[LON-CAPA-dev] PARMSET thoughts
Guy Albertelli II
lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:47:05 -0500 (EST)
Hi Mark,
> I really like the idea of a PARM area that looks like the ENRL area to
> some extent. I imagine an entry level screen with links (not buttons) such as:
>
I like though the labels you suggested here are a bit confusing
> Set/Modify Course Assessment Parameters
>
> Modify Course Assessment Parameters
I understand the difference beteween these two, but it is somewhat
unclear why youd pick one over the other.
> The old method of dealing with parameters would not be thrown away, but
> it would simply be one option, as before. Because of the navigation
> capabilities, you would not need all the extra crud at the top of the
> screen (which currently keeps the table from showing immediately).
Me likey.
> 'Enhanced Helper'
>
> While I know there are complaints about too many clicks (thus cram it on
> one page), I've been finding that I can tolerate extra clicks in things
> like printing when the defaults are intelligently set.
>
> Limited choices per page can cause less confusion.
>
> What about the following for a more advanced helper?
>
> Page 1: Set Parameters for whom:
>
> Everyone?
> Sections? Select
> Individual Students? Select
>
>
> Page 2: Set What Parameters? and for What groupings?
>
> Default for whole course?
> For Specific folder?
> For individual resources in folder?
> For individual parts of resources in folder?
>
> Show list of all possible parameters to set with check boxes
> Allow buttons to unset or set all.
> REMEMBER the selection for the defaults for the next visit so they
> don't necessarily have to be set again.
>
> Page2b: If Folder, then present something to select the folder.
> If on its own page, might be able to find something less cumbersome
> than dropdown box, but relatively compact.
The helper has a mode for doing this, if you run through the access
times one let me know what you think.
> Page 3: Overview-like page that presents the options requested all on
> one page.
>
> - downside, requires submit button to make sure everything 'takes'
> - downside, parameters want an initial default filled in, but
> may not be set - don't want to set extraneous parameters
> + everything set on one page, things like select date calendars can
> be incorporated
Sounds good, I am not sure the downsides are as bad as you make them
out to be...
> As an aside, several of the faculty from U of I had very positive things
> to say about Dennis Kane's 'Tycho' parameter setting and gradebook.
Hrrm, doesn't appear to be anyway for me to see these. I can try out
problems but not much beyond that.
I like the 'Help!' problems.
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guy@albertelli.com LON-CAPA Developer 0-7-3-2-