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ashoush
Posts: 25
Posted 11:23 Nov 03, 2009 |

Hi,

 

There  is a required field in Assignments table, called 'Short Name'. Anybody knows what the purpose of this field is, and should it be filled automatically somehow, or by the user?

 

Thanks.

cysun
Posts: 2935
Posted 11:39 Nov 03, 2009 |

Short name is just used for displaying column names on the viewStudents page - long column name make the table look ugly. An instructor can provide a short name when he or she creates an assignment. If a short name is not provided, AssignmentValidator automatically sets it to be the same as the assignment name.