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edx-platform/common/djangoapps/course_groups/models.py
2013-01-24 15:12:52 -05:00

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from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.db import models
class CourseUserGroup(models.Model):
"""
This model represents groups of users in a course. Groups may have different types,
which may be treated specially. For example, a user can be in at most one cohort per
course, and cohorts are used to split up the forums by group.
"""
class Meta:
unique_together = (('name', 'course_id'), )
name = models.CharField(max_length=255,
help_text=("What is the name of this group? "
"Must be unique within a course."))
users = models.ManyToManyField(User, db_index=True, related_name='course_groups',
help_text="Who is in this group?")
# Note: groups associated with particular runs of a course. E.g. Fall 2012 and Spring
# 2013 versions of 6.00x will have separate groups.
course_id = models.CharField(max_length=255, db_index=True,
help_text="Which course is this group associated with?")
# For now, only have group type 'cohort', but adding a type field to support
# things like 'question_discussion', 'friends', 'off-line-class', etc
COHORT = 'cohort'
GROUP_TYPE_CHOICES = ((COHORT, 'Cohort'),)
group_type = models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=GROUP_TYPE_CHOICES)
def get_cohort(user, course_id):
"""
Given a django User and a course_id, return the user's cohort. In classes with
auto-cohorting, put the user in a cohort if they aren't in one already.
Arguments:
user: a Django User object.
course_id: string in the format 'org/course/run'
Returns:
A CourseUserGroup object if the User has a cohort, or None.
"""
try:
group = CourseUserGroup.objects.get(course_id=course_id,
group_type=CourseUserGroup.COHORT,
users__id=user.id)
except CourseUserGroup.DoesNotExist:
group = None
if group:
return group
# TODO: add auto-cohorting logic here
return None
def get_course_cohorts(course_id):
"""
Get a list of all the cohorts in the given course.
Arguments:
course_id: string in the format 'org/course/run'
Returns:
A list of CourseUserGroup objects. Empty if there are no cohorts.
"""
return list(CourseUserGroup.objects.filter(course_id=course_id,
group_type=CourseUserGroup.COHORT))