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[Kristina Hoeppner <1036593@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Gordon,

Thank you for the further explanations. Now I understand it a bit
better. :-) So what we would need is a new artefact and block type that
allows for the creation of a form in which you can at least define text
fields (single lines) and text areas (multiple lines). The user who
fills in the form needs to be able to edit it over time before making
the final decision to publish it. Once it is published, it receives the
timestamp of the publication time and also who published it (either a
person if in a personal page or a group if its on a group page). These
two pieces of information cannot be deleted when the page with the block
is copied to someone's portfolio. Once the block has been published, it
cannot be changed.

The block can be copied empty so that others can fill in the form or it
can be copied published. When it is published, it is a read-only
artefact that is also accessible under "Content" so that the user can
re-use the forms in other pages and not just the original one. When an
empty form is copied, it is also accessible under "Content" but can be
edited.

Don't know how feasible the following would be, but wouldn't it be nice
if a user could put such a form on their page and allow another person
to fill it in? This goes already more into the direction of feedback and
maybe it should be done in the feedback section, but I wonder if we
should re-think the feedback on the details page of artefacts as that
usually goes unnoticed and instead provide for more immediate feedback
that is visible on a portfolio page but specific to an artefact. I filed
a proposal under https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1037531 for
that.

Cheers
Kristina

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Title:
  add form field for templates

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Enhancement / New Functionality:
  I was recently asked to look at online submission of tutor reports for our institution. I started by testing with Feedback form in Moodle - this works very well except that at some point the report needs to be shown to the individual student - not just sent from the tutor writing the report to Head of Department. I thought the more controllable views in Mahara would be ideal to enable this - in theory the student could even display the report as part of their resume if allowed. I therefore created a template of the form using text boxes - but that means the tutor needs to click to edit every single field in the report, making if far less user friendly. If there was an option to add Form Fields to a page (not just editabe text boxes) so that the person writing the report just types into the boxes (without having to edit each one) it would make Mahara the ideal solution to deliver this functionality. This could potentially be setup with other form functionality such as pre-populated dropdown lists of values.
  Regards, Gordon.

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