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1.1       raeburn     1: \label{Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults}
1.2       raeburn     2: Starting with LON-CAPA 2.10, a Domain Coordinator can configure default 
                      3: settings for courses in the domain. Defaults are of two types:
1.1       raeburn     4: \begin{itemize}
1.6       raeburn     5: \item \textbf{Defaults that can be overridden in an individual course by a Course Coordinator} 
1.4       raeburn     6: 
1.6       raeburn     7: Currently, there are three domain defaults of this type (which can be overridden
                      8: using Settings $>$ Course Settings $>$ Display with ``Display of resources'' checked).
1.4       raeburn     9: 
                     10: \begin{itemize}
                     11: \item Student formula entry uses inline preview, not DragMath pop-up
                     12: 
                     13: For problems that require a formula input via a textbox, the default is to
                     14: show the math expression in a previewer below the textbox, as the student types.
                     15: The alternative is to use the older (Java-based) DragMath pop-up which allows 
                     16: the student to compose the expression in a WYSIWYG-style editor in a pop-up window
                     17: and then save it to the textbox in the main window using a ``Save and Close'' button.
                     18: 
                     19: \item Molecule editor uses JSME (HTML5) in place of JME (Java)
                     20: 
                     21: For problems that require the student to ``draw'' an organic structure using a
                     22: molecule editor, the default is to use the HTML5 version (JSME).  The alternative
                     23: is to use the older (Java-based) JME editor.
                     24: 
1.5       raeburn    25: \item Course requesters who may clone a course (besides course's owner and coordinators)
                     26: 
                     27: This can be set to no additional requesters, or to any course requester in the domain, or
                     28: if categories have been defined in the domain for institutional codes for official courses
1.6       raeburn    29: (in localenroll::instcode\_defaults), to categories which must match in new and cloned 
1.5       raeburn    30: courses (e.g., department and number).
                     31: 
1.4       raeburn    32: \end{itemize}
                     33: 
1.5       raeburn    34: \item \textbf{Defaults that can be overridden in an individual course by a Domain
1.6       raeburn    35: Coordinator}
1.1       raeburn    36: 
1.7     ! raeburn    37: Currently, there are five domain defaults of this type (which can be overridden
1.6       raeburn    38: via the ``View or modify a course or community'' interface). 
1.2       raeburn    39: 
                     40: \begin{itemize}
                     41: \item responder count - number of responses needed before submissions made to 
                     42: anonymous surveys (with no identifying information) are viewable by Course personnel.
                     43: \item default course quotas - domain default for quotas (MB) for official, unofficial,
                     44: community, and textbook course types for content uploaded directly to the course.
                     45: \item default course credits - whether credits may be specified for courses (Yes/No),
1.3       raeburn    46:  if yes: default values for number of credits for official, unofficial and textbook courses.
1.4       raeburn    47: \item submit button behavior post-submission
                     48: 
                     49: The default is for the ``Submit Answer'' button in the current page to be disabled for 60s following
                     50: answer submission.  After processing a student's answer a new page is displayed. The setting 
                     51: to disable a  button, (with or without a timeout), applies to the button in the old page in
                     52: the time period before the new page is loaded by the browser.
1.7     ! raeburn    53: 
        !            54: \item lifetime of temporary tables (course's homeserver)
        !            55: 
        !            56: The default lifetime (since last update) for ``temporary'' MySQL tables 
        !            57: containing student performance data is 172800s (i.e., 2 days). A different default
        !            58: lifetime can be set by course type, which will apply to MySQL tables on the course's 
        !            59: homeserver only.
        !            60: 
        !            61: A reason to do this might be where a domain has created a custom script to export
        !            62: a course's grade data, by running SQL queries against the temporary tables.
        !            63: 
        !            64: Note: student performance data are stored permanently in GDBM files; the temporary MySQL
        !            65: tables are simply used to speed up display when a Course Coordinator uses the 
        !            66: Assessment Chart or Statistics functions in a course.
        !            67: 
1.4       raeburn    68: \end{itemize}
                     69: 
1.3       raeburn    70: \end{itemize}
1.4       raeburn    71: