Add Group Community TA to audience for content_reported notifications in cohorted courses #489
Description
Add Group Community TA to audience for content_reported notifications in cohorted courses
Summary
The content_reported notification currently includes Discussion Admins, Discussion Moderators, and Community TAs in its audience. However, Group Community TAs are not included, even though they have moderation visibility within their assigned cohorts in cohorted courses.
This issue proposes adding Group Community TAs to the content_reported notification audience in a cohort-aware way.
Background / Problem
In courses that use cohorts and divided discussions, Group Community TAs are responsible for moderating content within specific cohorts. When content is reported in a cohort-specific context, Group Community TAs for that cohort should be notified so they can take timely action.
Today:
- Discussion Admins, Discussion Moderators, and Community TAs receive
content_reportednotifications. - Group Community TAs do not receive these notifications, even when the reported content is in a cohort they are responsible for.
This creates a gap between moderation responsibilities and notification coverage.
Proposed Solution
Introduce a new audience filter in the Notifications app:
Filter class name
GroupTAinCohortFilter
Audience filter parameter (example)
{
"cohort_for_group_tas": [<cohort_id>]
}Expected behavior
- The filter takes a list of cohort IDs.
- It returns all Group Community TA user IDs assigned to those cohorts for the given course.
- These user IDs should be appended to the existing audience for the
content_reportednotification.
Important Constraint: General Topic
If the reported content is in a General topic (visible to all learners),
Group Community TAs MUST NOT be included.
They should only receive notifications when the reported content belongs to a cohort they are assigned to.
Questions for the Community
- Does this behavior make sense for most Open edX deployments?
- Any privacy, operational, or performance concerns?
- Should this be:
- a global config toggle, or
- a course-specific configuration?
Acceptance Criteria (Proposed)
- A new filter
GroupTAinCohortFilterexists. - Group Community TAs assigned to a cohort are notified for cohort-specific
content_reportedevents. - Group Community TAs are not notified for General topic reports.
- Documentation is updated.
Internal Reference
Internal edX/2U ticket: ACT-400 — Add Group Community TA to audience for content_reported notification for cohorted courses.
Opening this issue to gather community feedback and find contributors interested in implementing this improvement.
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