Annotation of doc/creating_a_course.txt, revision 1.2
1.2 ! albertel 1: > I need to make the teachers course coordinators and open a class for them
! 2: > with the sequence they are building out of webpages.
! 3:
! 4: This is really easy,
! 5:
! 6: Login as felicia, select the role of domain coordinator,
! 7: Use the create cousre button,
! 8:
! 9: Enter the name of the course, and the path to the sequence they
! 10: built. (like /res/msu/retteacher/path/to/file/my.sequence)
! 11: And their user name.
! 12:
! 13: They will then be course coordinator.
! 14:
! 15:
! 16:
! 17: ------------------------------------------------------
! 18:
1.1 albertel 19: > I guess I'm already at an impasse again here. The burning question
20: > is this: how do I create course content and assemble it?
21:
22: That is a good question. :-)
23:
24: We have not had time yet to put together a default course or even a
25: tutorial yet. Some of the things you might need to do we just wrote
26: last week. :-)
27:
28: So I guess I will start a tutorial here.
29:
30: Some background info first:
31:
32: http://capa1.phy.ohiou.edu/~lucas/ and
33: http://capa1.phy.ohiou.edu/priv/lucas/ goes to
34:
35: /home/lucas/public_html/
36:
37: (I just created the directory
38: /home/lucas/public_html/
39: and
40: /home/lucas/public_html/Testing
41:
42: I also added www to the lucas group)
43:
44: (I did the same with rmcqueen)
45:
46: The need to make an author isn't something that has come up that
47: often yet. . . and thus has no interface.
48:
49: - When you make a resource in a map, refer to it as
50: /res/ohiou/lucas/whatever_you_have_named_it
51: this where it will be published.
52:
53: Do not put a http://machinename/ where I didn't mention one.
54:
55: > I've created a course. I have received a nice long name
56: > identifying the course.
57: >
58: > I go into /adm/roles and try to put on my course coordinator hat
59: > and it conks out trying to get into /adm/.
60:
61: Yep that is because when you specified the course you specfied a
62: toplevel map that doesn't yet exist. (I'll pretend it was
63: /res/ohiou/lucas/Testing/start.sequence)
64:
65: > What I'd like to try is the following: create 3 pages of text and
66: > link them. I have the General Overview from the Web to give some context.
67: > Are there a few quick pointers you could toss this way?
68: >
69: > * Can I create the content with a tool, or do I place an html somewhere.
70: > If so, where?
71:
72: There isn't a pretty way to create most types of content yet. Just
73: dump them in /home/lucas/public_html/
74:
75: > * how do I publish the pages?
76:
77: I'll pretend you have created
78: /home/lucas/public_html/Testing/page1.html
79: /home/lucas/public_html/Testing/page2.html
80: /home/lucas/public_html/Testing/page3.html
81: somehow.
82:
83: Goto
84:
85: http://capa1.phy.ohiou.edu/priv/lucas/Testing/page1.html
86:
87: Click on the "Publish Resource" button up top.
88:
89: Fill in the metadata (especially the name field), click on the button
90: at the bottom "Finalize Publication"
91:
92: - this resource is now published as
93: /res/ohiou/lucas/Testing/page1.html
94:
95: - repeat for page2.html and page3.html
96:
97: > * How do I tell the rat which course I'm working on?
98:
99: Context. :-)
100:
101: > * How do I officially access the RAT?
102:
103: In the system the problem is inverted. The system is URL driven, so
104: type in the URL of waht you would like to edit. (In this case the
105: sequence file
106: http://capa1.phy.ohiou.edu/priv/lucas/Testing/start.sequence)
107:
108: The system detects that you want to edit a sequence and fires up the
109: rat, it will also detect that the file doesn't yet exist, and will
110: create it. Eventually it should do this with any common resource type.
111:
112: Play a round wwith the rat click on various objects and read the
113: prompts it puts up it should be fairly straight forward. (Plus you
114: have seen it done before. :-)
115:
116: I suggest resource 1 to be:
117: Title: The first resource
118: URL:/res/ohiou/lucas/Testing/page1.html
119: I suggest resource 2 to be:
120: Title: The second resource
121: URL:/res/ohiou/lucas/Testing/page2.html
122: I suggest resource 3 to be:
123: Title: The third resource
124: URL:/res/ohiou/lucas/Testing/page3.html
125: I suggest resource 4 to be:
126: Title: A problem from guy
127: URL:/res/103/albertel/cd468a.problem
128:
129: Once you have created a map that you are happy with and have hit
130: "Store" you can publish it. (Use the "Publish Resource" button again)
131:
132: (Don't forget to "Store" until you do nothing has really been saved.)
133:
134: Once you publish this map, take off you Course Coordinator hat (if it
135: is on) and put back on.
136:
137: Things should work better.
138:
139: Also try clicking on the "Nav" button on the remote control.
140:
141: http://capa1.phy.ohiou.edu/adm/parmset
142: can be used to set parmaters for homework
143:
144: > * Once the course is set up, how do I access it as a student?
145:
146: In http://capa1.phy.ohiou.edu/adm/createuser as Course Coordinator you
147: can give yourself the "student" hat.
148:
149: You can also create another user and make them a student in your
150: course.
151:
152: You can use http://capa1.phy.ohiou.edu/adm/dropadd to do bulk student
153: creation deletion.
154:
155: > With some minimal pointers along these lines, we can probably find
156: > our way around.
157:
158: Well we are at > 140 lines of email. I think we have a start. :-)
159:
160: > And let us know if you're particularly busy, and we need to cool
161: > our heels for a few days (actually, I'll be out of town Thursday afternoon
162: > and Friday).
163:
164: Not anymore busy then we normally are. I think with this you now have
165: enough info to injure yourself.
166:
167: Scott will do some updates to the software tommorrow, and he should a
168: have a valid set of commands you can use to update yourselves to have
169: the latest and greatest.
170:
171: > Also, I have a student working with me. Do you guys have any
172: > problems if Robert (address above in the cc:) contacts you with questions
173: > along the way here?
174:
175: Nope.
176:
177: Let me know if I was opaque.
178: --
179: albertel@msu.edu BM: n^20 t20 z20 qS
180: Guy Albertelli -8-3-2- O-
181: I am learning that criticism is not nearly as effective as sabotage.
182:
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