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    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: 
   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: