--- loncom/TODO 2001/05/30 14:56:55 1.88
+++ loncom/TODO 2001/11/28 21:55:28 1.141
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ TODO list
* bug
! Priority
? Questionable/unverified
-c Continual
+c Continual and currently in an okay status
+C Continual and in need of a lot of work right now
G=Gerd
A=Alex
S=Scott
-B=Ben
Y=Guy
N=Hon-Kie
I=Issac
+?=not yet assigned
XMLPARSE
+ support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
@@ -23,9 +24,9 @@ XMLPARSE
+ deregister()
+ register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
+ answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
+ (<or> done <rbr> <ir> <nr> <sr> <fr> TODO)
* <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also
add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
- * convert the rest to use get_param
CAPARESPONSE.C
!+ pass back the reason (Y)
@@ -35,96 +36,168 @@ RUN.pm
a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
EDIT INTERFACE
- + undo (Y)
- + delete (Y)
* insert (getting there) (Y)
+ + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
c add more tags (Y)
- & make it easier to add plain textfield stype entries (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, need someway to reset
+ store/restore data
HOMEWORK
- + need to support /OR (Y)
- !+ create <stringresponse> <formularesponse>(Y)
+ + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)
+ !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
!+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
- * <rb/i/o response> break if name isn't spcified (Y)
- & all response types need to be verified about what they do after the
- answer date (Y)
- + view problem as specific student (Y)
+ * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
+ <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
* <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
+ * 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.
+ * input areas need to hide after correct
+ + view problem as specific student (Y)
+ + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
+ + 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
+ & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
+ + <formularesponse>
+ + metadata parsing for "stores" of .libraries
/ADM/GRADES
* show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
- * allow specifying the domain (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)
- + does IE 5.5 like it? (Y)
+ set all to something (Y)
+ set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
- * take out homeserver from store, restore and cstore commands
+ + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
NUMERICALRESPONSE
!* doesn't throw error 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
+ & GLabel needs to better support image specifications that aren't URLs
+ & GLabel needs to be in the install process
+ + <label> needs to use descriiption args
+ * web render of image labels is broken
+
GOODIES
- * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
- * indexer does not always work (N)
- + messaging (G)
+ & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
+ chatroom, etc
+ annotations can be localized and published
+ PURLs
-
-/ADM/CREATEUSER
+ + 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
+ + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
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
+
+SYSTEM MONITORING
+ c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
+ & improve output of 'make status(post)' target in loncom/build (S)
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)
+ c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
+ + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
+ installation well pioneered (S)
+ c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
+ c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
+ c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
+
+CODE QUALITY
+ C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
+ on back-burner till 2002) (S)
+ C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
+ C work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
+ & fix handling of web browser windows (S)
+ C add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
SQL DATABASE
- * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
+ + have result capping (S)
+ + scroll results page (S)
+ + enable abort button (S)
+ & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)
+ & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
+ & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
+ C monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
+ + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
+
+PUBLISHING
+ + handle big text documents (?)
GERD STUFF
- + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
- + pageflip up and down work
- + feedback, mailing and announcement mechanism finished
+ londropadd does XML
+?TAs can open and close assignments
+?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
- *?menu.html does weird stuff on some browsers sometimes (maybe fixed)
- !& tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
- + course id-field
- + replication hinting
+ !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
+ + 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
+ & pages do not register with remote if not on map
+ * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
+ * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
+ + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
+ + "do you want to be a tutor"?
+ + logging support for all transactions, interface for checking logs
+ + critical messages too agressive with sending receipt back
+ (too many - make optional)
+ + mass deleting of messages from inbox
RAT
- + RAT can set resource parameters (G)
*?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G)
(could not reproduce)
+ need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
+ need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
- * "finish" resource non-editable
- * unescaped colons in resource titles
+ simple RAT server-side interface
- + mass import of files
- + put icons in RES if type known
+ * 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
* 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>
+ + write dependencies to metadata
+ + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
- Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
+
+Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
+============================================
- Statistics
- Simple
@@ -138,15 +211,12 @@ PUBLISHER
- resource quality, how good is a resource
- Messaging
- - crtical messages
- email gateways into/out of the system
- handle more types of communication
- - stu <-> stu
- - ins <-> stu
- - ins -> class/section
- messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
- - chat / whiteboard / bbs
+ - chat / whiteboard
- "round robin" feedback handling
+ - "mailing lists"
- Grading
- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
@@ -159,39 +229,23 @@ PUBLISHER
- 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
- - handling previous answers correctly
- CAPA problems
- <imageresponse> need Java applet
- - <randomlabel>
-- metadata
- - implement new method of handling what a problem stores
+- Exams
- RAT
- - set parms / choose parts
+ - choose parts
- set conditions
- language for conditions
- - browse link
- some kind of non-anti-save
- Publish
- review step
- - coauthor role
- - permisions / locking
- - retrieve diff
+ - co-author locking
- auto thumbnail / convert images
- printing
- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
-- Remote Control
- - instructor remote (MyDesk?)
- - evaluate this quality control feedback
- - level up / down
-