Diff for /loncom/TODO between versions 1.84 and 1.170

version 1.84, 2001/05/04 19:41:52 version 1.170, 2002/01/10 13:33:05
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 * bug  * bug
 ! Priority  ! Priority
 ? Questionable/unverified  ? Questionable/unverified
 c Continual  c Continual and currently in an okay status
   C Continual and in need of a lot of work right now
   
 G=Gerd  G=Gerd
 A=Alex  A=Alex
 S=Scott  S=Scott
 B=Ben  
 Y=Guy  Y=Guy
 N=Hon-Kie  N=Hon-Kie
 I=Issac  I=Isaac
   M=Matthew
   ?=not yet assigned
   
 XMLPARSE  XMLPARSE
     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)      + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
    !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)     !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
     + add <options> tag (A)      + add <options> tag (A)
     + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)         + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
     + deregister()  
     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload  
     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem      + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
         (<or> <nr> <sr> <fr> done <rbr> <ir> <nh> <sh> <fh> TODO)
   
 CAPARESPONSE.C  CAPARESPONSE.C
    !+ pass back the reason (Y)     !+ pass back the reason (Y)
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     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set       & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?        a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
   
 EDIT INTERFACE  EDIT INTERFACE (Y)
     + undo (Y)      + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
     + delete (Y)      c add more tags (Y)
     + insert (Y)  
     + add more tags (Y)  
     & make it easier to add plain textfield stype entries (Y)  
     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in       + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
  the parserlib textfiled (Y)   the parserlib textfiled (Y)
     + make default setup prettier      + make default setup prettier
       + <imageresponse>
       * hints need to be coupled to tag 2 levels up
   
 HOMEWORK  HOMEWORK (Y)
     + need to support /OR (Y)      + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)
    !+ create <stringresponse> <formularesponse>(Y)  
    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)  
     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)      + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
     * <rb/i/o response> break if name isn't spcified (Y)      * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
     & all response types need to be verified about what they do after the   
       answer date (Y)  
     + view problem as specific student (Y)  
     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple      + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely          clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output      * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
       * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
    <part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
    <part> will be done poorly.
       * input areas need to hide after correct
       & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
       + <formula/string/option/image/radiobutton hint> (Y)
       + survey mode for <formula/string/numerical/option/image response> (Y)
       + student should be able to see previous submissions
       + <verbatim>
       + support giving hints even when there are 0 tries (only <*hint> hint show)
       + <optionresponse> reports # options correct through a <responseparam>
            (Make editing of this pretty)
       & allow functions in response to be case insensitive
       + added ability to ignore ws in string answers
   
 /ADM/GRADES  /ADM/GRADES
     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)  
     * allow specifying the domain (Y)  
     + handle ambiguous case (Y)  
     + back to homework link (Y)  
     + handle extra fields (Y)      + handle extra fields (Y)
     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)      + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
     + show only a subset of students (Y)      + show only a subset of students (Y)
     + does IE 5.5 like it? (Y)  
     + set all to something (Y)      + set all to something (Y)
     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)      + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
       + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
       + CSV upload, XML upload
   
 NUMERICALRESPONSE  NUMERICALRESPONSE(HINT)
    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)     !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)     !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
       + show tol range and sigfig in answer mode
   
   RANDOMLABEL
       + template
       + <label> needs to use descriiption args
       * web render of image labels is broken
   
 GOODIES  GOODIES
     * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)      & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
     * indexer does not always work (N)  
     + messaging (G)  
     + chatroom, etc      + chatroom, etc
     + annotations can be localized and published      + annotations can be localized and published
     + PURLs      + PURLs
       + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
 /ADM/CREATEUSER      & chart handles multipart problems
     * cc setting allows section      & statistics handles multipart problems
     * do stu sections settings actually work      + statistics link to problem
     * dc shows machines not just domains      + "You've got mail!"
       + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
   
 TEX/TTH/TTM  TEX/TTH/TTM
     * Address bugs in tth/ttm (second half January, A,Y,G)     !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
   
   SYSTEM MONITORING
       c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
   
 BUILD  BUILD
     * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers      c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
       + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
         installation well pioneered (S)
       c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
       c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
       c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
   
   CODE QUALITY
       C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
         on back-burner till 2002) (S)
       C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
       C work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
      !& fix handling of web browser windows (S)
       c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
       c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks
   
 SQL DATABASE  SQL DATABASE
     *!need to improve sql database security (S)      + have result capping (S)
     * need to allow for parsing logic statements for metadata database (S)      + scroll results page (S)
     * need to call all library servers (S)      + enable abort button (S)
     * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)      & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)
     * need to perform customized metadata search (S)      & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
       & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
       C monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
       + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
   
   PUBLISHING
       + handle big text documents (?)
   
   PLOTTING 
       + polar plots (M)
       + interface functions for <script> (M)
       * unable to plot multiple data sets with differing linestyles.
   
 GERD STUFF  GERD STUFF
     + lecture online converter does all types (G/Y)  
     + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)  
     & lond produces no history files for nohist_ namespaces  
     + pageflip up and down work  
     + feedback, mailing and announcement mechanism finished  
     + londropadd does XML      + londropadd does XML
     +?TAs can open and close assignments      +?TAs can open and close assignments
     *?menu.html does weird stuff on some browsers sometimes (maybe fixed)      +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
    !& tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)     !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
     + course id-field      + replication hinting/prediction 
       + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
       + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
       * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
       + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
       & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
       * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
       + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
       + implement initial questionaire
       + summary on top of spreadsheet
       + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
       + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
       + fix Applet codebase on .page
       & pages do not register with remote if not on map
       * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
       * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
       + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
       + "do you want to be a tutor"?
       +!interface for checking logs
       + button to show deleted email and to "compact"
   
 RAT  RAT
     + RAT can set resource parameters (G)  
     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G)       *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
       (could not reproduce)        (could not reproduce)
     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate      + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)      + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
     * "finish" resource non-editable      + simple RAT server-side interface
     * unescaped colons in resource titles      * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
       * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
       * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
       + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
       & use 'unknown.gif' for icon of unknown file types instead of broken img.
   
 PUBLISHER  PUBLISHER
     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)      * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
     +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job      * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
     + co-author role respected      + deals with Micros*** files
       *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
         spurious error message (G)
       c TEST: deal with absolute links
       c TEST: deal with <allow>
       + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
   
 VERIFICATION OF CONTENT  
     c have TA's do homework (G)  
     c verify internal page links  (G)  
     c verify applets (G)  
     c do homeworks from home/computer labs (G)  
     c be always at least two weeks ahead in homework  
   
   Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:  ============================================
   
 - Statistics  - Statistics
  - Simple   - Simple
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  - resource quality, how good is a resource   - resource quality, how good is a resource
   
 - Messaging  - Messaging
  - crtical messages  
  - email gateways into/out of the system   - email gateways into/out of the system
  - handle more types of communication   - handle more types of communication
        - stu <-> stu  
        - ins <-> stu  
        - ins -> class/section  
        - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet         - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
        - chat / whiteboard / bbs         - chat / whiteboard
        - "round robin" feedback handling         - "round robin" feedback handling
                  - "mailing lists"
   
 - Grading  - Grading
  - simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)   - simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
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  - peer suggest grade   - peer suggest grade
   
 - homework engine  - homework engine
  - new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response  
   renderings / awards and solved status  
  - edit interface / clone other problem  
  - math stuff   - math stuff
  - validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as  
   advertised  
  - handling previous answers correctly  
  - CAPA problems    - CAPA problems 
  - <imageresponse> need Java applet   - <imageresponse> need Java applet
  - <randomlabel>   
   
 - metadata  - Exams
  - implement new method of handling what a problem stores  
   
 - RAT  - RAT
  - set parms / choose parts   - choose parts
  - set conditions   - set conditions
  - language for conditions   - language for conditions
  - browse link  
  - some kind of non-anti-save   - some kind of non-anti-save
   
 - Publish  - Publish
  - review step   - review step
  - coauthor role   - co-author locking
  - permisions / locking  
  - retrieve diff  
  - auto thumbnail / convert images   - auto thumbnail / convert images
           - stricter control mechainsms
                - copyrighted stuff
                - Private stuff
              - ACL? (by author or resource?)
           - update metadata without full publish
   
 - printing  - printing
  - tex target (CGI / daemon?)   - tex target (CGI / daemon?)
   
 - Remote Control  
  - instructor remote (MyDesk?)  
  - evaluate this quality control feedback  
  - level up / down  
   

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