Thanks again for your support, much appreciated.
Belinda
]]>It will be fixed eventually, because in 1.4 users will be able to turn comments on/off for individual files, and the default settings for 'allow comments' are set in the admin area based on artefact types.
An urgent fix in 1.3.3 is possible but you'd have to do two things:
1. Turn comments on for all existing files in the database with the following command:
UPDATE artefact SET commentsallowed = 1 WHERE artefacttype = 'file'
2. Turn comments on for all files uploaded in the future, either by applying the patch here: http://mahara.org/artefact/file/download.php?file=122393 or just manually add the following at line 705 of the file artefact/file/lib.php:
if (empty($this->id)) {]]>
$this->allowcomments = 1;
}
Thanks
]]>Thanks for your confirmation. Then it is something that needs fixing (see Richard's comment above). As you already posted on Launchpad that should be good to keep track of.
Cheers
Kristina
]]>Yes, "allow comments" is checked for that view.
Andy
]]>There seems to be something off here. On mahara.org I could comment on Dirk's screenshot if I wished to do so because I had the "Place feedback" link. However, as Richard told me, that is because it's an image. We tried a non-image file on mahara.org and could not place feedback.
Strangely, on demo.mahara.org I could place feedback on a non-image item. That's on Mahara 1.3.2testing.
As Andy has already filed a report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/668236 , it's on our attention radar.
Cheers
Kristina
]]>Can you please check in "Edit view access" for that view that "Allow comments" has a checkmark?
Cheers
Kristina
]]>File is uploaded and then placed into a public view via the 'Files to Download' block.
Cheers, Dirk
]]>We run 1.3.2.
This screenshot is what we receive when accessing the Details page for a file artefact.
http://mahara.org/artefact/file/download.php?file=100068
Regards
Andy
]]>That feature worked already in 1.2. Do you not see the "Details" page at all or is it just that you can't comment? If the latter is the case, then maybe the student disallowed comments on that particular view but allowed them for the view in which he has the images.
Cheers
Kristina
]]>Unless I am wrong, you can add comments to any uploaded file. At least I could on demo.mahara.org (1.3). My answer for the feature request at https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/668236 :
Any uploaded file can receive comments. When you use "File(s) to Download", you get a "Details" link which will take you to the artefact page where you can leave a comment. If you choose "A Folder", you can click on the file and get to the artefact page.
Cheers
Kristina
]]>One of the options under Extra Options is Importance. You can select Wishlist.
Cheers,
Andrew
]]>Is there a formal place to place this enhancement request?
andy
]]>You're right, it's not there yet, and there's no particularly good reason. The basic infrastructure is there to allow comments to be enabled on individual artefacts. We should add an 'allow comments' checkbox on all files (like the one that appears when editing blog posts).
There is also a hardcoded default that turns the allow comments setting on for image artefacts. This could easily be extended to all files, but it's probably best if we add the checkboxes.
]]>Teachers are able to give feedback on images using the method you've described.
They want to be able to use the same method to give feedback on individual artefacts such as PPT, DOC, PDF etc.
Regards,
Andy
]]>Do you mean that the teacher can't give feedback when an image is displayed directly, i.e. you can see it in a view?
That is easily solved: Click on the image and you are taken to the detailed artefact page where you can provide feedback.
Cheers
Kristina
]]>It may be worth posting in the Pedagogy forum since this may have been a pedagogical design choice.
Hope that this helps,
Andrew
]]>I have a query from one of our staff members about why it seems possible to place feedback on individual images added to a view (either added using the Image block, or as a Folder block), but it doesn't seem possible to give feedback on files which are added to a View in this way.
I can see the logic in his query, that he wants the feedback to be targetted to the artefact, and for the student to then be able to see an aggregated set of feedback on that artefact, regardless of the view where the artefact (file) was used.
Any feedback appreciated
Andy
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