OPTIONAL if (!exists($helper->{'VARS'}{'name'}) || $helper->{'VARS'}{'name'} !~ /\S/) { &Apache::loncommon::get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}); if (exists($env{'form.name'}) || $env{'form.name'} =~ /\S/) { $helper->{'VARS'}{'name'}=$env{'form.name'}; $helper->{VARS}{'origname'}=$env{'form.name'}; $helper->{DATA}{copy} = 1; } } $helper->{DATA}{origslot} = sub { my ($which,$default)=@_; if (!exists($helper->{'VARS'}{'name'}) || $helper->{'VARS'}{'name'} !~ /\S/) { return $default; } my $cnum = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'}; my $cdom = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'}; my $name=$helper->{VARS}{'origname'}; my %slot=&Apache::lonnet::get('slots', [$name], $cdom, $cnum); if (!ref($slot{$name})) { return $default; } if (!exists($slot{$name}{$which})) { return $default; } return $slot{$name}{$which}; }
Name:
   
if ($val=~/^\s*$/) { return 'Must specify a name'; } if ($val=~/\s/) { return 'Must not contain spaces'; } if ($val=~/\W/) { return 'Must contain only letters, numbers and _'; } return undef; return $helper->{'VARS'}{'name'}; $helper->{DATA}{copy}

Changing the Name will create a new slot with the new name, and not rename the existing slot.


Start time:
   
return &{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('starttime');
End time:
   
return &{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('endtime'); if ($val < $helper->{'VARS'}{'starttime'}) { return 'End time must be later than the start time.'; } return undef;
Type:
Instructor assignable. Student selectable. return &{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('type','preassigned');

Description:
    return &{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('description'); $helper->{'VARS'}{'type'} eq 'schedulable_student'

Time students can start reserving:
    return &{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('startreserve','anytime'); if (defined($val) && $val > $helper->{'VARS'}{'starttime'}) { return 'Reservation time must come before the slot has started.'; } return undef;

Maximum number of students allowed in this slot:
    if ($val ne '' && $val=~/\D/) { return 'Must be numeric.'; } return undef; return &{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('maxspace');

Period of time when this slot can only be uniquely chosen:
   Start: my $default=&{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('uniqueperiod','anytime'); if ($default eq 'anytime') { return 'anytime' }; if (ref($default)) { return $default->[0]; } return 'anytime';
   End:
my $default=&{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('uniqueperiod','anytime'); if ($default eq 'anytime') { return 'anytime' }; if (ref($default)) { return $default->[1]; } return 'anytime'; if (defined($val) && $val < $helper->{'VARS'}{'startunique'}) { return 'End time must be later than the start time.'; } return undef; $helper->{'VARS'}{'type'} eq 'preassigned' delete($helper->{'VARS'}{'startreserve'}); delete($helper->{'VARS'}{'maxspace'}); delete($helper->{'VARS'}{'startunique'}); delete($helper->{'VARS'}{'endunique'});

Proctored access: No proctor checkin required for access. Require proctored checkin for access. my $default=&{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('proctor'); if ($default) { return 'yes'; } return 'no';

Secret word proctors use to checkin users:
    return undef; return &{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('secret');

Slot is: usable for any resource. restricted to a specific resource. my $default=&{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('symb'); if ($default) { return 'resource'; } return 'any';

IP restrictions:
    return undef; return &{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('ip');

PROCTOR return $res->is_problem() return $res->symb() return &{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('symb'); $helper->{'VARS'}{'useproctor'} eq 'no' RESTRICTUSER RESTRICTUSER my @defaults; my $default=&{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('proctor'); if ($default) { @defaults=(split(',',$default)); } return @defaults; $helper->{'VARS'}{'type'} ne 'schedulable_student' FINISH FINISH

Slots are by default available to all users in a course, if you would like this slot to be restricted to a subset of users you can specify restrictions.

Select sections to limit slot availability to:
   
return join('|||', split(',',&{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('allowedsections')));
Select users to limit slot availability to:
   
return split(',',&{$helper->{DATA}{origslot}}('allowedusers'));
Created Slot my $result; if ($helper->{'STATE'} ne 'FINISH') { return; } my %slot; foreach my $which ('type','starttime','endtime') { $slot{$which} = $helper->{'VARS'}{$which}; } foreach my $which ('ip','description','maxspace','secret','symb') { if ( $helper->{'VARS'}{$which} =~/\S/ ) { $slot{$which} = $helper->{'VARS'}{$which}; } } if ( $helper->{'VARS'}{'startreserve'} > 0) { $slot{'startreserve'} = $helper->{'VARS'}{'startreserve'}; } if ( $helper->{'VARS'}{'startunique'} > 0 && $helper->{'VARS'}{'endunique'} > 0 ) { $slot{'uniqueperiod'} = [$helper->{'VARS'}{'startunique'}, $helper->{'VARS'}{'endunique'}]; } if ( $helper->{'VARS'}{'useproctor'} eq 'yes' && $helper->{'VARS'}{'proctor'} =~/\S/ ) { my @names; # just need the username/domain throw away the other data # that returns foreach my $user (split(/\|\|\|/, $helper->{'VARS'}{'proctor'})) { my ($uname,$udomain)=split(/:/,$user); push(@names,"$uname:$udomain"); } # make sure the usernmaes are unique my %proctors = map { ($_,1) } @names; $slot{'proctor'}=join(',',sort(keys(%proctors))); } if ( $helper->{'VARS'}{'allowedsections'} =~/\S/ ) { $slot{'allowedsections'}= join(',',sort(split(/\|\|\|/, $helper->{'VARS'}{'allowedsections'}))); } if ( $helper->{'VARS'}{'allowedusers'} =~/\S/ ) { my @names; # just need the username/domain throw away the other data # that returns foreach my $item (split(/\|\|\|/, $helper->{'VARS'}{'allowedusers'})) { my ($uname,$udomain)=split(/:/,$item); push(@names,"$uname:$udomain"); } # make sure the choices are unique my %users = map { ($_,1) } @names; $slot{'allowedusers'}=join(',',sort(keys(%users))); } my $cname = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.num'}; my $cdom = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'}; my $ret = &Apache::lonnet::cput('slots', {$helper->{'VARS'}{'name'} => \%slot}, $cdom,$cname); $result.="\n ".'Name: '.&HTML::Entities::encode($helper->{'VARS'}{'name'}).''. "\n".'
  • Starts: '.&Apache::lonlocal::locallocaltime($slot{'starttime'}).'
  • '. "\n".'
  • Ends: '.&Apache::lonlocal::locallocaltime($slot{'endtime'}).'
  • '. "\n".'
  • Type: '.$slot{'type'}.'
  • '; my %labels = map {($_->[0],$_->[1])} &Apache::slotrequest::csvupload_fields(); foreach my $which ('ip','description','maxspace','secret','symb', 'allowedsections','allowedusers') { if (exists($slot{$which})) { $result.="\n".'
  • '.$labels{$which}.': '. &HTML::Entities::encode($slot{$which}).'
  • '; } } if (exists($slot{'startreserve'})) { $result.="\n".'
  • '.$labels{'startreserve'}.': '. &Apache::lonlocal::locallocaltime($slot{'startreserve'}).'
  • '; } if (exists($slot{'proctor'})) { my $proctors = $slot{'proctor'}; $proctors =~ s/,/, /g; $result.="\n".'
  • '.$labels{'proctor'}.': '. &HTML::Entities::encode($proctors).'
  • '; } if (exists($slot{'uniqueperiod'})) { $result.= "\n".'
  • '.$labels{'uniqueperiod'}.': '. &Apache::lonlocal::locallocaltime($slot{'uniqueperiod'}[0]). ', '. &Apache::lonlocal::locallocaltime($slot{'uniqueperiod'}[1]). '
  • '; } return $result;
    /adm/slotrequest?command=showslots