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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-32975

Option to sort My Courses list alphabetically

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.2.3, 2.4.1, 2.5
    • 2.4.2
    • Navigation
    • MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_24_STABLE, MOODLE_25_STABLE
    • MOODLE_24_STABLE
    • wip-MDL-32975-m25
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      1. Log in as a student with enrolments
      2. Expand the my courses branch and check things are sorted by sortorder.
      3. Change $CFG->navsortmycoursessort to 'fullname'
      4. Expand the my courses branch and check things are sorted by fullname.
      5. Change $CFG->navsortmycoursessort to 'shortname'
      6. Expand the my courses branch and check things are sorted by shortname.
      7. Change $CFG->navsortmycoursessort to 'idnumber'
      8. Expand the my courses branch and check things are sorted by idnumber.
      9. Disable JS
      10. Click "My courses"
      11. Check when you are on the my courses page that the my course branch is expanded and contains your courses.
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      Log in as a student with enrolments Expand the my courses branch and check things are sorted by sortorder. Change $CFG->navsortmycoursessort to 'fullname' Expand the my courses branch and check things are sorted by fullname. Change $CFG->navsortmycoursessort to 'shortname' Expand the my courses branch and check things are sorted by shortname. Change $CFG->navsortmycoursessort to 'idnumber' Expand the my courses branch and check things are sorted by idnumber. Disable JS Click "My courses" Check when you are on the my courses page that the my course branch is expanded and contains your courses.

    Description

      In the My Courses block in 1.9.x, courses were sorted alphabetically without the ability to sort them any other way. (Line 41 of blocks/course_list/block_course_list.php)

      In the new My Courses listing in 2.2.x navigation, courses are sorted by 'sortorder' - without the ability to sort them any other way. (Line 1062 of lib/navigationlib.php).

      Why was there a change?

      Our staff are enrolled in many courses (up to 20 or 30 in some cases), spread across many categories, and 'sortorder' makes no sense to them visually. The listing actually appears quite random now.

      Would it be possible to add a flag in the navigation administration settings to 'Sort My Courses list alphabetically'?

      On our site, I will need to hack the sort fields sent to function enrol_get_my_courses from 'visible DESC, sortorder ASC' to 'visible DESC, fullname ASC', which maintains the sort that our staff have been used to.

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          caused a regression

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-38345 Error reading from database in http://qa.moodle.net/my/

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing, prevents Moodle from running (applicable to bugs only)
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-39014 navshowmycoursecategories doesn't work as expected

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed
          has been marked as being related by

          Epic - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a big user story that needs to be broken down. MDL-31830 Replacement for the course and category management pages

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing, prevents Moodle from running (applicable to bugs only)
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-38457 My courses sort order lang string fixes

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          will help resolve

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-14718 Course ID Number (numerical order?)

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed

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              samhemelryk Sam Hemelryk
              mcwoods Michael Woods
              Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)
              Ankit Agarwal Ankit Agarwal
              David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo
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                Resolved:
                11/Mar/13