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Course-specific overrides for some global options

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easy enhancement
Dominant language
Ruby
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Description

Make it possible to override in a course most/some settings that are now global (config/site.yml). See where this makes sense.

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Research direction

Start by reading config/site.yml and tracing how its global settings are loaded and consumed by courses. The issue does not identify which settings should be overridable or define completion criteria, so the scope and desired behavior need clarification before implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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