detect students who have changed their email address #5

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manuel · 2025-09-09T13:09:48+08:00

manuel commented

2025-09-09 13:09:48 +08:00

sjtu canvas doesn't use/set jaccount anywhere, aside of the email field which can be changed by students. ATM teapot simply reports an error when trying to import students.

some kind of dry-run option that list failing students would be good. this option could list the student name and current email address, together with a sample email body. then TAs could copy/paste it and directly contact students to ask them to revert back to sjtu email address.

other suggestions/ideas to work around the issue are welcome.

notes:

sjtu will not show jaccount. we tried but they rejected the idea arguing jaccount remains the same while studnet ID changes between undergraduate and graduate studies (ie. 2 different accounts (sudent id) should not share the same info (jaccount))
the only way to detect the jaccount is to use the email address
JOJ health check already rejects all non-sjtu email address (when committing)

sjtu canvas doesn't use/set `jaccount` anywhere, aside of the email field which can be changed by students. ATM teapot simply reports an error when trying to import students. some kind of dry-run option that list failing students would be good. this option could list the student name and current email address, together with a sample email body. then TAs could copy/paste it and directly contact students to ask them to revert back to sjtu email address. other suggestions/ideas to work around the issue are welcome. notes: - sjtu will not show jaccount. we tried but they rejected the idea arguing jaccount remains the same while studnet ID changes between undergraduate and graduate studies (ie. 2 different accounts (sudent id) should not share the same info (jaccount)) - the only way to detect the jaccount is to use the email address - JOJ health check already rejects all non-sjtu email address (when committing)

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闵政杰523370910252 was assigned by manuel

2025-09-09 13:09:48 +08:00

manuel commented

2025-09-09 13:34:37 +08:00

Sample email draft:

Dear Student,

We have noticed that you have changed your email address on Canvas. While this can clearly cause privacy issues, this also prevents you from joining Gitea which will be intensively used in this course. Please revert back to your SJTU email address (`jaccount@sjtu.edu.cn`) as soon as possible. Note that if your email address is still incorrect in 24 hours, we will have to apply penalties as this is slowing down the whole course progress.

Best regards,
Teaching Team

Sample email draft: ``` Dear Student, We have noticed that you have changed your email address on Canvas. While this can clearly cause privacy issues, this also prevents you from joining Gitea which will be intensively used in this course. Please revert back to your SJTU email address (`jaccount@sjtu.edu.cn`) as soon as possible. Note that if your email address is still incorrect in 24 hours, we will have to apply penalties as this is slowing down the whole course progress. Best regards, Teaching Team ```

manuel commented

2025-09-09 18:18:45 +08:00

done, closing

manuel closed this issue

2025-09-09 18:18:49 +08:00

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