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    1: TODO list
    2: 
    3: + add functionality
    4: & change functionality
    5: * bug
    6: ! Priority
    7: ? Questionable/unverified
    8: c Continual
    9: 
   10: G=Gerd
   11: A=Alex
   12: S=Scott
   13: B=Ben
   14: Y=Guy
   15: N=Hon-Kie
   16: I=Issac
   17: 
   18: XMLPARSE
   19:     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
   20:    !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
   21:     + add <options> tag (A)
   22:     + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
   23:     + deregister()
   24:     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
   25:     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
   26:     * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
   27:  	add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
   28: 
   29: CAPARESPONSE.C
   30:    !+ pass back the reason (Y)
   31: 
   32: RUN.pm
   33:     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
   34:       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
   35: 
   36: EDIT INTERFACE
   37:     * insert (getting there) (Y)
   38:     c add more tags (Y)
   39:     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
   40: 	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
   41:     + make default setup prettier
   42:     + more templates for different homework types
   43: 
   44: HOMEWORK
   45:     + need to support /OR (Y)
   46:    !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
   47:    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
   48:     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
   49:     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
   50:     + view problem as specific student (Y)
   51:     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
   52:         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
   53:     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
   54:     + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
   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:     * sigfigs are poorly supported (metadata needs to be better)
   59:     * multiple response in a multipart question are screwing up
   60:     * input areas need to hide after correct
   61:     * <randomlist> needs to be stable
   62:     * previous answers need to be ignored
   63:     * id in parameter_... (see tol on mmp resources, s10)
   64:     + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
   65:       (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
   66:     &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before 
   67:       duedate (Felicia pointed out)
   68: 
   69: /ADM/GRADES
   70:     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
   71:     + handle ambiguous case (Y)
   72:     + back to homework link (Y)
   73:     + handle extra fields (Y)
   74:     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
   75:     + show only a subset of students (Y)
   76:     + set all to something (Y)
   77:     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
   78:     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
   79: 
   80: NUMERICALRESPONSE
   81:    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   82:    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   83: 
   84: RANDOMLABEL
   85:     * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
   86:     + template
   87: 
   88: GOODIES
   89:     * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
   90:     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
   91:     + chatroom, etc
   92:     + annotations can be localized and published
   93:     + PURLs
   94:     + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
   95: 
   96: TEX/TTH/TTM
   97:     * Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G)
   98: 
   99: BUILD
  100:     * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
  101:     + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)
  102:     c test code (S)
  103:     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation (S)
  104:     + match lpml_parse.pl output to be similar to parse.pl (S)
  105: 
  106: SCOTT STUFF
  107:     c code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
  108:       on back-burner till 2002) (S)
  109:     c xhtmlize output from perl modules (S)
  110:     c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
  111:     + cause groupsort handler to work with group search import (S)
  112: 
  113: SQL DATABASE
  114:     * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
  115:     & change number of lonsql daemon processes
  116:     & metadata partly hidden from non-advanced users 
  117:       (use $ENV{'user.adv'}, see lonmeta for example) (S)
  118: 
  119: GERD STUFF
  120:     + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
  121:     + londropadd does XML
  122:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  123:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  124:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  125:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  126:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  127:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
  128:     * weird error "illegal URL method reload .gif" in menu.html
  129:     * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  130:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  131:     & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
  132:     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
  133:     + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
  134:     + implement initial questionaire
  135:     + do "evaluate this"
  136:     + summary on top of spreadsheet
  137:     + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
  138:     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
  139:     + fix codebase on .page
  140: 
  141: RAT
  142:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  143:       (could not reproduce)
  144:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  145:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  146:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  147:     + mass import of files, sorting (S)
  148:     + "Browse" works (S/N)
  149:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
  150:     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
  151:     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
  152:     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
  153: 
  154: PUBLISHER
  155:     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
  156:     * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
  157:     +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job
  158:     + deals with Micros*** files
  159:     + public resources - /pub/domain space
  160:     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
  161:       spurious error message (G)
  162:     *?Diffs of construct versus publication space as a co-author don't work
  163:     c TEST: deal with absolute links
  164:     c TEST: deal with <allow>
  165: 
  166: 
  167: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  168: ============================================
  169: 
  170: - Statistics
  171: 	- Simple
  172: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  173: 		- resource correlation course wide
  174: 		- other stats from CAPA
  175: 	- Complex
  176: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  177: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  178: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  179: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  180: 
  181: - Messaging
  182: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  183: 	- handle more types of communication
  184: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  185: 	       - chat / whiteboard
  186: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  187: 
  188: - Grading
  189: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  190: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  191: 	  this)
  192: 	- essay / shortanswer
  193: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  194: 		- team based submission
  195: 		- peer graded
  196: 		- peer suggest grade
  197: 
  198: - homework engine
  199: 	- new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
  200: 	  renderings / awards and solved status
  201: 	- edit interface / clone other problem
  202: 	- math stuff
  203: 	- validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as
  204: 	  advertised
  205: 	- CAPA problems 
  206: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  207: 	- <randomlabel> 
  208: 
  209: 
  210: - RAT
  211: 	- choose parts
  212: 	- set conditions
  213: 	- language for conditions
  214: 	- browse link
  215: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  216: 
  217: - Publish
  218: 	- review step
  219: 	- co-author locking
  220: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  221: 
  222: - printing
  223: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
  224: 

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