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[Kristina Hoeppner <722497@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

On MyPortfolio we had the enquiry about having merit badges displayed on
a student's page / profile. As these should not be tampered with by the
student, the enquiry / wishlist item is similar to bug 722495 as it
boils down to giving somebody else besides the page owner some control
over artefacts placed on a page.

My suggestion for a solution that is open for discussion:

Thank you for your suggestion with the Merit Badges. I think they would
be a good addition. However, the "not be able to tamper with" part is
tricky because Mahara / MyPortfolio puts the student in the centre and
s/he is the author of all her / his pages. A teacher or administration
cannot put anything on a page that a student can't remove as he doesn't
have the authority on the student's pages.

Thus, introducing such badges for profile pages is not a simple thing to
do. At the moment, the only way I can see this work, besides Craig's
suggestion with the electronic verification [of a PDF file à la Moodle],
would be to develop a database in which each institution admin can store
merit, sports etc. badges (would it be important to categorise them?).
He would then have an area on the student account page where he can add
the badges the student has earned over time. On the edit page screen,
the student would have a new blocktype, e.g. under General, "Badges",
which s/he can pull into the content area. That would work not just for
the profile page but for any personal page on MyPortfolio so that he
could also include the badges on a CV page. If the bages are
categorised, s/he can choose which badge categories to display (if that
is necessary). The badges are all displayed as thumbnails or in a series
to scroll through like in the image gallery.

As the student cannot choose the badges individually, but displays them
from the central institution database, they are as tamper-safe as can be
because even when the student allows the copying of that page, the badge
block would display the badges of the student who copies the page into
her / his portfolio as the block would always display the current
student's badges.

** Affects: mahara
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722497

Title:
  Place non-author content, e.g. merit badges, on a page

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  New

Bug description:
  On MyPortfolio we had the enquiry about having merit badges displayed
  on a student's page / profile. As these should not be tampered with by
  the student, the enquiry / wishlist item is similar to bug 722495 as
  it boils down to giving somebody else besides the page owner some
  control over artefacts placed on a page.

  My suggestion for a solution that is open for discussion:

  Thank you for your suggestion with the Merit Badges. I think they
  would be a good addition. However, the "not be able to tamper with"
  part is tricky because Mahara / MyPortfolio puts the student in the
  centre and s/he is the author of all her / his pages. A teacher or
  administration cannot put anything on a page that a student can't
  remove as he doesn't have the authority on the student's pages.

  Thus, introducing such badges for profile pages is not a simple thing
  to do. At the moment, the only way I can see this work, besides
  Craig's suggestion with the electronic verification [of a PDF file à
  la Moodle], would be to develop a database in which each institution
  admin can store merit, sports etc. badges (would it be important to
  categorise them?). He would then have an area on the student account
  page where he can add the badges the student has earned over time. On
  the edit page screen, the student would have a new blocktype, e.g.
  under General, "Badges", which s/he can pull into the content area.
  That would work not just for the profile page but for any personal
  page on MyPortfolio so that he could also include the badges on a CV
  page. If the bages are categorised, s/he can choose which badge
  categories to display (if that is necessary). The badges are all
  displayed as thumbnails or in a series to scroll through like in the
  image gallery.

  As the student cannot choose the badges individually, but displays
  them from the central institution database, they are as tamper-safe as
  can be because even when the student allows the copying of that page,
  the badge block would display the badges of the student who copies the
  page into her / his portfolio as the block would always display the
  current student's badges.