edx-username-changer
A plugin to enable update usernames through admin panel in Open edX (and other apps that log into Open edX via OAuth). It only supports koa and latest releases of Open edX.
Installation
Installing Plugin
You can install it into any Open edX instance by using the following two methods:
To get the latest stable release from PyPI
pip install edx-username-changer
To get the latest commit from GitHub
pip install -e git+https://github.com/mitodl/edx-username-changer.git@master#egg=edx-username-changer
Configuring Plugin into Open edX
To configure this plugin, you need to do the following one step:
- Add/Enable a feature flag (ENABLE_EDX_USERNAME_CHANGER) into your environment variables (through lms.yml or studio.yml, depending upon where you are installing the plugin)
FEATURES:
...
...
ENABLE_EDX_USERNAME_CHANGER: true
...
How To Use
Its usage is as simple as changing the username of a user account through django's admin panel. Here are the steps (for clarity):
- Install
edx-username-changer
plugin. - Use an admin account to
access django admin
panel. - Go to
Users
model andselect an account
to change its username. - In the account editor page change the
username
field. - Hit
Save
(present at the bottom-right of page).
The whole process can be done on lms
or studio
or on both of them.