[Building Sakai] Control number of users in Sakai sites

Mon Oct 13 02:11:53 PDT 2014

Hello community,

any news on this feature?

the Jira is SAK-26624.

yours,
Alaa

> Yeah it just makes it the 'official' answer. plus it awards the points :)
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 9:41 PM, <alaanizar at iihem.ac.ma> wrote:
>
>> Hello Steve,
>>
>> I've done it right now. I wasn't aware of this acceptance button!
>>
>> What is it for? Is it a kind of useful or not useful!!!
>>
>> yours,
>> Alaa Nizar
>>
>>
>>
>> > Yep I'll have a look into this. You should 'accept' the answer on stack
>> > overflow too :)
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Alaa NIZAR <alaanizar at iihem.ac.ma>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello Steve,
>> >>
>> >> I'm writing to yoy about this feature. I filled the Jira as suggested.
>> >>
>> >> Could you please look at it, and hopefully dedicated some time and
>> effort
>> >> to make possible for inclusion in Sakai 10.1?
>> >>
>> >> Can you make it, please?
>> >>
>> >> Yours,
>> >> Alaa Nizar
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sent from Samsung Mobile
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -------- Original message --------
>> >>
>> From: Steve Swinsburg
>> >> Date:09/07/2014 05:31 (GMT+00:00)
>> >> To: alaanizar
>> >> Cc: Neal Caidin ,sakai-dev
>> >> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Control number of users in Sakai sites
>> >>
>> >> 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
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> -------- Original message --------
>> >>>
>> 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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