--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_SelectingField.tex 2006/12/05 14:29:21 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_SelectingField.tex 2006/12/05 15:06:43 1.2 @@ -4,17 +4,24 @@ \begin{itemize} \item \textbf{Slot name}. The name or identifier of the slot. The name of the slot must be unique, and it must have no spaces. This input is mandatory, you must specify a field for this input type. - \item \textbf{Type of slot}. This determines whether students are allowed to schedule him/herself for this slot or whether the instructors assign students to this slot. The valid inputs for this field is either "preassigned" or "student\_selectable". There must be no space before or after the comma. If this type is not specified, the slot type defaults to preassigned or instructors assignable. - \item \textbf{Slot Description}. A description of the slot. - \item \textbf{Start Time of slot}. This determines the time when a slot starts to open. This input type is mandatory. There are various accepted format for this field. Two of which are "YYYYMMDDHHMNSS" and "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS". + \item \textbf{Type of slot}. This determines whether students are allowed to schedule him/herself for this slot or whether the instructors assign students to this slot. The valid inputs for this field is either ``preassigned'' or ``student\_selectable''. There must be no space before or after the comma. If this type is not specified, the slot type defaults to preassigned or instructors assignable. + \item \textbf{Slot Description}. A description of the slot. If this isn't provided the default description of a slot is 'Slot name From Start Time to End Time'. + \item \textbf{Start Time of slot}. This determines the time when a slot starts to open. This input type is mandatory. There are various accepted format for this field. Two of which are ``YYYYMMDDHHMNSS'' and ``MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS''. \item \textbf{End Time of slot}. This determines the time when a slot ends and a user cannot access the resource. This input is mandatory. The accepted format for this field is the same as for the start time of slot. \item \textbf{Reservation Start Time}. This determines when a student can start reserving for the slot. The accepted format for this field is the same as for the start time of slot. - \item \textbf{Date range of slot exclusion}. Sometimes a student is limited to a number of slot use for a particular date period. This field allows a range of dates where a student may not have more than one slot reservation/use. The format is "StartingDate - EndingDate", where starting date and ending date are time, which is the same for start time of slots. + \item \textbf{Date range of slot exclusion}. Sometimes a student is limited to a number of slot use for a particular date period. This field allows a range of dates where a student may not have more than one slot reservation/use. The format is ``StartingDate,EndingDate'', where starting date and ending date are time, which is the same for start time of slots. \item \textbf{Maximum number of reservations}. The number of students allowed to reserve this slot. This is useful when slots are opened in a classroom/lab, and there is a limited number of seats. - \item \textbf{IP or DNS restriction}. The set of computers that can be used to use this slot between the starting time and the ending time of slots. This can be a set of IP addresses separated by spaces, or with the use of wildcards (*), or even computer names. - \item \textbf{List of proctor ids}. The list of proctor id that must authenticate the student before the student can open the slot. The proctor ids are separated by a space. + \item \textbf{IP or DNS restriction}. The set of computers that can be used to use this slot between the starting time and the ending time of slots. This a comma sepearated list of items that can be + \begin{itemize} + \item Specific IP address, Ex. 192.168.1.1 + \item Specific IP address range, Ex. 192.168.1.[24-120] + \item Wildcard IP address, Ex. 192.168.1.*, 192.168.* + \item Specific Hostname, Ex. computer1.lab1.msu.edu + \item Wildcard Hostname, Ex. *.lab1.msu.edu or *.msu.edu + \end{itemize} + \item \textbf{List of proctor ids}. The list of proctor id that must authenticate the student before the student can open the slot. The proctor ids are separated by a comma. \item \textbf{Secret word proctor uses to validate}. The password the proctors use when authenticating the students. - \item \textbf{Resource Restriction}. Restricts which page (only test/homework pages) can be opened using this slot. This is a url of the page that is restricted by the source. - \item \textbf{Sections slot is restricted to}. When choosing preassigned slot type, you can choose a section that can open this slot. Only students in that section can open a particular slot. Separate slots by spaces. - \item \textbf{Users slot is restricted to}. When choosing preassigned slot type, you can choose a list of students that can open this slot. Student ids are separated by spaces. + \item \textbf{Resource Restriction}. Restricts which page (only test/homework pages) can be opened using this slot. This must be a full symb reference \ref{About_Symbs} to a resource. + \item \textbf{Sections slot is restricted to}. When choosing preassigned slot type, you can choose a section that can access this slot. Only students in that section can open a particular slot. Separate multiple sections by commas. + \item \textbf{Users slot is restricted to}. When choosing preassigned slot type, you can choose a list of students that can open this slot. Student ids are separated by commas. \end{itemize}