[Using Sakai] Customizable tab names

[Branden Visser]

Thanks for your reply Keli. Please see comments below.

kamann at stanford.edu wrote:
> Hi Brandon
> Yes, this was a possibility that was raised by a student in our MISI. I have no idea how doable it is but our courses tabs are named after their official course number and quarter/year which is not always how they think of it, so I thought it was an interesting idea. Why do you ask?
> 

I'm asking because we are asked frequently for this feature, so I'm 
trying to figure out if it would be adopted into the Sakai source code 
so we don't maintain the feature ourselves for life.. I have been tasked 
with developing the feature, so am willing to do so if that's the case.

> The other issue raised was the fact that these sort alphabetically, such that an entering freshman going from the fall to winter quarter this year will not have the most recent courses showing in tabs by default (f09 sorts before w10)--they will have to go into preferences, which takes them a while to figure out. We were thinking about having this sort automatically with most recent classes first but won't have bandwidth to start till spring, maybe summer.
> 

Do your students maintain membership to past courses after they are 
complete? We have a policy to close old course sites, so students only 
have access to the current sites.

Thanks,
Branden

> Keli Amann
> User Experience Specialist
> Stanford University