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+@core
+Feature: An appropriate authorised user can see custom user identity fields
+  on assignment areas.
+
+  Background:
+    Given the following "custom profile fields" exist:
+      | datatype  | shortname           | name                |
+      | text      | registrationnumber  | Registration Number |
+    And the following "users" exist:
+      | username | firstname | lastname | email           | department | registrationnumber | firstnamephonetic |
+      | teacher1 | Teacher   | 1        | teacher1@example.com |       |                    |                   |
+      | user1    | User      | One      | one@example.com | Attack     | 12345678901        | Yewzer            |
+      | user2    | User      | Two      | two@example.com | Defence    | 12345678902        | Yoozare           |
+    And the following "course enrolments" exist:
+      | user | course | role |
+      | teacher1 | C1 | editingteacher |
+      | user1 | C1 | student |
+    And the following "activity" exists:
+      | activity                                      | assign                  |
+      | course                                        | C1                      |
+      | name                                          | Test assignment name    |
+      | intro                                         | Submit your online text |
+      | submissiondrafts                              | 0                       |
+      | assignsubmission_onlinetext_enabled           | 1                       |
+    And the following "mod_assign > submissions" exist:
+      | assign                | user      | onlinetext                   |
+      | Test assignment name  | student1  | I'm the student1 submission  |
+    And I log in as "admin"
+
+  Scenario: Assignment grading table displays custom identity fields
+    When I am on the "Test assignment name" Activity page logged in as teacher1
+    And I follow "View all submissions"
+    Then I should see "Registration Number" in the "table" "css_element"
+    And I should see "12345678901"