Use a default value for coursework LOs

[illicitonion]

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Previously we were using a placeholder, instead of a value, and this means that the moment you type something the placeholder disappears, and you probably can't remember what format you were meant to use.

[AdenJones123]

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[SallyMcGrath]

I'm not 100% sure about this because it means you will get dummy values being printed to the view when people aren't paying attention.

Should it be paired with a check in common theme to prevent this? What do you think? 🤔

[illicitonion]

I'm not 100% sure about this because it means you will get dummy values being printed to the view when people aren't paying attention.

Yeah, that's definitely a risk :( I wish GitHub issues allowed us to do some validation on submitted values!

Should it be paired with a check in common theme to prevent this? What do you think? 🤔

Yeah, I like the idea of adding some checks when we consume these to make sure they're filled out as we expect. Ideally we could have a GitHub Action run between someone trying to add an issue and them being able to add it which could give them real-time feedback as they're creating the issue, but given we can't do that, anything that means a responsible person notices something's missing/wrong and can act on it is useful.