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edx-platform/common/djangoapps/course_groups/tests/helpers.py

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"""
Helper methods for testing cohorts.
"""
from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
from xmodule.modulestore import ModuleStoreEnum
def topic_name_to_id(course, name):
"""
Given a discussion topic name, return an id for that name (includes
course and url_name).
"""
return "{course}_{run}_{name}".format(
course=course.location.course,
run=course.url_name,
name=name
)
def config_course_cohorts(course, discussions,
cohorted,
cohorted_discussions=None,
auto_cohort=None,
auto_cohort_groups=None):
"""
Given a course with no discussion set up, add the discussions and set
the cohort config appropriately.
Arguments:
course: CourseDescriptor
discussions: list of topic names strings. Picks ids and sort_keys
automatically.
cohorted: bool.
cohorted_discussions: optional list of topic names. If specified,
converts them to use the same ids as topic names.
auto_cohort: optional bool.
auto_cohort_groups: optional list of strings
(names of groups to put students into).
Returns:
Nothing -- modifies course in place.
"""
def to_id(name):
return topic_name_to_id(course, name)
topics = dict((name, {"sort_key": "A",
"id": to_id(name)})
for name in discussions)
course.discussion_topics = topics
d = {"cohorted": cohorted}
if cohorted_discussions is not None:
d["cohorted_discussions"] = [to_id(name)
for name in cohorted_discussions]
if auto_cohort is not None:
d["auto_cohort"] = auto_cohort
if auto_cohort_groups is not None:
d["auto_cohort_groups"] = auto_cohort_groups
course.cohort_config = d
try:
# Not implemented for XMLModulestore, which is used by test_cohorts.
modulestore().update_item(course, ModuleStoreEnum.UserID.test)
except NotImplementedError:
pass