I couldn't get the link to reviews to work but good to hear this will be coming soon.
Thanks, Gordon.
]]>One of our students in the Catalyst Open Source Academy made that change and it's going to be in version 1.7.
See https://reviews.mahara.org/2004 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1100024
Cheers
Kristina
]]>The menu item should not be the issue as it is just that. I do not see any repurcussions functionalitywise, but a dev can correct me if I am wrong.
It would be good to hear some more opinions on that change before making it as it would not just affect one menu item but also mean renaming 2. Personally, I like the renaming.
Cheers
Kristina
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change from 'path' => 'groups/sharedviews', to 'path' => 'myportfolio/sharedviews',
In /lang/en.utf8->view.php
line 156: change from $string['share'] = 'Share'; to $string['share'] = 'Shared by me';
line 362: change from $string['sharedviews'] = 'Shared pages'; to $string['sharedviews'] = 'Shared with me';
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]]>I'd certainly vote for that - there are very specific use differences in group (collaborative) and individual sharing (for example student sharing a reflective journal privately to a tutor). While having a shared pages option in the 'Group' menu is useful to have, I'd suggest tutors wanting to view work from a student won't look under groups for that information - it's not intuitive. I'd argue that a separate link to a list of pages shared to named individuals (single or multiple) should be accessible via the portfolio menu.
Thanks, Gordon.
]]>"Shared pages" was implemented under "Groups" - if I remember correctly - because it is more of a collaborative feature of Mahara and it doesn't mean only to show pages shared with you, but also you in manay capacities and since Mahara 1.5 also with logged-in users or the public.
However, that doesn't mean that it needs to stay there for eternity. If there are enough people who think it should appear somewhere else in the navigation this can certainly be discussed and then changed.
Cheers
Kristina
]]>Thanks for this. I remembered the notifications list, though get so many myself it's a needle in a haystack. Group --> shared pages does seem to be exactly what I was looking for - but I wouldn't have thought of looking there for pages shared to an individual rather than to a group. Listing it under group seems counter-intuitive to me (I'd expect shared pages to be found under portfolio --> shared pages rather than groups).
Dirk - I just wish I had such a budget!
Many thanks, Gordon.
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As a side note, enhancements to this feature were commissioned by Rocky View Schools. For a very reasonable amount this was developed and is now part of the mahara core. I can highly recommend to have your institutions budget for code enhancements, get them developed to be then included in mahara core.
Our system is setup to send email notifications each time a new page is shared with you. So you could also do a search in your regular email inbox (if your system is set up to send emails).
- Sean
]]>Perhaps I'm just missing how to do this, but I've been asked by tutors if there is an easy way to find pages that students have shared with them. As a workaround I've suggested getting the students to e-mail the url for the shared page - but surely there is a better way of doing it as the data is sitting in Mahara?
If not then it's an obvious feature request to add 'pages shared with me' to the Portfolio menu.
Thanks, Gordon.
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