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Tue Feb 5 23:50:16 2002 UTC (22 years, 2 months ago) by harris41
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CVS tags: stable_2002_spring, HEAD
javascript.. somebody else gets to do the fun

    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:     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
   26:       (<or> <nr> <sr> <fr> done <rbr> <ir> <nh> <sh> <fh> TODO)
   27: 
   28: CAPARESPONSE.C
   29:    !+ pass back the reason (Y)
   30: 
   31: RUN.pm
   32:     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
   33:       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
   34: 
   35: EDIT INTERFACE (Y)
   36:     + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
   37:     c add more tags (Y)
   38:     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
   39: 	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
   40:     + make default setup prettier
   41:     + <imageresponse>
   42:     * hints need to be coupled to tag 2 levels up
   43: 
   44: HOMEWORK (Y)
   45:     + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)
   46:     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
   47:     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
   48:     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
   49:         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
   50:     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
   51:     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
   52: 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
   53: 	<part> will be done poorly.
   54:     * input areas need to hide after correct
   55:     & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
   56:     + <formula/string/option/image/radiobutton hint> (Y)
   57:     + survey mode for <formula/string/numerical/option/image response> (Y)
   58:     + student should be able to see previous submissions
   59:     + <verbatim>
   60:     + support giving hints even when there are 0 tries (only <*hint> hint show)
   61:     + <optionresponse> reports # options correct through a <responseparam>
   62:          (Make editing of this pretty)
   63:     & allow functions in response to be case insensitive
   64:     +  added ability to ignore ws in string answers
   65: 
   66: /ADM/GRADES
   67:     + handle extra fields (Y)
   68:     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
   69:     + show only a subset of students (Y)
   70:     + set all to something (Y)
   71:     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
   72:     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
   73:     + CSV upload, XML upload
   74: 
   75: NUMERICALRESPONSE(HINT)
   76:    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   77:    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   78:     + show tol range and sigfig in answer mode
   79: 
   80: RANDOMLABEL
   81:     + template
   82:     + <label> needs to use descriiption args
   83:     * web render of image labels is broken
   84: 
   85: GOODIES
   86:     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
   87:     + chatroom, etc
   88:     + annotations can be localized and published
   89:     + PURLs
   90:     + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
   91:     & chart handles multipart problems
   92:     & statistics handles multipart problems
   93:     + statistics link to problem
   94:     + "You've got mail!"
   95:     + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
   96: 
   97: TEX/TTH/TTM
   98:    !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
   99: 
  100: SYSTEM MONITORING
  101:     c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
  102: 
  103: USER NEEDS
  104:     & have great installation, upgrading, configuring documents (S)
  105:     & have great installation, upgrading, configuring process (S)
  106:     & have great interface, how-to-use educational system
  107:       documentation (John Williamson)
  108: 
  109: BUILD
  110:     c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
  111:     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
  112:       installation well pioneered (S)
  113:     c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
  114:     c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
  115:     c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
  116:     & loncapafiles.lpml has too many lines (pod2man.sh or pod2html.sh) which
  117:       are over 80 characters (S)
  118: 
  119: CODE QUALITY
  120:     C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
  121:       on back-burner till 2002) (S)
  122:     C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
  123:     c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
  124:     c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks
  125: 
  126: JAVASCRIPT
  127: #   see CVS:doc/window_handling.txt for initial plans at organizing this -Scott
  128:     C work on javascript library and modularizing code (?)
  129:    !& fix handling of web browser windows (?)
  130: 
  131: SQL DATABASE
  132:     + have result capping (S)
  133:     + scroll results page (S)
  134:     + enable abort button (S)
  135:     & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)
  136:     & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
  137:     & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
  138:     & all for mime type selection through filecategories.tab (S)
  139:     C monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
  140:     + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
  141: 
  142: RANDOM BUGS
  143: 
  144: PLOTTING 
  145:     + polar plots (M)
  146:     + interface functions for <script> (M)
  147:     & change 'on-off' to 'yes-no' (M)
  148:     + add help functionality to edit page
  149:     + add printing ability
  150: 
  151: GERD STUFF
  152:     + londropadd does XML
  153:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  154:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  155:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  156:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  157:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  158:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
  159:    !* Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  160:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  161:     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
  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 should not register with remote if not on map
  168:     * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
  169:     + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
  170:     + "do you want to be a tutor"?
  171:     +!interface for checking logs
  172:     + button to show deleted email and to "compact"
  173:    !* navmaps duedate on multipart with no part 0
  174:    !* discussion for users in sections
  175:     & more informative message for "maybe part of a course"
  176:     * hung lond child - produce status info
  177:     & share spreadsheets among courses
  178: 
  179: RAT
  180:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  181:       (could not reproduce)
  182:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  183:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  184:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  185:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
  186:     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
  187:     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
  188:     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
  189:     & use 'unknown.gif' for icon of unknown file types instead of broken img.
  190: 
  191: PUBLISHER
  192:     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
  193:     * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
  194:     + deals with Micros*** files
  195:     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
  196:       spurious error message (G)
  197:     c TEST: deal with absolute links
  198:     c TEST: deal with <allow>
  199:     + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
  200:     + handle big text documents (?)
  201:     & do not change everything to absolute URLs, but clean up URL garbage
  202: 
  203: 
  204: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  205: ============================================
  206: 
  207: - Statistics
  208: 	- Simple
  209: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  210: 		- resource correlation course wide
  211: 		- other stats from CAPA
  212: 	- Complex
  213: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  214: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  215: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  216: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  217: 
  218: - Messaging
  219: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  220: 	- handle more types of communication
  221: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  222: 	       - chat / whiteboard
  223: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  224:                - "mailing lists"
  225: 
  226: - Grading
  227: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  228: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  229: 	  this)
  230: 	- essay / shortanswer
  231: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  232: 		- team based submission
  233: 		- peer graded
  234: 		- peer suggest grade
  235: 
  236: - homework engine
  237: 	- math stuff
  238: 	- CAPA problems 
  239: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  240: 
  241: - Exams
  242: 
  243: - RAT
  244: 	- choose parts
  245: 	- set conditions
  246: 	- language for conditions
  247: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  248: 
  249: - Publish
  250: 	- review step
  251: 	- co-author locking
  252: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  253:         - stricter control mechainsms
  254:              - copyrighted stuff
  255:              - Private stuff
  256:            - ACL? (by author or resource?)
  257:         - update metadata without full publish
  258: 
  259: - printing
  260: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
  261: 

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