update front end to support selection and display of cohort ids

lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from courseware.access import has_access
 
 from urllib import urlencode
 from operator import methodcaller
-from django_comment_client.permissions import check_permissions_by_view
+from django_comment_client.permissions import check_permissions_by_view, cached_has_permission
 from django_comment_client.utils import (merge_dict, extract, strip_none,
                                          strip_blank, get_courseware_context)
 
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ def forum_form_discussion(request, course_id):
             'course_id': course.id,
             'category_map': category_map,
             'roles': saxutils.escape(json.dumps(utils.get_role_ids(course_id)), escapedict),
+            'is_moderator': cached_has_permission(request.user, "see_all_cohorts", course_id),
         }
         # print "start rendering.."
         return render_to_response('discussion/index.html', context)

lms/templates/discussion/_new_post.html

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
                     %elif course.metadata.get("allow_anonymous_to_peers", False):
                         <input type="checkbox" name="anonymous_to_peers" class="discussion-anonymous-to-peers" id="new-post-anonymous-to-peers"><label for="new-post-anonymous-to-peers">post anonymously to classmates</label>
                     %endif
+                    % if true:
                     <div class="form-group-label">
                         Make visible to:
                         <select class="group-filter-select"> 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
                             <option value="g2">Group 2</option>
                         </select>
                     </div>
+                    %endif
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="right-column">