in the course page to the teacher.

The issue also affects to versions 1.9 and 2.0

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Enrique Castro added a comment - An indication that a discussion is NOT visible to studenst is MANDATORY. Otherwise the system is error prone and induces confusions and bitter arguments between teachers and students. It is an often used excuse any kind of "I cannot see/read/access that on my computer", but in thsi case the student is right, and teh teacher has NO CUE, once the post is issued that there was some time-restriction on it. I suggest that in the view-discusions page the hidden discussiosn were be shown as DIMMED, the same way as invisible activities and resources are shown in the course page to the teacher. The issue also affects to versions 1.9 and 2.0
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Sam Marshall added a comment -

While this is not of any immediate use to anyone, I'll note that the new 'forumng' module I'm in the process of developing does indicate timed discussions that are not current. These are presently shown dimmed and with a little clock icon next to them.

('forumng' will be made available as an optional, contributed add-on module for Moodle 1.9 after it is complete and in use here. For updates on development, see my blog via Planet Moodle.)

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Sam Marshall added a comment - While this is not of any immediate use to anyone, I'll note that the new 'forumng' module I'm in the process of developing does indicate timed discussions that are not current. These are presently shown dimmed and with a little clock icon next to them. ('forumng' will be made available as an optional, contributed add-on module for Moodle 1.9 after it is complete and in use here. For updates on development, see my blog via Planet Moodle.)

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