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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:     + 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: BUILD
  104:     c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
  105:     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
  106:       installation well pioneered (S)
  107:     c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
  108:     c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
  109:     c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
  110:     & reimplement LON-CAPA-base building from loncapafiles.lpml (S)
  111: 
  112: CODE QUALITY
  113:     C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
  114:       on back-burner till 2002) (S)
  115:     C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
  116:     C work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
  117:    !& fix handling of web browser windows (S)
  118:     c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
  119:     c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks
  120: 
  121: SQL DATABASE
  122:     + have result capping (S)
  123:     + scroll results page (S)
  124:     + enable abort button (S)
  125:     & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)
  126:     & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
  127:     & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
  128:     C monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
  129:     + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
  130: 
  131: PUBLISHING
  132:     + handle big text documents (?)
  133: 
  134: PLOTTING 
  135:     + polar plots (M)
  136:     + interface functions for <script> (M)
  137:     + $target eq 'edit' and $target eq 'modified' handling (M)
  138:     * unable to plot multiple data sets with differing linestyles.
  139: 
  140: GERD STUFF
  141:     + londropadd does XML
  142:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  143:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  144:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  145:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  146:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  147:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
  148:     * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  149:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  150:     & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
  151:     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
  152:     + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
  153:     + implement initial questionaire
  154:     + summary on top of spreadsheet
  155:     + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
  156:     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
  157:     + fix Applet codebase on .page
  158:     & pages do not register with remote if not on map
  159:     * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
  160:     * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
  161:     + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
  162:     + "do you want to be a tutor"?
  163:     +!interface for checking logs
  164:     + button to show deleted email and to "compact"
  165: 
  166: RAT
  167:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  168:       (could not reproduce)
  169:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  170:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  171:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  172:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
  173:     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
  174:     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
  175:     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
  176:     & use 'unknown.gif' for icon of unknown file types instead of broken img.
  177: 
  178: PUBLISHER
  179:     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
  180:     * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
  181:     + deals with Micros*** files
  182:     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
  183:       spurious error message (G)
  184:     c TEST: deal with absolute links
  185:     c TEST: deal with <allow>
  186:     + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
  187: 
  188: 
  189: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  190: ============================================
  191: 
  192: - Statistics
  193: 	- Simple
  194: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  195: 		- resource correlation course wide
  196: 		- other stats from CAPA
  197: 	- Complex
  198: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  199: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  200: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  201: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  202: 
  203: - Messaging
  204: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  205: 	- handle more types of communication
  206: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  207: 	       - chat / whiteboard
  208: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  209:                - "mailing lists"
  210: 
  211: - Grading
  212: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  213: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  214: 	  this)
  215: 	- essay / shortanswer
  216: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  217: 		- team based submission
  218: 		- peer graded
  219: 		- peer suggest grade
  220: 
  221: - homework engine
  222: 	- math stuff
  223: 	- CAPA problems 
  224: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  225: 
  226: - Exams
  227: 
  228: - RAT
  229: 	- choose parts
  230: 	- set conditions
  231: 	- language for conditions
  232: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  233: 
  234: - Publish
  235: 	- review step
  236: 	- co-author locking
  237: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  238:         - stricter control mechainsms
  239:              - copyrighted stuff
  240:              - Private stuff
  241:            - ACL? (by author or resource?)
  242:         - update metadata without full publish
  243: 
  244: - printing
  245: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
  246: 

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