import logging from django.contrib.auth.models import User from django.db import models log = logging.getLogger(__name__) class CourseUserGroup(models.Model): """ This model represents groups of users in a course. Groups may have different types, which may be treated specially. For example, a user can be in at most one cohort per course, and cohorts are used to split up the forums by group. """ class Meta: unique_together = (('name', 'course_id'), ) name = models.CharField(max_length=255, help_text=("What is the name of this group? " "Must be unique within a course.")) users = models.ManyToManyField(User, db_index=True, related_name='course_groups', help_text="Who is in this group?") # Note: groups associated with particular runs of a course. E.g. Fall 2012 and Spring # 2013 versions of 6.00x will have separate groups. course_id = models.CharField(max_length=255, db_index=True, help_text="Which course is this group associated with?") # For now, only have group type 'cohort', but adding a type field to support # things like 'question_discussion', 'friends', 'off-line-class', etc COHORT = 'cohort' GROUP_TYPE_CHOICES = ((COHORT, 'Cohort'),) group_type = models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=GROUP_TYPE_CHOICES)