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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> done <rbr> <ir> <nr> <sr> <fr> 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
   40:     * insert (getting there) (Y)
   41:     + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
   42:     c add more tags (Y)
   43:     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
   44: 	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
   45:     + make default setup prettier
   46:     + more templates for different homework types
   47:     + <rbresponse> editing works
   48:     * testing problems in construction space, need someway to reset 
   49:        store/restore data
   50: 
   51: HOMEWORK
   52:     + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)
   53:    !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
   54:    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
   55:     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
   56:     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
   57:     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
   58:         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
   59:     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
   60:     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
   61: 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
   62: 	<part> will be done poorly.
   63:     * input areas need to hide after correct
   64:     + view problem as specific student (Y)
   65:     + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
   66:     + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
   67:       (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
   68:     &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before duedate
   69:     + <rbresponse> and <optionresponse> flip back on display to the last 
   70:       student entry when re-visiting a problem
   71:     & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
   72:     + <formularesponse>
   73:     + metadata parsing for "stores" of .libraries
   74: 
   75: /ADM/GRADES
   76:     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
   77:     + handle ambiguous case (Y)
   78:     + handle extra fields (Y)
   79:     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
   80:     + show only a subset of students (Y)
   81:     + set all to something (Y)
   82:     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
   83:     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
   84: 
   85: NUMERICALRESPONSE
   86:    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   87:    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   88: 
   89: RANDOMLABEL
   90:     * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
   91:     + template
   92:     + TEST: randomlabel
   93:     & GLabel needs to better support image specifications that aren't URLs
   94:     & GLabel needs to be in the install process
   95:     + <label> needs to use descriiption args
   96:     * web render of image labels is broken
   97: 
   98: GOODIES
   99:     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
  100:     + chatroom, etc
  101:     + annotations can be localized and published
  102:     + PURLs
  103:     + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
  104:     & chart handles multipart problems
  105:     & statistics handles multipart problems
  106:     + statistics link to problem
  107:     + "You've got mail!"
  108:     + navmaps shows new discussion postings
  109:     + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
  110: 
  111: TEX/TTH/TTM
  112:    !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
  113: 
  114: SYSTEM MONITORING
  115:     c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
  116:     & improve output of 'make status(post)' target in loncom/build (S)
  117: 
  118: BUILD
  119:     c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
  120:     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
  121:       installation well pioneered (S)
  122:     c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
  123:     c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
  124:     c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
  125: 
  126: CODE QUALITY
  127:     C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
  128:       on back-burner till 2002) (S)
  129:     C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
  130:     C work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
  131:     & fix handling of web browser windows (S)
  132:     C add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
  133: 
  134: SQL DATABASE
  135:     + have result capping (S)
  136:     + scroll results page (S)
  137:     + enable abort button (S)
  138:     & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)
  139:     & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
  140:     & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
  141:     C monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
  142:     + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
  143: 
  144: PUBLISHING
  145:     + handle big text documents (?)
  146: 
  147: GERD STUFF
  148:     + londropadd does XML
  149:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  150:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  151:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  152:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  153:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  154:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
  155:     * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  156:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  157:     & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
  158:     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
  159:     + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
  160:     + implement initial questionaire
  161:     + do "evaluate this"
  162:     + summary on top of spreadsheet
  163:     + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
  164:     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
  165:     + fix Applet codebase on .page
  166:     & pages do not register with remote if not on map
  167:     * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
  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:     + logging support for all transactions, interface for checking logs
  172:     + critical messages too agressive with sending receipt back 
  173:       (too many - make optional)
  174:     + mass deleting of messages from inbox
  175: 
  176: RAT
  177:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  178:       (could not reproduce)
  179:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  180:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  181:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  182:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
  183:     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
  184:     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
  185:     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
  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:     + write dependencies to metadata
  196:     + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
  197: 
  198: 
  199: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  200: ============================================
  201: 
  202: - Statistics
  203: 	- Simple
  204: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  205: 		- resource correlation course wide
  206: 		- other stats from CAPA
  207: 	- Complex
  208: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  209: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  210: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  211: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  212: 
  213: - Messaging
  214: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  215: 	- handle more types of communication
  216: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  217: 	       - chat / whiteboard
  218: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  219:                - "mailing lists"
  220: 
  221: - Grading
  222: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  223: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  224: 	  this)
  225: 	- essay / shortanswer
  226: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  227: 		- team based submission
  228: 		- peer graded
  229: 		- peer suggest grade
  230: 
  231: - homework engine
  232: 	- math stuff
  233: 	- CAPA problems 
  234: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  235: 
  236: - Exams
  237: 
  238: - RAT
  239: 	- choose parts
  240: 	- set conditions
  241: 	- language for conditions
  242: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  243: 
  244: - Publish
  245: 	- review step
  246: 	- co-author locking
  247: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  248: 
  249: - printing
  250: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
  251: