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version 1.73, 2001/04/01 05:37:16 version 1.122, 2001/09/08 19:02:21
Line 10  c Continual Line 10  c Continual
 G=Gerd  G=Gerd
 A=Alex  A=Alex
 S=Scott  S=Scott
 B=Ben  
 Y=Guy  Y=Guy
 N=Hon-Kie  N=Hon-Kie
 I=Issac  I=Issac
Line 23  XMLPARSE Line 22  XMLPARSE
     + deregister()      + deregister()
     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload      + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem      + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
       * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
     add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
   
 CAPARESPONSE.C  CAPARESPONSE.C
    !+ pass back the reason (Y)     !+ pass back the reason (Y)
Line 31  RUN.pm Line 32  RUN.pm
     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set       & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?        a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
   
   EDIT INTERFACE
       * insert (getting there) (Y)
       + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
       c add more tags (Y)
       + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
    the parserlib textfiled (Y)
       + make default setup prettier
       + more templates for different homework types
       + <rbresponse> editing works
       + testing problems in construction space
   
 HOMEWORK  HOMEWORK
     + need to support /OR (Y)      + need to support /OR (Y)
    !+ create <stringresponse> <formularesponse>(Y)     !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)     !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)      + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
     & all response types need to be verified about what they do after the       * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
       answer date (Y)  
     + view problem as specific student (Y)      + view problem as specific student (Y)
     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple      + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely          clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
       * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
       + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
       * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
    <part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
    <part> will be done poorly.
       * sigfigs are poorly supported (metadata needs to be better)
       * multiple response in a multipart question are screwing up
       * input areas need to hide after correct
       * <randomlist> needs to be stable
       * previous answers need to be ignored
       * id in parameter_... (see tol on mmp resources, s10)
       + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
         (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
       &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before duedate
       + <rbresponse> and <optionresponse> flip back on display to the last 
         student entry when re-visiting a problem
       & free up use of "special" variable names $unit, etc
       & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
   
 /ADM/GRADES  /ADM/GRADES
     + modify status of a problem (Y)      * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
     + search for students (Y)  
     & find domain of student (Y)  
     + handle ambiguous case (Y)      + handle ambiguous case (Y)
       + back to homework link (Y)
       + handle extra fields (Y)
       + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
       + show only a subset of students (Y)
       + set all to something (Y)
       + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
       + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
       & recognize "timestamp" field and print time in plaintext localtime
   
 NUMERICALRESPONSE  NUMERICALRESPONSE
    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)     !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)     !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   
   RANDOMLABEL
       * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
       + template
       + TEST: randomlabel
   
 GOODIES  GOODIES
     * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)      * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
     * indexer does not always work (N)      & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
     + messaging (G)  
     + chatroom, etc      + chatroom, etc
     + annotations can be localized and published      + annotations can be localized and published
       + PURLs
       + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
       & chart handles multipart problems
       & statistics handles multipart problems
       + statistics link to problem
       + "You've got mail!"
       + navmaps shows new discussion postings
   
 TEX/TTH/TTM  TEX/TTH/TTM
     * Address bugs in tth/ttm (second half January, A,Y,G)     !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
   
 BUILD  BUILD
     * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers      * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
       + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)
       c test code (S)
       + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation (S)
       + match lpml_parse.pl output to be similar to parse.pl (S)
   
   SCOTT STUFF
       c code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
         on back-burner till 2002) (S)
       c xhtmlize output from perl modules (S)
       c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
       + cause groupsort handler to work with group search import (S)
   
 SQL DATABASE  SQL DATABASE
     *!need to improve sql database security (S)  
     * need to allow for parsing logic statements for metadata database (S)  
     * need to call all library servers (S)  
     * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)      * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
     * need to perform customized metadata search (S)      & some metadata fields hidden from non-advanced users 
         (use $ENV{'user.adv'}, see lonmeta for example) (S)
   
 GERD STUFF  GERD STUFF
     + lecture online converter does all types (G/Y)  
     + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)      + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
     & lond produces no history files for nohist_ namespaces  
     + pageflip up and down work  
     + feedback, mailing and announcement mechanism finished  
     + londropadd does XML      + londropadd does XML
     + loncreateuser can do system roles  
     +?TAs can open and close assignments      +?TAs can open and close assignments
     *?menu.html does weird stuff on some browsers sometimes (maybe fixed)      +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
    !& tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)     !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
     + course id-field      + replication hinting/prediction 
       + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
       + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
       * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
       + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
       & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
       * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
       + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
       + implement initial questionaire
       + do "evaluate this"
       + summary on top of spreadsheet
       + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
       + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
       + fix Applet codebase on .page
       + hide empty optional assignments
      !* imports default parameter settings for locally non-existing parameters
       & pages do not register with remote if not on map
   
 RAT  RAT
     + RAT can set resource parameters (G)  
     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G)       *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
       (could not reproduce)        (could not reproduce)
     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate      + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)      + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
     * "finish" resource non-editable      + simple RAT server-side interface
       + mass import of files, sorting (S)
       + "Browse" works (S/N)
       * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
       * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
       * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
       + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
   
 PUBLISHER  PUBLISHER
     + publishes material other than HTML, XML and problems (G)  
     * handles "publish directory" more gracefully (G)  
     + retrieve old versions button (G)  
     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)      * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
     +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job      * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
       + deals with Micros*** files
       + public resources - /pub/domain space
       *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
         spurious error message (G)
       c TEST: deal with absolute links
       c TEST: deal with <allow>
   
   
   Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
   ============================================
   
   - Statistics
    - Simple
    - resource analysis class/system wide
    - resource correlation course wide
    - other stats from CAPA
    - Complex
    - foil level analysis/correlation measures
    - derandomized foils analysis
    - have/view reason student selected a foil
    - resource quality, how good is a resource
   
   - Messaging
    - email gateways into/out of the system
    - handle more types of communication
          - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
          - chat / whiteboard
          - "round robin" feedback handling
                  - "mailing lists"
   
   - Grading
    - simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
    - survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
     this)
    - essay / shortanswer
    - instructor / autoget all/none
    - team based submission
    - peer graded
    - peer suggest grade
   
   - homework engine
    - new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
     renderings / awards and solved status
    - edit interface / clone other problem
    - math stuff
    - validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as
     advertised
    - CAPA problems 
    - <imageresponse> need Java applet
    - <randomlabel> 
   
   - Exams
   
   - RAT
    - choose parts
    - set conditions
    - language for conditions
    - browse link
    - some kind of non-anti-save
   
   - Publish
    - review step
    - co-author locking
    - auto thumbnail / convert images
   
 VERIFICATION OF CONTENT  - printing
     c have TA's do homework (G)   - tex target (CGI / daemon?)
     c verify internal page links  (G)  
     c verify applets (G)  
     c do homeworks from home/computer labs (G)  
     c be always at least two weeks ahead in homework  
   
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