Text in draft mode not obvious enough

[Allie Davidson]

This is a wishlist item

At my institution, we've had a number of students who have accidentally enabled the draft option for a text box on their portfolio page and then submitted the page/collection for grading to instructors. Both the instructor and student then are confused because the instructor cannot see the text and the student has no idea why.

I think the subtle yellow colouring of the text box is not enough of a "red flag" to students that their text is not visible to others.

I think this feature would be improved by having the word "Draft" following the title or alternatively, directly below the title. The "Draft" message would appear on both the editing page and the display page for the owner of the portfolio (see attached image).

Also, if possible, having a little extra information icon beside the "Draft" label would be great. The message accompanying this icon could say something like, "This text box is in draft mode. Only you can see this block, if others view your portfolio, this block will be invisible"

Thanks!

[Kristina Hoeppner (kris-hoeppner)]

Hi Allie,

Thanks for this report. Would you want to see an indicator for 'Draft' just in 'Edit' mode or also in 'Display' mode? A double encoding of the information would certainly be better rather than just relying on colour as that is not sufficient.

I'd like to mull over where to place 'Draft' and a potential info message as the block title is not always the best place for it, esp. when someone doesn't give their block a title, but aside from that, it's a great idea.

Thank you
Kristina

[Allie Davidson (allie-davidson)]

Hi Kristina,

I think it would be best to have the 'Draft' information displayed in both the 'Edit' and the 'Display' mode.

Makes sense, re: block title might not be the best place for the 'Draft' message. Perhaps between the title and the text could work (I think closer to the top is best so that users don't miss the message if the text box contains a lot of content that runs down below the browser window).

Allie