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A voodoo fix attempt for bug 1757. (See comments on that bug entry.)

    1: <helper title="Course Initialization Helper" requiredpriv='opa'>
    2: 
    3:   <exec>
    4:     my $courseid = $ENV{'request.course.id'};
    5:     my $crsdom = $ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.domain'};
    6:     my $crsnum = $ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.num'};
    7:     $helper->{DATA}->{DOM} = $crsdom;
    8:     $helper->{DATA}->{CRS} = $crsnum;
    9: 
   10:     $helper->{DATA}->{FIRST_RUN} = $ENV{'course.'.$crsnum.
   11:                                         '.course.intialization.not.run'};
   12:     # Delete the 'course.initialization.not.run' course environment
   13:     Apache::lonnet::put('environment', {'course.helper.not.run' => 0}, 
   14:                         $crsdom, $crsnum);
   15:     Apache::lonnet::coursedescription($ENV{'request.course.id'});
   16: 
   17:     $helper->{DATA}->{GETVAL} = sub {
   18:         my @resultlist = &Apache::lonnet::get('environment', [shift()], 
   19:                                               $helper->{DATA}->{DOM},
   20:                                               $helper->{DATA}->{CRS}); 
   21:         return $resultlist[1]; };
   22:     $helper->{DATA}->{SETVAL} = sub {
   23:         my $name = shift;
   24:         my $val = shift;
   25:         if (&{$helper->{DATA}->{GETVAL}}($name) ne $val) {
   26:             &Apache::lonnet::put('environment', {$name=>$val}, 
   27:                                  $helper->{DATA}->{DOM},
   28:                                  $helper->{DATA}->{CRS});
   29:             # Try to fix bug 1757
   30:             Apache::lonnet::coursedescription($ENV{'request.course.id'});
   31:             return 1;
   32:         } else {
   33:             return 0;
   34:         }
   35:     }
   36:   </exec>
   37: 
   38:   <state name="START" title="Welcome to Your New LON-CAPA Course">
   39:     <eval>
   40:       return $helper->{DATA}->{FIRST_RUN} ?
   41:         'This Helper will help you set up your new LON-CAPA course and choose '.
   42:         'which LON-CAPA features will be active in your new course. You can '.
   43:         're-visit it later to change settings in your course.' .
   44: 
   45:         '<p>If you have previous experience with coordinating LON-CAPA courses and '.
   46:         'prefer not to use the helper, <a href="/adm/menu">click here</a> to leave '.
   47:         'this helper.' 
   48:         :
   49:         'This helper will help you set up your LON-CAPA course and choose ' .
   50:         'which LON-CAPA features will be active in your course.';
   51:       </eval>
   52:     <message nextstate="COURSE_DESCRIPTION">
   53:       <p>All settings which you can change with this Helper can also be changed
   54:          by going to the PARM screen and clicking on the &quot;Set
   55:          course environment&quot; button.</p>
   56: 
   57:       <p>If you do not have experience coordinating LON-CAPA courses, or if you
   58:          prefer the Helper interface, please click <nobr><b>Next -&gt;</b></nobr>.</p>
   59:       </message>
   60:     </state>
   61: 
   62:   <state name="COURSE_DESCRIPTION" title="Course Description">
   63:     <message nextstate="FORBID_DISCUSSION">
   64:       The &quot;Course Description&quot; is the name of the course that will be
   65:       seen by the students. This should have been set up correctly when the
   66:       course was created, but please confirm that it is correct, or change it
   67:       if neccessary. Hit a <nobr>&quot;<b>Next -&gt;</b>&quot;</nobr> to continue.<br />
   68:       </message>
   69:     <string variable='description' size='60' >
   70:       <defaultvalue>
   71:         return &{$helper->{DATA}->{GETVAL}}('description');
   72:       </defaultvalue>
   73:       <finalcode>
   74:         if (&{$helper->{DATA}->{SETVAL}}('description', $element->getValue())) {
   75:           return 'Course description changed to <b>' . $element->getValue() . 
   76:                  '</b>.';
   77:         }
   78:         </finalcode>
   79:       </string>
   80:     </state>
   81: 
   82:   <state name="FORBID_DISCUSSION" title="Discussion Participation">
   83:     <message nextstate="DISCUSSION_HTML">
   84:          LON-CAPA hosts discussions on all resources in a course. By default,
   85:          all users are allowed to participate in these discussions.
   86: 
   87:       <p>For more information about discussion and the abilities available
   88:          to you as a course coordinator, such as banning abusive users or
   89:          hiding discussion postings, please see <b>link</b>.</p>
   90: 
   91:       <p>If you do not wish certain classes of users to be able to use the 
   92:          discussion features, select those classes below. Note your class
   93:          may not have all of these roles; you may safely ignore roles you
   94:          do not intend to use. (For instance, &quot;Exam Proctor&quot; is
   95:          generally useful only for large courses.)</p>
   96: 
   97:       <p><b>Question: Does inability to use discussion mean they simply can't
   98:             post, or that they can't see the discussion at all?</b></p>
   99:       </message>
  100:     <choices variable="BANNED_DISCUSSION_ROLES" multichoice="1" allowempty='1'>
  101:       <choice computer="st"><b>Students</b> - students will not be able to participate in discussions</choice>
  102:       <choice computer="ta"><b>Teaching Assistants</b> - teaching assistants will not be able to participate in discussions</choice>
  103:       <choice computer="in"><b>Instructor</b> - instructors will not be able to participate in discussions</choice>
  104:       <choice computer="ep"><b>Exam Proctor</b> - exam proctors will not be able to participate in discussions</choice>
  105:       <defaultvalue>
  106:         my $denied = &{$helper->{DATA}->{GETVAL}}('pch.roles.denied');
  107:         $denied =~ s/,/\|\|\|/g;
  108:         return $denied;
  109:       </defaultvalue>
  110:       <finalcode>
  111:         my $denied = $element->getValue();
  112:         $denied =~ s/\|\|\|/,/g;
  113:         if (&{$helper->{DATA}->{SETVAL}}('pch.roles.denied', $denied)) {
  114:             $denied =~ s/st/ students/;
  115:             $denied =~ s/in/ instructors/;
  116:             $denied =~ s/ta/ teaching assistants/;
  117:             $denied =~ s/ep/ exam proctors/;
  118:             if ($denied =~ /^[^,]*,[^,]*$/) { # only one comma
  119:                 $denied =~ s/,/ and/g;
  120:             } else { # add "and" to last comma
  121:                 $denied =~ s/,([^,]*)$/, and\1/;
  122:             }
  123:             if ($denied) {
  124:                 $denied = substr($denied, 1) . ' not allowed to participate in discussion.';
  125:                 $denied = ucfirst($denied);
  126:             } else {
  127:                 $denied = 'Everyone can participate in discussion.';
  128:             }
  129:             return $denied;
  130:         } else {
  131:             return '';
  132:         }
  133:       </finalcode>
  134:       </choices>
  135:     </state>
  136: 
  137:   <state name="DISCUSSION_HTML" title="HTML in Discussions">
  138:     <message nextstate="FEEDBACK_ADDRESSES">
  139:       <p>If you like, limited HTML can be allowed in the course discussions.</p>
  140:       </message>
  141:     <choices variable="HTML_ALLOWED">
  142:       <choice computer=""><b>HTML banned</b>: HTML will not be allowed in discussion postings.</choice>
  143:       <choice computer="yes"><b>HTML allowed</b>: Discussion participants can use limited HTML in their postings.</choice>
  144:       <defaultvalue>
  145:         return &{$helper->{DATA}->{GETVAL}}('allow_limited_html_in_feedback');
  146:       </defaultvalue>
  147:       <finalcode>
  148:         if (&{$helper->{DATA}->{SETVAL}}('allow_limited_html_in_feedback', $element->getValue())) {
  149:           if ($element->getValue() eq 'yes') {
  150:             return 'Limited HTML allowed in feedback.';
  151:           } else {
  152:             return 'HTML not allowed in feedback.';
  153:           }
  154:         }
  155:         </finalcode>
  156:       </choices>
  157:     </state>
  158: 
  159:   <state name="FEEDBACK_ADDRESSES" title="Feedback Addresses for Course Content">
  160:     <message nextstate="FINAL">
  161:       People in the course can provide feedback about the resources used in
  162:       the course by using the <b>FDBK</b> button while viewing a resource. If
  163:       the user labels the feedback as a &quot;question about course content&quot;,
  164:       it is sent to the course coordinator of that course.
  165: 
  166:       <p>If you'd like that feedback to be sent to someone else, such as a
  167:       different instructor, please enter their LON-CAPA address below, in the
  168:       form <b>user:domain</b>, where &quot;user&quot; and &quot;domain&quot;
  169:       are both the LON-CAPA username and LON-CAPA domain, not an email
  170:       address.</p> 
  171:       </message>
  172:     <eval>return '<p>Your current LON-CAPA domain is &quot;<b>' 
  173:                  . $helper->{DATA}->{DOM} .
  174:                  '</b>&quot;.</p>';
  175:       </eval>
  176:     <string variable='feedback_addresses' size='60' >
  177:       <defaultvalue>
  178:         return &{$helper->{DATA}->{GETVAL}}('comment.email');
  179:       </defaultvalue>
  180:       <finalcode>
  181:         if (&{$helper->{DATA}->{SETVAL}}('comment.email', $element->getValue())) {
  182:           return 'Comment address(es) updated to <b>' . $element->getValue() . 
  183:                  '</b>.';
  184:         }
  185:         </finalcode>
  186:       </string>
  187:     <message>
  188:       <p><b>Advanced Functionality</b>: If you'd like to redirect different 
  189:          section's feedback to different people, you can enter it as follows:</p>
  190: 
  191:       <ul><li>Seperate each entry with a comma.</li>
  192:           <li>To send feedback to a certain address for different sections,
  193:               append the section name or names (seperated by semi-colons)
  194:               in a parenthesized list after the <b>user:domain</b>.</li></ul>
  195: 
  196:       <p>For example,</p>
  197: 
  198:       <p><b>john102:msu(001;002;003),bob293:msu(004;005;006),madeupname:here(007;008;009)</b></p>
  199: 
  200:       <p>will route course feedback to &quot;john102&quot; for sections 1, 2, and 3, to
  201:          &quot;bob293&quot; for 4, 5, and 6, and to &quot;madeupname:here&quot; for
  202:          7, 8, and 9. Note there is no requirement that the addresses be in any
  203:          particular domain.</p>
  204:       </message>
  205:     </state>
  206: 
  207:   <state name="FINAL" title="Completed">
  208:     <message>Your course is now set up. Please select the <b>Finish Course 
  209:       Initialization</b> button to re-intialize the course with your chosen
  210:       settings. You will be taken to the <b>NAV</b> screen for your course.
  211: 
  212:       <p>Remember that all of these settings can be modified in the <b>PARMS</b>
  213:          screen, by pushing the <b>Course Environment</b> button.</p>
  214:       </message>
  215:     <final restartCourse='1' />
  216:     </state>
  217:   </helper>