[ARCHIVED] "Nicknames" in the new UI may be an Admin Nightmare

[kimberly_ellis]

<BUG HAS BEEN RESOLVED 4/4/16>

As you know, in the new Canvas UI, students can give their Course Cards "nicknames".  This is great for the student, but as an Admin it could be a nightmare.  When I search as an Admin to see what enrollments are listed for a student, the nicknames show up and the true course name is not there. (See attached image.)  I would prefer that Canvas let students change their "nicknames", but not reflect those "nicknames" on the Admin side.

Note: I asked my Canvas Project Manager about an Admin setting to turn this off, and there is not one for students.  There is an option to not allow instructors to change course names, however.  I understand that is a little different from the nicknames situation, though.

[tdelillo]

I had that fear as well, but I don't see the nicknames as an admin. I only see them when I masquerade as a student (which is still a little confusing, honestly). I just tested it in beta again to make sure, and looking at the account details page you have pictured, I see the actual name of the course, not the user-generated nickname. That's really weird.

[erinhmcmillan · Accepted solution]

Hi, Kimberly,

There was a bug that came up last release about admins being able to see student course nicknames. However, that behavior should be resolved, as I'm not able to reproduce it in my production environment this morning. Did you take that screenshot this morning?

Thanks,

Erin

[kona]

 @kimberly_ellis ​, I did a little testing in beta on this and I can see the nicknames if I'm looking at my personal courses under enrollment, but if I log in as a student and nickname a course and then look at it from admin view under enrollments I'm seeing the accurate/correct course name.

[kimberly_ellis]

 @kona  , erinhallmark​, and  @tdelillo ​

Thanks for your response!  I took the screenshot at the end of last week.  Thanks for letting me know about the bug, Erin.  I just tried again after getting your message and noticed it is not happening anymore.  GREAT!!!!!!

I am going to delete this post since it is irrelevant now.