Guys
I've set up separate groups so that each group could only see their own forum postings and everything seemed to be working fine. Then one of my students told me that if he looks at profiles it shows all postings from the users, including those in the other groups, This defeats the idea of group privacy, which my students wanted for their individual group work and which I though separate groups would provide.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way of turning off the way postings are displayed in the profiles so that groups can stay 'private'?
Thanks
Joe
I don't think privacy was the reason for groups rather better manageability (for the students and teachers). I'm not sure forums are the correct tool if the users are concerned about privacy either? I presume the students can't post to the other group which is the most I would expect in terms of access control.
Basically, this is a bug. Thanks for the report.
OK. Any ideas for a workaround? Will there be time to sort it before 1.2 is released?
Joe
Joe
Hi
Now I know what you sound like, Martin!
Just wondering what happens about the issue I raised. I put it on the bug tracker but not sure if I need to do any more. Students in my class will be assessing each other group's presentations and they like to record their comments privately for each group. So the issue of being able to see the messages posted in the profiles is a concern and my students are not happy about being asked to peer assess with this in place.
Thanks for all the hard work for 1.2.1 which I plan to install tonight.
Joe
Now I know what you sound like, Martin!
Just wondering what happens about the issue I raised. I put it on the bug tracker but not sure if I need to do any more. Students in my class will be assessing each other group's presentations and they like to record their comments privately for each group. So the issue of being able to see the messages posted in the profiles is a concern and my students are not happy about being asked to peer assess with this in place.
Thanks for all the hard work for 1.2.1 which I plan to install tonight.
Joe
I haven't seen the bug report (what number was it?), so this slipped by. Usually bugs with solutions attached get fixed first. 
I'll fix this soon in CVS cvs:/user/view.php and cvs:/mod/forum/lib.php
I'll fix this soon in CVS cvs:/user/view.php and cvs:/mod/forum/lib.php
In the meantime, the quick fix is to delete this line from near the bottom of user/view.php
forum_print_user_discussions($course->id, $user->id);
Or set it to show only to teachers:
if (isteacher($course->id)) {forum_print_user_discussions($course->id, $user->id);
}
Thanks, I'll try that. Hopefully it will also solve another (new?) related bug. When a student re-enrols and before he is allocated to a group he can see all psotings in a forum that has separate groups. Just got pointed out to me yesterday by one of my students. I logged in as that student and the forum view looks as though it was set to 'no groups'
Joe
Joe
Hi
The number is 1149. Thanks for the fast response anyway
Joe
The number is 1149. Thanks for the fast response anyway
Joe
Funny - bugs 1149 and 1194 are closely related (not sure if you've seen it, Martin 
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