Add default values for metadata fields

[mtneug]

Certain metadata fields could receive default values:

• title: name of the file
• licence / rights / etc: default per instructor or course
• ...

[Zhoha28]

Has this issue been solved yet? if not can you please assign it to me, I would like to work on this issue

[NinaHerrmann]

Hey, any help is appreciated so feel free to take the issue 🙂 👍

[Zhoha28]

@NinaHerrmann @mtneug I am a little confused as to which files and what are to be updated, can you guys just guide me. I will make the necessary changes, I just need some guidance for the same

[NinaHerrmann]

Hey @Zhoha28, I fear we do not have the time to completely guide you through it. Having a default licence per user requires an additional setting for users. I am not completely sure how the second one can be realized. I would guess you can build a Javascript which automatically inserts the name into the field in case it is empty.
Best regards,
Nina

[mtneug]

It could be sufficient to store the last used value for some of the metadata in a local data store of the browser. I would keep it simple and not change the backend code. Note that metadata fields are configurable so a generic solution would be necessary. Title would be a special case coming from the filename.

[ferishili]

Hey @TamaraGunkel,
what is the current state of this issue?
Would you please assign it to me, if it is possible?
Thanks in advance

[TamaraGunkel]

I think you can just have a look at the metadata fields and check where we already have default values and where not.
I guess you can decide yourself where default values might be helpful but we can discuss them also here if you want.

[ferishili]

@TamaraGunkel, I can think of a new db table that can store the latest metadata inputs from the user/pre-defined default values and use those input values later on as default. What do you think?
The table structure would be simply a course_id and a text field to store the metadata values as JSON format!

[TamaraGunkel]

I think saving the defaults per course is a bit overkill, per user should be fine.
So a table with user id and default values should work.
However, I just realized that teachers only see the required fields while the others are hidden.
I think setting default values for hidden fields is dangerous because they are usually not checked by the teachers.
Thus I think we should only set default values for the required fields.