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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: 
  111: CODE QUALITY
  112:     C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
  113:       on back-burner till 2002) (S)
  114:     C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
  115:     C work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
  116:    !& fix handling of web browser windows (S)
  117:     c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
  118:     c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks
  119: 
  120: SQL DATABASE
  121:     + have result capping (S)
  122:     + scroll results page (S)
  123:     + enable abort button (S)
  124:     & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)
  125:     & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
  126:     & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
  127:     C monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
  128:     + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
  129: 
  130: PLOTTING 
  131:     + polar plots (M)
  132:     + interface functions for <script> (M)
  133:     * unable to plot multiple data sets with differing linestyles.
  134: 
  135: GERD STUFF
  136:     + londropadd does XML
  137:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  138:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  139:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  140:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  141:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  142:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
  143:    !* Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  144:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  145:     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
  146:     + implement initial questionaire
  147:     + summary on top of spreadsheet
  148:     + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
  149:     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
  150:     + fix Applet codebase on .page
  151:     & pages should not register with remote if not on map
  152:     * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
  153:     + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
  154:     + "do you want to be a tutor"?
  155:     +!interface for checking logs
  156:     + button to show deleted email and to "compact"
  157:    !* navmaps duedate on multipart with no part 0
  158:    !* discussion for users in sections
  159:     & more informative message for "maybe part of a course"
  160:     * hung lond child - produce status info
  161:     & share spreadsheets among courses
  162: 
  163: RAT
  164:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  165:       (could not reproduce)
  166:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  167:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  168:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  169:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
  170:     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
  171:     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
  172:     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
  173:     & use 'unknown.gif' for icon of unknown file types instead of broken img.
  174: 
  175: PUBLISHER
  176:     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
  177:     * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
  178:     + deals with Micros*** files
  179:     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
  180:       spurious error message (G)
  181:     c TEST: deal with absolute links
  182:     c TEST: deal with <allow>
  183:     + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
  184:     + handle big text documents (?)
  185:     & do not change everything to absolute URLs, but clean up URL garbage
  186: 
  187: 
  188: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  189: ============================================
  190: 
  191: - Statistics
  192: 	- Simple
  193: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  194: 		- resource correlation course wide
  195: 		- other stats from CAPA
  196: 	- Complex
  197: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  198: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  199: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  200: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  201: 
  202: - Messaging
  203: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  204: 	- handle more types of communication
  205: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  206: 	       - chat / whiteboard
  207: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  208:                - "mailing lists"
  209: 
  210: - Grading
  211: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  212: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  213: 	  this)
  214: 	- essay / shortanswer
  215: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  216: 		- team based submission
  217: 		- peer graded
  218: 		- peer suggest grade
  219: 
  220: - homework engine
  221: 	- math stuff
  222: 	- CAPA problems 
  223: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  224: 
  225: - Exams
  226: 
  227: - RAT
  228: 	- choose parts
  229: 	- set conditions
  230: 	- language for conditions
  231: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  232: 
  233: - Publish
  234: 	- review step
  235: 	- co-author locking
  236: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  237:         - stricter control mechainsms
  238:              - copyrighted stuff
  239:              - Private stuff
  240:            - ACL? (by author or resource?)
  241:         - update metadata without full publish
  242: 
  243: - printing
  244: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
  245: 

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