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    4: TODO list
    5:  
    6: + add functionality
    7: & change functionality
    8: * bug
    9: ! Priority
   10: ? Questionable/unverified
   11: c Continual and currently in an okay status
   12: C Continual and in need of a lot of work right now
   13: 
   14: G=Gerd
   15: A=Alex
   16: S=Scott
   17: Y=Guy
   18: N=Hon-Kie
   19: I=Isaac
   20: M=Matthew
   21: ?=not yet assigned
   22: 
   23: XMLPARSE
   24:     + add <options> tag (A)
   25:     + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
   26: 
   27: EDIT INTERFACE (Y)
   28:     + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
   29:     c add more tags (Y)
   30:     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
   31: 	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
   32:     + make default setup prettier
   33:     + <imageresponse>
   34:     * hints need to be coupled to tag 2 levels up
   35: 
   36: HOMEWORK (Y)
   37:     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
   38:         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
   39:     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
   40:     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
   41: 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
   42: 	<part> will be done poorly.
   43:     + student should be able to see previous submissions
   44:     + <verbatim>
   45:     + <optionresponse> reports # options correct through a <responseparam>
   46:          (Make editing of this pretty)
   47:     & allow functions in response to be case insensitive
   48: 
   49: /ADM/GRADES
   50:     + handle extra fields (Y)
   51:     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
   52:     + show only a subset of students (Y)
   53:     + XML upload
   54: 
   55: NUMERICALRESPONSE(HINT)
   56:    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   57:    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   58: 
   59: GOODIES
   60:     + annotations can be localized and published
   61:     + PURLs
   62: 
   63: USER NEEDS
   64:     & have great installation, upgrading, configuring documents (S)
   65:     & have great installation, upgrading, configuring process (S)
   66:     & have great interface, how-to-use educational system
   67:       documentation (John Williamson)
   68: 
   69: BUILD
   70:     c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
   71:     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
   72:       installation well pioneered (S)
   73:     c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
   74:     c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
   75:     c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
   76:     & loncapafiles.lpml has too many lines (pod2man.sh or pod2html.sh) which
   77:       are over 80 characters (S)
   78: 
   79: CODE QUALITY
   80:     C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
   81:       on back-burner till 2002) (S)
   82:     C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
   83:     c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
   84:     c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks
   85: 
   86: JAVASCRIPT
   87: #   see CVS:doc/window_handling.txt for initial plans at organizing this -Scott
   88: 
   89: SQL DATABASE
   90:    Located now at
   91:    http://bugzilla.lon-capa.org/buglist.cgi?component=Searching
   92: 
   93: RANDOM BUGS
   94: 
   95: PLOTTING 
   96:     http://zaphod.lite.msu.edu/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?component=Randomized+Plots
   97: 
   98: GERD STUFF
   99:     + londropadd does XML
  100:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  101:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  102:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  103:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  104:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  105:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
  106:    !* Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  107:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  108:     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
  109:     + implement initial questionaire
  110:     + summary on top of spreadsheet
  111:     + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
  112:     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
  113:     + fix Applet codebase on .page
  114:     & pages should not register with remote if not on map
  115:     * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
  116:     + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
  117:     + "do you want to be a tutor"?
  118:     +!interface for checking logs
  119:     + button to show deleted email and to "compact"
  120:    !* discussion for users in sections
  121:     & more informative message for "maybe part of a course"
  122:     * hung lond child - produce status info
  123:     & share spreadsheets among courses
  124: 
  125: RAT
  126:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  127:       (could not reproduce)
  128:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  129:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  130:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  131:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
  132:     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
  133:     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
  134:     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
  135:     & use 'unknown.gif' for icon of unknown file types instead of broken img.
  136: 
  137: PUBLISHER
  138:     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
  139:     * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
  140:     + deals with Micros*** files
  141:     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
  142:       spurious error message (G)
  143:     c TEST: deal with absolute links
  144:     c TEST: deal with <allow>
  145:     + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
  146:     + handle big text documents (?)
  147:     & do not change everything to absolute URLs, but clean up URL garbage
  148: 
  149: 
  150: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  151: ============================================
  152: 
  153: - Statistics
  154: 	- Simple
  155: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  156: 		- resource correlation course wide
  157: 		- other stats from CAPA
  158: 	- Complex
  159: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  160: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  161: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  162: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  163: 
  164: - Messaging
  165: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  166: 	- handle more types of communication
  167: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  168: 	       - chat / whiteboard
  169: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  170:                - "mailing lists"
  171: 
  172: - Grading
  173: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  174: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  175: 	  this)
  176: 	- essay / shortanswer
  177: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  178: 		- team based submission
  179: 		- peer graded
  180: 		- peer suggest grade
  181: 
  182: - homework engine
  183: 	- math stuff
  184: 	- CAPA problems 
  185: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  186: 
  187: - Exams
  188: 
  189: - RAT
  190: 	- choose parts
  191: 	- set conditions
  192: 	- language for conditions
  193: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  194: 
  195: - Publish
  196: 	- review step
  197: 	- co-author locking
  198: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  199:         - stricter control mechainsms
  200:              - copyrighted stuff
  201:              - Private stuff
  202:            - ACL? (by author or resource?)
  203:         - update metadata without full publish
  204: 
  205: - printing
  206: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
  207: