We should think about if we really need to match lsf categories to moodle categories.
We are developing lsf unification currently only for our own moodle instance, where course categories do not have a special meaning.
If a teacher request a course with the default moodle course form it is possible to select a course category independently from any lsf categories.
We could copy this behavior to the lsf_unification course request. Currently a lsf course needs a existing matching to a moodle category before the teacher can request to create it in moodle.
Deleting the exisiting matching process we would have different advantages:
- no need to load and save the whole lsf category structure into own tables (with the
insert_missing_helptable_entries function)
- some of the database tables could be deleted
- we shrink the complexity of the plugin without loosing the core functionality of creating courses that are registered in the lsf
- no need for admins to create manual matchings. As teacher know best which category their course belongs to, they should decide it instead of the admins. Especially if teachers can set the course category on default course creations sthemselves too.
- Mails for "course category relocation" could be deleted. Admins do not have to manually change categories for single courses if the teacher wants to.
We should think about if we really need to match lsf categories to moodle categories.
We are developing lsf unification currently only for our own moodle instance, where course categories do not have a special meaning.
If a teacher request a course with the default moodle course form it is possible to select a course category independently from any lsf categories.
We could copy this behavior to the lsf_unification course request. Currently a lsf course needs a existing matching to a moodle category before the teacher can request to create it in moodle.
Deleting the exisiting matching process we would have different advantages:
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