Preferred Name Order: Given Family vs Family Given
bmcutler opened this issue · comments
What problem are you trying to solve with Submitty
When Submitty combines given & family names, we currently assumes "Given Family" is the correct order. But the preferred order of names varies in different areas of the world -- users may prefer the combined order "Family Given".
Describe the way you'd like to solve this problem
Allow students to specify in the profile which order their names should appear, when we display a combined name.
Describe any potential alternatives you'd tried to solve the problem
We are not currently storing the middle name. This may impact the flexibility in constructing the correct combined name. We may not be able to just assume that attaching the middle name after the given name is appropriate. E.g., "Given Middle Family" vs "Family Given Middle" vs. "Family Middle Given".
Adding a middle name is probably not necessary for teaching & grading. And we probably don't have a source of data for this (our direct registrar registration input does not include middle name).
Hi, we would like to work on this issue as a team along with issue #8436! @kyminbb @vwaddell @01-eric @jihyochung
I would like to work on this issue , if it's still open.
Hey, I would like to propose a solution , that is to use ask the user to choose a display name while signup which an be used. This avoids implementing a toggle switch for all users preferred orders.
Has this issue been solved?
Hey @bmcutler , is the issue still open? I would like to work on it