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    1: TODO list
    2: 
    3: + add functionality
    4: & change functionality
    5: * bug
    6: ! Priority
    7: ? Questionable/unverified
    8: c Continual and currently in an okay status
    9: C Continual and in need of a lot of work right now
   10: 
   11: G=Gerd
   12: A=Alex
   13: S=Scott
   14: Y=Guy
   15: N=Hon-Kie
   16: I=Isaac
   17: M=Matthew
   18: ?=not yet assigned
   19: 
   20: XMLPARSE
   21:     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
   22:    !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
   23:     + add <options> tag (A)
   24:     + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
   25:     + deregister()
   26:     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
   27:     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
   28:       (<or> <nr> <sr> <fr> done <rbr> <ir> <nh> <sh> <fh> TODO)
   29:     * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
   30:  	add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
   31: 
   32: CAPARESPONSE.C
   33:    !+ pass back the reason (Y)
   34: 
   35: RUN.pm
   36:     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
   37:       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
   38: 
   39: EDIT INTERFACE (Y)
   40:     + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
   41:     c add more tags (Y)
   42:     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
   43: 	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
   44:     + make default setup prettier
   45:     + <imageresponse>
   46:     * hints need to be coupled to tag 2 levels up
   47: 
   48: HOMEWORK (Y)
   49:     + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)
   50:     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
   51:     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
   52:     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
   53:         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
   54:     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
   55:     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
   56: 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
   57: 	<part> will be done poorly.
   58:     * input areas need to hide after correct
   59:     + view problem as specific student (Y)
   60:     + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
   61:       (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
   62:       (add an answer mode render for submission)
   63:     & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
   64:     + metadata parsing for "stores" of .libraries
   65:     + <formula/string/option/image/radiobutton hint> (Y)
   66:     + survey mode for <formula/string/numerical/option/image response> (Y)
   67:     + student should be able to see previous submissions
   68:     + <verbatim>
   69:     + <rbr> handle previous
   70:     + <rbr> display answer
   71:     + <rbr> detect blank
   72:     + support giving hints even when there are 0 tries (only <*hint> hint show)
   73:     + <optionresponse> reports # options correct through a <responseparam>
   74:          (Make editing of this pretty)
   75: 
   76: /ADM/GRADES
   77:     + handle extra fields (Y)
   78:     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
   79:     + show only a subset of students (Y)
   80:     + set all to something (Y)
   81:     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
   82:     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
   83:     + CSV upload, XML upload
   84: 
   85: NUMERICALRESPONSE(HINT)
   86:    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   87:    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   88:     + show tol range and sigfig in answer mode
   89: 
   90: RANDOMLABEL
   91:     + template
   92:     + <label> needs to use descriiption args
   93:     * web render of image labels is broken
   94: 
   95: GOODIES
   96:     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
   97:     + chatroom, etc
   98:     + annotations can be localized and published
   99:     + PURLs
  100:     + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
  101:     & chart handles multipart problems
  102:     & statistics handles multipart problems
  103:     + statistics link to problem
  104:     + "You've got mail!"
  105:     + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
  106: 
  107: TEX/TTH/TTM
  108:    !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
  109: 
  110: SYSTEM MONITORING
  111:     c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
  112: 
  113: BUILD
  114:     c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
  115:     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
  116:       installation well pioneered (S)
  117:     c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
  118:     c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
  119:     c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
  120: 
  121: CODE QUALITY
  122:     C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
  123:       on back-burner till 2002) (S)
  124:     C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
  125:     C work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
  126:    !& fix handling of web browser windows (S)
  127:     c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
  128:     c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks
  129: 
  130: SQL DATABASE
  131:     + have result capping (S)
  132:     + scroll results page (S)
  133:     + enable abort button (S)
  134:     & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)
  135:     & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
  136:     & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
  137:     C monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
  138:     + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
  139: 
  140: PUBLISHING
  141:     + handle big text documents (?)
  142: 
  143: PLOTTING 
  144:     + polar plots (M)
  145:     + interface functions for <script> (M)
  146:     + $target eq 'edit' and $target eq 'modified' handling (M)
  147:     * unable to plot multiple data sets with differing linestyles.
  148: 
  149: GERD STUFF
  150:     + londropadd does XML
  151:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  152:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  153:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  154:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  155:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  156:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
  157:     * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  158:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  159:     & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
  160:     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
  161:     + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
  162:     + implement initial questionaire
  163:     + summary on top of spreadsheet
  164:     + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
  165:     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
  166:     + fix Applet codebase on .page
  167:     & pages do not register with remote if not on map
  168:     * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
  169:     * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
  170:     + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
  171:     + "do you want to be a tutor"?
  172:     +!interface for checking logs
  173:     + button to show deleted email and to "compact"
  174: 
  175: RAT
  176:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  177:       (could not reproduce)
  178:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  179:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  180:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  181:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
  182:     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
  183:     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
  184:     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
  185:     & use 'unknown.gif' for icon of unknown file types instead of broken img.
  186: 
  187: PUBLISHER
  188:     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
  189:     * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
  190:     + deals with Micros*** files
  191:     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
  192:       spurious error message (G)
  193:     c TEST: deal with absolute links
  194:     c TEST: deal with <allow>
  195:     + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
  196: 
  197: 
  198: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  199: ============================================
  200: 
  201: - Statistics
  202: 	- Simple
  203: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  204: 		- resource correlation course wide
  205: 		- other stats from CAPA
  206: 	- Complex
  207: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  208: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  209: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  210: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  211: 
  212: - Messaging
  213: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  214: 	- handle more types of communication
  215: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  216: 	       - chat / whiteboard
  217: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  218:                - "mailing lists"
  219: 
  220: - Grading
  221: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  222: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  223: 	  this)
  224: 	- essay / shortanswer
  225: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  226: 		- team based submission
  227: 		- peer graded
  228: 		- peer suggest grade
  229: 
  230: - homework engine
  231: 	- math stuff
  232: 	- CAPA problems 
  233: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  234: 
  235: - Exams
  236: 
  237: - RAT
  238: 	- choose parts
  239: 	- set conditions
  240: 	- language for conditions
  241: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  242: 
  243: - Publish
  244: 	- review step
  245: 	- co-author locking
  246: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  247:         - stricter control mechainsms
  248:              - copyrighted stuff
  249:              - Private stuff
  250:            - ACL? (by author or resource?)
  251:         - update metadata without full publish
  252: 
  253: - printing
  254: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
  255: 

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