--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Scantron_Format.tex 2010/04/01 14:56:35 1.3 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Scantron_Format.tex 2010/04/01 15:52:25 1.4 @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ \label{Domain_Configuration_Scantron_Format} -Where scantron exams are used in a course, the format of data in the -file generated from the processing of bubbled-in scantron sheets may +Where bubblesheet exams are used in a course, the format of data in the +file generated from the processing of bubbled-in bubblesheets may vary between institutions. The format definitions available when performing -scantron grading in LON-CAPA were originally listed in the scantronformat.tab +bubblesheet grading in LON-CAPA were originally listed in the scantronformat.tab file, stored in /home/httpd/lonTabs, which might have been modified locally on each server. -Starting with LON-CAPA 2.7, scantron format information is read from +Starting with LON-CAPA 2.7, bubblesheet format information is read from either a custom.tab file, or a default.tab file both of which belong to the special domain configuration user (\$dom-domainconfig, where \$dom is the name of the domain) and which are automatically published @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ page via \char`\"{}Domain Configuration\ this page is displayed, a default.tab (a copy of the standard LON-CAPA scantronformat.tab file), and a custom.tab (if the scantronform.tab file currently on the server differs from the standard file) will -be copied and published. Thereafter any changes to scantron format -files to be used for grading scantron exams in courses from the domain +be copied and published. Thereafter any changes to bubblesheet format +files to be used for grading bubblesheet exams in courses from the domain will be made via the Domain Configuration menu. Any scantronform.tab files in /home/httpd/lonTab directories on servers in the domain will no longer be used. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ no longer be used. The settings available via \char`\"{}Bubblesheet format file\char`\"{} support upload of a new custom file, or deletion of an existing custom file (in which case grading will default to use of the default.tab -file). An uploaded scantron format file contains one or more lines +file). An uploaded bubblesheet format file contains one or more lines of colon-separated values for the parameters in the following order: {\scriptsize name:description:CODEtype:CODEstart:CODElength:IDstart:IDlength:Qstart:Qlength:Qoff:Qon:PaperID:PaperIDlength:FirstName:FirstNamelength:LastName:LastNamelength} @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ of colon-separated values for the parame \item name is the internal identifier used within LON-CAPA \item description is the text displayed for each option in the the {}``Format of data file'' dropdown in the Bubblesheet grading -screen. The user will choose the appropriate format for the scantron -file currently being used for scantron grading. +screen. The user will choose the appropriate format for the bubblesheet +file currently being used for bubblesheet grading. \item CODEtype can be either 'none' 'letter' 'number' \item Qon can be either: