Annotation of loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Cataloging_Courses.tex, revision 1.6
1.1 raeburn 1: \label{Domain_Configuration_Cataloging_Courses}
1.4 raeburn 2: The availability of a course/community catalog, as well as the type of
3: catalog provided are both domain configurations. A choice of catalog can be set
4: for two contexts: (a) public-facing web page (i.e., unauthenticated users),
5: and (b) web page for authenticated users.
1.1 raeburn 6:
1.4 raeburn 7: For each context the options are:
8: \begin{itemize}
9: \item Standard catalog (the only type available pre-LON-CAPA 2.11), which
10: contains both self-cataloging courses, and manually cataloged courses.
11:
12: \item Domain-only catalog, which is the same as the standard catalog,
13: except no domain selector is available to switch to display course
14: listings in other domains.
15:
16: \item Code-search form, which provides a web form to search for a
17: course by the unique six character code, which can be set to be
18: assigned at course creation.
19:
20: \item No catalog
1.5 raeburn 21: \end{itemize}
1.4 raeburn 22:
23: In the standard and domain-only catalogs, self-cataloging uses the
24: institutional course code assigned to the course when it is first
25: created, or when the course is modified by a Domain Coordinator via
1.6 ! raeburn 26: {}``Modify a course''. If a course has no institutional
1.4 raeburn 27: code it will not appear in the category:
1.1 raeburn 28: Official courses (with institutional codes).
29:
30: A hierarchy of categories and sub-categories can be defined which
31: are independent of institutional course codes. These categories might
1.6 ! raeburn 32: be used to catalog courses in the domain to which the {}``official courses''
! 33: designation does not apply, or they might be used to provide
! 34: alternative ways of cataloging official courses.
1.1 raeburn 35:
36: Besides definition of the hierarchy of categories and sub-categories,
1.6 ! raeburn 37: the {}``cataloging of courses'' screen provides two
1.1 raeburn 38: options to be set for the domain by a Domain Coordinator, which control:
39:
40: \begin{itemize}
1.2 bisitz 41: \item Who may hide a course from the course/community catalog, if the course would
1.1 raeburn 42: ordinarily appear by virtue of having an institutional course code,
43: or having been assigned to a custom category/sub-category.
44: \item Who may assign a custom category/subcategory to a course
45: \end{itemize}
46: In both cases, the choice is between a Domain Coordinator and a Course
47: Coordinator. For the former, hiding of courses and assignment of categories
1.6 ! raeburn 48: will be via ``Modify Course'', while for the latter
! 49: these operations will be via ``Modify Parameters''
! 50: {}``Set Course Environment'' option in sub-menu).
1.1 raeburn 51:
52: Definition of custom categories is by the Domain Coordinator. The
1.6 ! raeburn 53: {}``Cataloging of courses'' interface allows custom
1.1 raeburn 54: categories and sub-categories to be defined and reordered. There is
55: one category listed at the top level in the hierarchy which behaves
1.6 ! raeburn 56: differently to the others - the category: {}``Official courses
! 57: (with institutional codes)''. This is the category which is
1.1 raeburn 58: used for self-cataloged courses: the option is to either display or
59: not display.
60:
61: Although sub-categories can not be defined via this interface for
1.6 ! raeburn 62: this {}``system'' category (unlike the other {}``custom''
1.1 raeburn 63: categories), customization of two routines in localenroll.pm - \&instcode\_defaults()
64: and \&instcode\_format() are used to automatically generate linked
1.2 bisitz 65: select boxes which will be displayed when the course/community catalog is shown
1.1 raeburn 66: to allow users to include limits to their searches for official courses.
67: If these routines have not been customized, the catalog for official
68: courses will display all courses with institutional codes, which have
69: not been specifically hidden.
70:
71: When \&instcode\_format() has been customized it will populate perl
72: structures (hashes and arrays) which LON-CAPA will use to generate
1.2 bisitz 73: the Javascript code embedded in the course/community catalog page which is used
1.1 raeburn 74: in the functioning of the linked select boxes. The contents of the
75: hashes and arrays are determined from the complete list of institutional
76: course codes used in the domain. For example at MSU, the following
1.2 bisitz 77: linked select boxes are displayed for the official course/community catalog:
1.1 raeburn 78: Year, Semester, Department, Number.
79:
1.2 bisitz 80: The course/community catalog is useful in domains where Course Coordinators
1.1 raeburn 81: have opted to allow self-enrollment in their courses. In such cases,
82: students can include a flag to only display courses allowing self
83: enrollment when they display courses from the catalog. Course Coordinators
1.2 bisitz 84: will be advised, when enabling self-enrollment, if a course is currently
85: unlisted in the course/community catalog (and therefore difficult for students
1.1 raeburn 86: to locate), and the action to take to rectify the reason why there
87: is no listing, which could be because:
88:
89: \begin{itemize}
90: \item the course is hidden
91: \item the course has no institutional code
92: \item the course has not been assigned to any custom categories
1.3 raeburn 93: \item the course has an institutional code, but the
94: course/community catalog has been set to not display self-cataloged
95: courses.
1.1 raeburn 96: \end{itemize}
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