[LON-CAPA-users] List of Slot participants

[Stuart Raeburn]

Hi,

> I want to get a well-formatted list of the students enlisted. Not just
> the table, but something exportable. Is that possible?

Not currently.  The slot management page available to Course  
Coordinators needs to be modified to include an additional option -  
type of output (HTML, CSV or Excel) - to allow creation of a file  
containing lists of students who have self-scheduled slot(s) if either  
the CSV or Excel options are selected.

> I would like to associate one TA with each slot (i.e., every slot should
> have its TA). I want the TA to be able to access the students list,
> without giving him the rights to also change all slots and all course
> parameters.

This would require modifying LON-CAPA to include an additional  
attribute for a slot (e.g., Viewer) which could contain  
username:domain for users allowed to view which students had scheduled  
a particular slot.  One TA/slot could be enforced by the Course  
Coordinator by only including one user as a Viewer for a particular  
slot.

> Can the students see which slot they are in after the slot registration
> is closed?

Several changes were made for LON-CAPA version 2.9 (which should be  
officially announced fairly soon) to allow students to display  
information about their current reservations.  A PDF of my  
presentation at the 2009 LON-CAPA conference includes some screenshots  
of the student interface (e.g., a "Manage Reservations" icon  has been  
added to the Main Menu - when in course context with a student role).

See: http://loncapa.org/presentations/new_in_29.pdf

Students can also display a log of their own slot reservation history.

Stuart Raeburn
MSU LON-CAPA group

> Hi,
>
> I use slots to allow students to distribute themselves into tutoring
> groups. While this works pretty ok, I have some issues with it:
>
> I want to get a well-formatted list of the students enlisted. Not just
> the table, but something exportable. Is that possible?
>
> I would like to associate one TA with each slot (i.e., every slot should
> have its TA). I want the TA to be able to access the students list,
> without giving him the rights to also change all slots and all course
> parameters. If the association doesn't work, I'd settle for TA's to be
> able to see the students lists of all slots.
>
> Can the students see which slot they are in after the slot registration
> is closed?
>
> I suppose I don't use slots as intended by their creator; still, I'd be
> grateful for any pointers.
>
> Thanks
> Bj?rn B