[LON-CAPA-admin] problem with exam upload in DOCS

[Nathan Schoenack]

I see that no one was too eager to jump on this one.  Good news.  It  
was fixed overnight by some magic or other unexplainable phenomenon.   
Call off the dogs.

-Nathan

On Sep 21, 2005, at 4:11 PM, Nathan Schoenack wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've got a very strange problem.  I imported a published document  
> (an exam upload problem) into DOCS in the Main Course Documents  
> area.  I uploaded the scores without any problems.  Then the  
> professor for which I was doing this found 3 errors in the key he  
> used to correct the problem.  So, I figured what I'd do was to make  
> a new problem (exam upload type again), and then upload the  
> corrected scores to this problem.
>
> However, when I remove the problem from DOCS (or hide it) and  
> import the new problem it won't show up in the NAV menu--all I see  
> is the old problem (even after deleting the folder and problem).   
> But it is definitely visible if I go through the DOCS menu.  While  
> in DOCS if I click on the new problem I get a message:
>
> LON-CAPA Access Control
>
> Access  : Browse resources
> Resource: /res/ndsu/physics/ExamUpload/ 
> Exam1_Scores_PHYS211_corrected.problem
> Action  : Invalid Access
>
> What's really irritating/confusing me is that if I log in as a  
> student I can see the new problem in my NAV menu, but when I click  
> on it I get the same error message as shown above.
>
> I've tried:
> 1. Re-initializing the course after every time I delete the problem  
> and if I import the new one
> 2. A different browser (same behavior with Firefox or Safari)
> 3. Re-publishing the problem.
>
> I feel I should mention that, for this new problem I wrote to  
> upload the corrected test scores, I just copied and pasted the XML  
> code...but the problem has a different name  
> (Exam1_Scores_PHYS211.problem vs.  
> Exam1_Scores_PHYS211_corrected.problem).  I also should mention  
> that if I click on the old problem I don't get a PGRD button in my  
> remote.
>
> I'm thoroughly confused and would greatly appreciate any help.   
> It's driving me nuts.
>
> Nathan Schoenack
> IT Research Support Specialist
> NDSU Physics
> (701) 231-7047
> nathan.schoenack at ndsu.edu
>
>
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Nathan Schoenack
IT Research Support Specialist
NDSU Physics
(701) 231-7047
nathan.schoenack at ndsu.edu