--- loncom/TODO 2001/03/27 20:54:17 1.70 +++ loncom/TODO 2005/10/11 19:51:05 1.189 @@ -1,111 +1,207 @@ -TODO list +This file is being phased out. Remove your bugs as you move them to +bugs.loncapa.org +TODO list + + add functionality & change functionality * bug ! Priority ? 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 A=Alex S=Scott -B=Ben Y=Guy N=Hon-Kie -I=Issac +I=Isaac +M=Matthew +?=not yet assigned XMLPARSE - + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A) - !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A) - + style file recursion (Y/A) + add tag (A) + 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 - + can find textual anchors and mark them up - -CAPARESPONSE.C - !+ pass back the reason (Y) - -RUN.pm - & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set - a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()? - -HOMEWORK - + need to support /OR (Y) - !+ create (Y) - !+ ?done? (Y) - !+ (Y) - !+ need to restore last submitted response (Y) - + hints need to work (Y) - & are ugly (Y) - & all response types need to be verified about what they do after the - answer date (Y) - + view problem as specific student (Y) + +EDIT INTERFACE (Y) + + have inserts at bottom of page (Y) + c add more tags (Y) + + have textfield style entries protect against bad data ( in + the parserlib textfiled (Y) + + make default setup prettier + + + * hints need to be coupled to tag 2 levels up + +HOMEWORK (Y) + + needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple + clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely + * needs to protect input / output + * if there are <*response> in a and there are also + s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the + will be done poorly. + + student should be able to see previous submissions + + + + reports # options correct through a + (Make editing of this pretty) + & allow functions in response to be case insensitive /ADM/GRADES - + modify status of a problem (Y) - + search for students (Y) - & find domain of student (Y) - + handle ambiguous case (Y) + + handle extra fields (Y) + + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y) + + show only a subset of students (Y) + + XML upload -NUMERICALRESPONSE +NUMERICALRESPONSE(HINT) !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y) !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y) GOODIES - * bookmarks don't work correctly (B) - * indexer does not always work (N) - + messaging (G) - + chatroom, etc + annotations can be localized and published + + PURLs -TEX/TTH/TTM - * Address bugs in tth/ttm (second half January, A,Y,G) +USER NEEDS + & have great installation, upgrading, configuring documents (S) + & have great installation, upgrading, configuring process (S) + & have great interface, how-to-use educational system + documentation (John Williamson) 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) + & loncapafiles.lpml has too many lines (pod2man.sh or pod2html.sh) which + are over 80 characters (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 add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S) + c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks + +JAVASCRIPT +# see CVS:doc/window_handling.txt for initial plans at organizing this -Scott SQL DATABASE - *!need to improve sql database security (S) - * need to allow for parsing logic statements for metadata database (S) - * need to call all library servers (S) - * need to show status of library server retrieval (S) - * need to perform customized metadata search (S) + Located now at + http://bugzilla.lon-capa.org/buglist.cgi?component=Searching + +RANDOM BUGS + +PLOTTING + http://zaphod.lite.msu.edu/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?component=Randomized+Plots 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 - + loncreateuser can do system roles +?TAs can open and close assignments - *?menu.html does weird stuff on some browsers sometimes (maybe fixed) - !& tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G) + +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification + !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G) + + 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) + * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk + + 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 should not register with remote if not on map + * 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" + !* discussion for users in sections + & more informative message for "maybe part of a course" + * hung lond child - produce status info + & share spreadsheets among courses RAT - + RAT can set resource parameters (G) *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) (could not reproduce) + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G) - * "finish" resource non-editable + + simple RAT server-side interface + * 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 - + publishes material other than HTML, XML and problems (G) - * handles "publish directory" more gracefully (G) - + retrieve old versions button (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 + + 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 + + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary + + handle big text documents (?) + & do not change everything to absolute URLs, but clean up URL garbage + + +Large Chunks of funtionality that need work: +============================================ + +- Statistics + - Simple + - resource analysis class/system wide + - resource correlation course wide + - other stats from CAPA + - Complex + - foil level analysis/correlation measures + - derandomized foils analysis + - have/view reason student selected a foil + - resource quality, how good is a resource + +- Messaging + - email gateways into/out of the system + - handle more types of communication + - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet + - chat / whiteboard + - "round robin" feedback handling + - "mailing lists" + +- Grading + - simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list) + - survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of + this) + - essay / shortanswer + - instructor / autoget all/none + - team based submission + - peer graded + - peer suggest grade + +- homework engine + - math stuff + - CAPA problems + - need Java applet + +- Exams + +- RAT + - choose parts + - set conditions + - language for conditions + - some kind of non-anti-save + +- Publish + - review step + - co-author locking + - auto thumbnail / convert images + - stricter control mechainsms + - copyrighted stuff + - Private stuff + - ACL? (by author or resource?) + - update metadata without full publish -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 +- printing + - tex target (CGI / daemon?)