[LON-CAPA-dev] 7-11-06 meeting notes

Stuart Peter Raeburn lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org
Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:29:19 -0400


7/11/06 

Phil
 - algebra library
 - author calculus probs
 - user guide close to completion
A
 - training for new HS adopters
 - more additions to thedump
 - documentation (quick perl guide) 

Rick
 - version display in portfolio listing
A
 - complete versioning display 

Felicia
 - updated about.html (LON-CAPA info)
 - upgraded oscar to FC5
 - webtools with HS/MS science teachers
 - quick guide -> html -> word in readiness for Korean translation
A
 - Usability meeting with Jeff Grabil about manual/improved access.
 - algae problem coding
 - fred jacobs problem to use &checkstatus()
 - fix printing of help guide (PDF errors).
 - training for Sue to build manual after making additions (testing etc.)
 - attending lcttp training 14th
 - out 17th - 21st 

Gerd
 - worked with vendor 7/3-7/5 to restore s10 after hardware failure
 - contacted Dell and Tom Davis to discuss plans for redundancy "hot spare"?
 - nyu added to cluster
 - univ calif (campus?) added
 - new MI High School (Ovid-Elsie)
A
 - participant support money:
    guts workshop (e.g for Consortium members)?
 - working on papers
 - July 31st/Aug 1 LON-CAPA training for Korean physics teachers 

Mark
 - web tools for teachers
 - some nsf grant funding likely (CCLI)
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 - one grant decision pending
 - web tools for teachers 

Guy
 - 2.1.99.0 on MSU production servers
 - eliminate problems caused when speller window opened slowly
 - stop migrateuser from causing ISE
 - CSS work on error messages, lonnotify and coursegroups
 - other small bug fixes
A
 - 2.1.99.1 going out?
 - more bug fixing
 - Implementing OR 

Ron
 - ability to set print header format
 - LaTeX special characters
A 

Stuart
 - enforce group portfolio quota limits when creating new groups
 - passphrases can be entered by users to view portfolio files
 - coursegroups: can re-enable members with expired access
 - coursegroups: folders created automatically
 - course creation: owner identified by username:domain
 - FC5 installation instructions
A
 - advertisement of viewable public and passphrase protected portfolio files
 - course groups e-mail interface
 - course group privilege enforcement for discussions (lonfeedback)
 - install LON-CAPA on old laptop running FC5