[#11865] Add to instructor help: 'Can I use a different team structur…

…e for different sessions?' (#11870)
TEAMMATES · Jun 30, 2022 · 4d1916c · 4d1916c
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diff --git a/...elp-page/instructor-help-sessions-section/instructor-help-sessions-section.component.html b/...elp-page/instructor-help-sessions-section/instructor-help-sessions-section.component.html
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ <h4 *ngIf="displaySubsection(0, 9)">Setting Up Sessions</h4>
     </ol>
   </tm-instructor-help-panel>
   <!-- Question -->
-  <tm-instructor-help-panel class="instr-help-qn-last" #question [hidden]="key && !showQuestion.includes(SessionsSectionQuestions.CHANGE_VISIBILITY_AFTER_SESSION_START)"
+  <tm-instructor-help-panel #question [hidden]="key && !showQuestion.includes(SessionsSectionQuestions.CHANGE_VISIBILITY_AFTER_SESSION_START)"
                             [id]="SessionsSectionQuestions.CHANGE_VISIBILITY_AFTER_SESSION_START"
                             [section]="Sections.sessions"
                             headerText="Can I change the visibility settings of questions after the session has started?"
@@ -320,6 +320,30 @@ <h4 *ngIf="displaySubsection(0, 9)">Setting Up Sessions</h4>
       Changing the visibility later would be like 'breaking a promise' you made earlier.
     </p>
   </tm-instructor-help-panel>
+  <!-- Question -->
+  <tm-instructor-help-panel class="instr-help-qn-last" #question [hidden]="key && !showQuestion.includes(SessionsSectionQuestions.DIFFERENT_TEAM_STRUCTURE)"
+                            [id]="SessionsSectionQuestions.DIFFERENT_TEAM_STRUCTURE"
+                            [section]="Sections.sessions"
+                            headerText="Can I use a different team structure for different sessions in the same course?"
+                            [(isPanelExpanded)]="questionsToCollapsed[SessionsSectionQuestions.DIFFERENT_TEAM_STRUCTURE]">
+    <p>
+      Currently it is not possible.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      If you change the team structure midway, the new team structure will apply to all current/past sessions as well, and will cause any 'incompatible' responses (e.g., responses submitted in relation to a team that no longer exists) to be deleted automatically.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Workarounds (neither is optimal, unfortunately):
+    </p>
+    <ol class="different-team-ol">
+      <li>
+        Create a different course for each team structure you want to support.
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        Keep changing the team structure as necessary but download the existing responses before changing it -- this works only if it is not important for students to be able to view responses to past sessions.
+      </li>
+    </ol>
+  </tm-instructor-help-panel>
 
   <!-- Section -->
   <h4 *ngIf="displaySubsection(9, 17)">Managing Session Responses</h4>

diff --git a/...elp-page/instructor-help-sessions-section/instructor-help-sessions-section.component.scss b/...elp-page/instructor-help-sessions-section/instructor-help-sessions-section.component.scss
@@ -70,3 +70,14 @@ button {
     }
   }
 }
+
+.different-team-ol {
+  list-style-type: none;
+  counter-reset: elementcounter;
+  padding-left: 0;
+
+  li::before {
+    content: "Alternative " counter(elementcounter) ": ";
+    counter-increment: elementcounter;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/...-help/instructor-help-page/instructor-help-sessions-section/sessions-section-questions.ts b/...-help/instructor-help-page/instructor-help-sessions-section/sessions-section-questions.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ export enum SessionsSectionQuestions {
    */
   CHANGE_VISIBILITY_AFTER_SESSION_START = 'change-visibility-after-session-start',
 
+  /**
+   * Can I use a different team structure for different sessions in the same course?
+   */
+  DIFFERENT_TEAM_STRUCTURE = 'different-team-structure',
+
   /**
    * Can students edit responses they submitted earlier?
    */