[LON-CAPA-dev] 2.2 cur status

Guy Albertelli II lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org
Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:41:54 -0400 (EDT)


Hi All,

2.2 status updates,


Bits in () are my comments on the current status of and item.

Things in the 'in progress' and 'still likely' lists have names
associated. Please let me know if I have something wrong or you
want/need a change.

There are some ? where I am uncertain.

Doneish:
  - BT even more less appendixy (grading queue, slots (multiple open/due))
  - presentation layer separation work

  - groups sectionesque (user can belong to multiple groups, normal PARM etc
                         limitations that apply to sections also apply to all
                         groups user belongs too, basically it's
                         like a user has multiple sections)

  - BT - install condition changes on s*
       - change text Done -> 'Next Item', Stop -> 'Quit Grading',
                     Cancel -> add to regrade
       - support the needed JS & CSS
       - add 'section specific slots'
       - PGRD needs to support display of BT grading history
       - separation of PGRD from 'queue grading'

  - FDBK
      - switch to radio button (so they can only send to a single location)
      - keep the user specified title
  - FC5 + 2.2
  - reformulating the <task> xml (some display oddities but functionally there)
  - track instructor for (PARM change log particularly) 
  - Apache 2 compatibility (FC5 seems to be working will be testing in
                            production cluster in July)
  - portfolio access controls (code not yet commited, to be done so today)

In progress:
 St - 'sub course' grouping 
           -  a group has a mini internal
              course associated with it, a sepearete
              discussion area, portfolio area,  chat area, etc.)
               (getting there 
                  - roster funtionality needed
                  - mail needs restrictions
                  - portfolio needs accessor linkages, permission checkings
                  - discusion board creation etc.)                
 Ri - instructors can return a file as part of the grading process
        (creation occurs, files show on problem and message returned,
         process somewhat buggy, portfolio needs to show old file) 
 St - Discussion groups (similar to Angel) where a Group
               really is a course with everything just renamed.
               (structure in place, more strings needs updating)
 Gu - SSO support
          (works, but need to provide SSO style logout, login in again link needs 
           to point to not /adm/login, login link goes to local server not login
           server, remote control users get stranded)
 Ge - implement accessibility changes
 Ma - ability to force some roles into the recent roles list
 Gu - slots + homework problems, (issues with sequence wide slots,
                                  multipart problems)

Not done but still likely:
 St  - searching portfolio metadata (stu/intsr), browsing public portfolio
 Gu  - in PGRD (grade an entire sequence) ability to specify the
             CODE that user had seen.
 St  - fine grained cloning choices
 St  - student initiated email based password changing
 Gu? - conditionals - stop punishing the student
 Gu  - BT - TA's need to be prioritized to grade users not in any of 
            their sections
          - don't allow grade of users without a checkout of a BT
          - CSV upload of parameters
 Ge? - FDBK
          - add ability to change the text associated with the general 
            fdbk locations
 Gu - students can see their previous submissions
 St - SuSE 10.1 install

Delayed:
 - student - roles screen enhancement 
                   (possibly show future? and hide expired?)
 - making it easier to change usernames
 - multiclick image response
 - clicker grant
 - QTI
 - sequences with 'random order' to resources
 - better 'snapshot' of what a student has done in a course 
    (problems done.. posts made.. mails sent... login times...)
 - Lon-capa time in menu mode somehow...
 - simple problem plagerism
 - BT - queue grading should be able to do any queue entry at all
 - better things than Exam Upload perhaps new chunk to GRDS
       for displaying external grading info 
       ( could very well end up delayed)
 - track instructor for DOCS


Decoupled from release schedule:
 - Camtasia training session help files for things that people want
               help for

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