openedx / openedx/openedx-platform
Inconsistencies in studio and lms interface to add Admin/Staff users
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Description
Currently there are two ways to add an user as a course staff/admin. Either through the instructor dashboard in LMS, or through the Studio.
In Studio, if an unenrolled user is added as the course staff, the user is auto enrolled, even though the message in the Studio Course team page says otherwise (It says "All course team members can access content in Studio, the LMS, and Insights, but are not automatically enrolled in the course")
However, in LMS, if an unenrolled user is added as the course staff, the user is NOT auto-enrolled. Although the message there says that only enrolled users can have course team roles. https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/pull/32561 is set to fix this by checking for user enrollment before adding them to the team.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked pull request #32561, then compare the Studio Course team page and the LMS instructor dashboard behavior described in the issue. Done means the enrollment requirement and user-facing messages are consistent when adding unenrolled course staff or admins.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100