question about RStudio Community settings

dromano · March 16, 2020, 12:58pm

Hi, my university is closing so we can move our courses online because of Covid-19, and I was hoping to set up an RStudio Community-style Discourse site for course in my department. I set up a temporary one to test out, but I can't figure out what settings will allow me how to mimic the RStudio Community setup -- is there a way to find out? @Robby, do you know?

mara · March 16, 2020, 3:15pm

EDIT Whoops! Accidentally gave you the same link twice!

I think @EconomiCurtis might be the best one to answer this question, but there are a few valuable threads on this kind of thing in the Discours meta site:

Examples:

github.com

discourse/discourse/blob/main/config/site_settings.yml

# Available options:
#
# default            - The default value of the setting. For upload site settings, use the id of the upload seeded in db/fixtures/010_uploads.rb.
# client             - Set to true if the javascript should have access to this setting's value.
# refresh            - Set to true if clients should refresh when the setting is changed.
# min                - For a string setting, the minimum length. For an integer setting, the minimum value.
# max                - For a string setting, the maximum length. For an integer setting, the maximum value.
# regex              - A regex that the value must match.
# validator          - The name of the class that will be use to validate the value of the setting.
# allow_any          - For choice settings allow items not specified in the choice list (default true)
# secret             - Set to true if input type should be password and value needs to be scrubbed from logs (default false).
# enum               - The setting has a fixed set of allowed values, and only one can be chosen.
#                      Set to the class name that defines the set.
# locale_default     - A hash which overrides according to `SiteSetting.default_locale`.
#                      The key should be as the same as possible value of default_locale.
#
#
# type: email    - Must be a valid email address.
# type: username - Must match the username of an existing user.
# type: list     - A list of values, chosen from a set of valid values defined in the choices option.

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EconomiCurtis · March 16, 2020, 6:52pm

I think I might be the best person to help up with that kind of setup. I'll send you a DM and let's chat.

I think the big things are:

Training
- Guide for students: https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-new-user-guide/96331. With emphasis on markdown formatting.
- Guide for mod level folks: https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-moderation-guide/63116
Trust levels
- Make sure your students are quickly elevated above TL0. Otherwise they'll be restricted with what they can do. You can do this via groups.
- Setup your TAs/support folks as TL4, or sustainers on rstudio. This gives them extra powers that'll be helpful.
Groups - If you are dealing with multiple classes and sections, strongly considering creating a group for each.
- You'll need to set permissions on the class correctly. So anyone can join.
- You can use groups to automatically boost people to the right trust level. So one moderator group (to tl4) and your class groups ensure people get bumped to TL1 or 2.
- You can use the group as yoru invitation vehicle, eg join your classes group at https://forum.posit.co/g/MyClass
- You can use the group as a handy tool for mass notifications.
Gotchas
- Make sure smart quotes are turned off (https://meta.discourse.org/t/smart-quotes-in-topics/86270)

system · April 27, 2020, 6:52pm

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