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[Kristina Hoeppner <1597133@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

In bug ​#826649 new functionality is introduced to Mahara so that all
groups can have group shortnames and thus be updated via CSV files. The
group shortname was not enough to add though as an institution shortname
is needed as well.

Currently, groups created by CSV have to be associated with an institution so that:
1. Institution admins only create groups within their realm of administrative permissions.
2. Institution admins can't bulk add users from other institutions to their group to prevent issues.
3. web services calls can be made in the future to create groups and allow institutions to manage that.

The problem though is that the current screen "Administer groups"
doesn't say which groups belong to which institution making it difficult
for a site administrator to see which groups can be updated by
institution admins and which ones can't because all have a group
shortname.

The way forward is the following:

1. Add the institution shortname "mahara" to all manually created groups so that there are no error messages.
2. Implement an institution selector (like we have on Administration -> Users -> User search for example) so that site admins can filter the groups by institution to quickly download the CSV file with all the groups an institution can administer as well as group membership (currently in review).

Additional wishlist items are separately reported and don't form part of
this fix:

A. Make "Administer groups" available to institution administrators so
that they can see all the groups they can administer, similarly to the
"User search" page.

B. Allow the institution association to be changed so that institution
admins could take over a manually created group.

** Affects: mahara
     Importance: High
         Status: Confirmed

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1597133

Title:
  Add institution shortname to manually created groups

Status in Mahara:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In bug ​#826649 new functionality is introduced to Mahara so that all
  groups can have group shortnames and thus be updated via CSV files.
  The group shortname was not enough to add though as an institution
  shortname is needed as well.

  Currently, groups created by CSV have to be associated with an institution so that:
  1. Institution admins only create groups within their realm of administrative permissions.
  2. Institution admins can't bulk add users from other institutions to their group to prevent issues.
  3. web services calls can be made in the future to create groups and allow institutions to manage that.

  The problem though is that the current screen "Administer groups"
  doesn't say which groups belong to which institution making it
  difficult for a site administrator to see which groups can be updated
  by institution admins and which ones can't because all have a group
  shortname.

  The way forward is the following:

  1. Add the institution shortname "mahara" to all manually created groups so that there are no error messages.
  2. Implement an institution selector (like we have on Administration -> Users -> User search for example) so that site admins can filter the groups by institution to quickly download the CSV file with all the groups an institution can administer as well as group membership (currently in review).

  Additional wishlist items are separately reported and don't form part
  of this fix:

  A. Make "Administer groups" available to institution administrators so
  that they can see all the groups they can administer, similarly to the
  "User search" page.

  B. Allow the institution association to be changed so that institution
  admins could take over a manually created group.

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