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Google Spreadsheet of Features under review
Potentially controversial items:
Brief Description | Implications or Concerns | Solution? |
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Synoptic tool | Assumes both Messages and Forums are being used, so that Messages values are displayed even if the tool isn't deployed. |
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UI changes | Presumably reduces training burden, but will force changes in user documentation | UI changes will be well documented in the independent Forums release. |
Mark messages read after "display all" is viewed | When you "display all" messages they aren't marked as read. This behavior has been confusing at a number of schools, it is non-standard discussion board behavior, but there is not a consensus that it is a problem. | "Display all" marks messages as read by default, so that the default behavior matches user expectations, but there is a property to optionally turn this off |
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