[Building Sakai] Control number of users in Sakai sites

[alaanizar at iihem.ac.ma]

Hello,

I created a JIRA for this issue: SAK-26624

Thank you Steve, sooo much!


Yours,
Alaa NIZAR



> This would be pretty simple to do if it was global
configuration like you
> suggested in sakai properties. In the kernel a check could be
added before
> adding a user and throw a specific error if the limit had been reached.
> This should cover all cases of adding a user, site info, joining a site,
> profile
site crwation and invitation, Web services,  etc.
> 
> The problem with doing it
via webservices is that you would need to modify
> the various tools that can add users to
sites.
> 
> File a jira!
> 
> Cheers
> Steve
> 
> sent from my mobile device
> On 09/07/2014 2:56 AM, "Alaa NIZAR"
<alaanizar at iihem.ac.ma> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> Definitely yes.
>>
>> A new feature will take more time and resources to be done.
>>
>> I hope if there is a work around it.
>>
>> I
thought of a new link tool, with php. The idea is to let the site owner
>> add/remove
participants through forms and webservices.
>>
>> The control with be done
softly in php nothing to do with sakai code at
>> all.
>>
>> What
do you think?
>>
>> Yours,
>> Alaa
>>
>>
>> Sent from Samsung Mobile
>>
>>
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>>
From: Neal Caidin
>> Date:08/07/2014 16:51
(GMT+00:00)
>> To: alaanizar at iihem.ac.ma
>> Cc: sakai-dev
>>
Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Control number of users in Sakai sites
>>
>>
Hi Alaa,
>>
>> To clarify, I believe you are hoping such a feature exists or
that
>> something relatively easy could be modified to create this capability?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Neal
>>
>>
>>  
alaanizar at iihem.ac.ma
>>  July 8, 2014 at 12:16 PM
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We have a special use case that I want to share with you and try to
find
>> solutions for it:
>>
>> I have normal project sites, that
users can create by their own. Those
>> type of sites, and because they are available
to anyone in the system to
>> create, can grow high. I want to limit the number of
users in this type of
>> sites to a configurable number.
>> Whereas online
courses are created by the admin and the site owner can
>> add/remove participants.
Because those type of sites use BigBlueButton as
>> video conferencing solution, I want
to limit the number of members that the
>> site owner can add.
>> Yet, I
want Tutoring type of site to be limited to no more than 10
>> students.
>>
>> Ideally, I should be some configuration like this:
>>
>> max.participants.count=4
>> max.participants.project=20
>>
max.participants.course=50
>> max.participants.onlinecourse=30
>>
max.participants.tutoring=10
>>
>> This way, the number of users per site is
shown on the site setup tool,
>> while adding participants.
>>
>>
This must be set by the sakai admin, with the possibility to change it per
>> created
site, just like how site quota works.
>>
>> Besides, we are not using any
roster or student systems.
>>
>> To put it simple, **It's a quota for site
members.**
>>
>> Yours,
>> Alaa NIZAR
>>
>>
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