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[Kristina Hoeppner <826649@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The short name should definitely be displayed somewhere so it can be
used. Displaying the shortname in the advanced group settings would be
good so that admins can see it easily. However, I'm not so sure about
group admins being able to edit the group shortname as that might
conflict with the work the institution admin does.

Imagine, a group admin not liking their group shortname and changing it
to something else while the institution admin is about to upload users
to the group and suddenly can't find that group anymore having to go
searching for it again. Currently, group shortnames are only usable by
institution and site admins and they aren't used by group admins for
anything. They can choose the name of their group when they work with
clean URLs, but other than updating group membership and group settings
in bulk by an institution / site admin, it's not being used. Thus,
displaying it in the group interface for admins only might be better or
as non-editable field in the group settings page.

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Title:
  Add group shortnames to manually created groups

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In Mahara 1.5 groups can be created via a CSV file and associated with
  an institution. Often, however, groups can be created manually, but a
  CSV upload of the members may be preferred. Thus, it would be good if
  manually created groups could also have a short name (that is also
  displayed to the admin) so that members can be added via CSV.

  This wishlist item needs a bit more thinking because the CSV feature
  allows institution admins to create groups that are associated with
  their institution (though it doesn't do anything with that information
  yet, I think) but not on a site level. Furthermore, if groups already
  exist, they would need to be assigned a short name. And then who can
  add members as they are not associated with an institution yet?

  Furthermore, the CSV upload is also only beneficial if users don't
  change their user names. An admin must be aware of that or his upload
  may not work most of the time. Thus, user names should be locked.

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