Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] Meeting Notes 8-23-2007

From: "Stuart Peter Raeburn" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:08:23 -0400

8-23-2007 

Felicia -  Sent feedback to Phil about student guide
 - med school exams - tables needed fixing up so they print.
 - testing window resizing in IE 7 (edit XML)
 - mock-ups for AIS for SSO log-in
A - Put latest QuickGuide link on lon-capa.msu.edu
and help.lon-capa.org
 - Update link to Exam Quick Guide to Exam manual (or just
remove link?)
 - Update Med School Spreadsheet to use &EXT('resource.filename')
 - Update Student Guide on lon-capa.msu.edu
 - training 9/5
 - discussions about generic/custom "getting started guide" in
domain config. 

Mark - bs111 meeting - publisher provided ANGEL -compatible
content. Can we import it?
 -  NSF STEP proposal with CollofEng. to improve retention of
engineering students -  online calculus materials (technology
for early intervention etc.)
A - STEP proposal
 - other grant proposals 

Rick - bug 4058 - grade a set of N of M sections. Feedback
requested
A - bug list 

Guy - large text area size maximization on resize (editxml,
SPRS cell etc.) trigger on vertical resize fails on Windows, other
triggers work, vertical works on other OSs
 - HTML editor in CSTR now warns on unsaved changes.
 - more file extension <-> file type mapping
 - SSO logout works for multi-domain machines
 - improve analyze_target to assist with printing
 - parmset cache cleaning more robust
 - @ now supported in usernames for authors
A - gnuplot 4.2 testing
 - complete random order
 - course cloning needs to catch exceptions better
 - look for a maintained open source wysiwig editor to replace
current one.
 - language support - look at tags
 - click-on-image in .page 

Stuart - cse101.lite migration (switch 8/23 evening)
 - replied to Gerd's hardware purchase request
 - enroll single student -> switch to new user creator
interface
 - helped get Institutional Directory search implemented at FSU
 - access servers running F7, s10 running latest kernel
 - mount-cifs updated (1.50), script to mount student photos volume updated
 - login help page (SSO vs non-SSO) updated
A- rebuild templite18.lite
 - namespacing of LON-CAPA usernames
 - eliminate filesystemauth as an authentication mechanism for new users
 - IMS <img>
 - IMS ANGEL 7?
 - "begins with" search type in User search 

Gerd - slot documentation
 - new domains 

Ron - add bubble lines to analyze hash.
 - scantron validation of multiple lines for one radiobutton
response 

Phil - some lonplot entity and symbol work
 - student guide screenshots
 - looking for more resources for template course
 - ill
A - import resources into template course
 - more lonplot entities
 - assorted work 

NOTE:  ******
Weekly meetings moved to Wednesday 10 am Eastern time starting 8/29.