[Using Sakai] Restricting access by group in new forums

[David Doria]

Thanks Amber! I'll try that next time. All I see for the version is 2.6.x.

David


On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Amber D. Evans <adevans at vt.edu> wrote:
> David,
>
> I noticed that sometimes that would happen to forums I was working on, and I
> wasn't sure why.  What I did learn was that if it left draft format and was
> published (visible), and could then revoked it back to draft, change the
> permission settings, save it, and published it, it would seem to clear up
> the issue.  I was never really sure if it was a problem with our system or
> with my computer and cache since I wasn't able to replicate this exact
> problem each and every time.
>
> Other folks may have a better technical explanation.  Out of curiousity,
> what version are you using?  Sakai 2.6.2?
>
> Sincerely,
> Amber D. Evans
>
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Instructional Design and Technology
> Virginia Tech
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> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:16 PM, David Doria <daviddoria at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In Site Info->Manage Groups, have two groups. I want to create forum
>> discussion for each group, and disallow one group to see the others
>> discussion.
>>
>> This seems to work properly for newly created forums, but in forums
>> that I copy from a different site, people in either group can see all
>> of the discussions.
>>
>> In Forum Settings, I have set the Roles as follows:
>> Student: None
>> Group A: Contributor
>> Group B: None
>>
>> Is there a way to restrict this access to existing forums?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David
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