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    4: TODO list
    5:  
    6: + add functionality
    7: & change functionality
    8: * bug
    9: ! Priority
   10: ? Questionable/unverified
   11: c Continual and currently in an okay status
   12: C Continual and in need of a lot of work right now
   13: 
   14: G=Gerd
   15: A=Alex
   16: S=Scott
   17: Y=Guy
   18: N=Hon-Kie
   19: I=Isaac
   20: M=Matthew
   21: ?=not yet assigned
   22: 
   23: XMLPARSE
   24:     + add <options> tag (A)
   25:     + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
   26: 
   27: EDIT INTERFACE (Y)
   28:     + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
   29:     c add more tags (Y)
   30:     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
   31: 	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
   32:     + make default setup prettier
   33:     + <imageresponse>
   34:     * hints need to be coupled to tag 2 levels up
   35: 
   36: HOMEWORK (Y)
   37:     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
   38:         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
   39:     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
   40:     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
   41: 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
   42: 	<part> will be done poorly.
   43:     * input areas need to hide after correct
   44:     & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
   45:     + student should be able to see previous submissions
   46:     + <verbatim>
   47:     + support giving hints even when there are 0 tries (only <*hint> hint show)
   48:     + <optionresponse> reports # options correct through a <responseparam>
   49:          (Make editing of this pretty)
   50:     & allow functions in response to be case insensitive
   51:     +  added ability to ignore ws in string answers
   52: 
   53: /ADM/GRADES
   54:     + handle extra fields (Y)
   55:     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
   56:     + show only a subset of students (Y)
   57:     + set all to something (Y)
   58:     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
   59:     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
   60:     + CSV upload, XML upload
   61: 
   62: NUMERICALRESPONSE(HINT)
   63:    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   64:    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   65:     + show tol range and sigfig in answer mode
   66: 
   67: RANDOMLABEL
   68:     + template
   69:     + <label> needs to use descriiption args
   70:     * web render of image labels is broken
   71: 
   72: GOODIES
   73:     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
   74:     + chatroom, etc
   75:     + annotations can be localized and published
   76:     + PURLs
   77:     + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
   78:     & chart handles multipart problems
   79:     & statistics handles multipart problems
   80:     + statistics link to problem
   81:     + "You've got mail!"
   82:     + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
   83: 
   84: TEX/TTH/TTM
   85:    !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
   86: 
   87: SYSTEM MONITORING
   88:     http://bugzilla.lon-capa.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70
   89: 
   90: USER NEEDS
   91:     & have great installation, upgrading, configuring documents (S)
   92:     & have great installation, upgrading, configuring process (S)
   93:     & have great interface, how-to-use educational system
   94:       documentation (John Williamson)
   95: 
   96: BUILD
   97:     c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
   98:     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
   99:       installation well pioneered (S)
  100:     c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
  101:     c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
  102:     c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
  103:     & loncapafiles.lpml has too many lines (pod2man.sh or pod2html.sh) which
  104:       are over 80 characters (S)
  105: 
  106: CODE QUALITY
  107:     C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
  108:       on back-burner till 2002) (S)
  109:     C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
  110:     c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
  111:     c get rid of void context map blocks and replace with foreach blocks
  112: 
  113: JAVASCRIPT
  114: #   see CVS:doc/window_handling.txt for initial plans at organizing this -Scott
  115: 
  116: SQL DATABASE
  117:    Located now at
  118:    http://bugzilla.lon-capa.org/buglist.cgi?component=Searching
  119: 
  120: RANDOM BUGS
  121: 
  122: PLOTTING 
  123:     http://zaphod.lite.msu.edu/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?component=Randomized+Plots
  124: 
  125: GERD STUFF
  126:     + londropadd does XML
  127:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  128:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  129:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  130:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  131:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  132:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
  133:    !* Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  134:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  135:     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
  136:     + implement initial questionaire
  137:     + summary on top of spreadsheet
  138:     + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
  139:     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
  140:     + fix Applet codebase on .page
  141:     & pages should not register with remote if not on map
  142:     * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
  143:     + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
  144:     + "do you want to be a tutor"?
  145:     +!interface for checking logs
  146:     + button to show deleted email and to "compact"
  147:    !* discussion for users in sections
  148:     & more informative message for "maybe part of a course"
  149:     * hung lond child - produce status info
  150:     & share spreadsheets among courses
  151: 
  152: RAT
  153:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  154:       (could not reproduce)
  155:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  156:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  157:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  158:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
  159:     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
  160:     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
  161:     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
  162:     & use 'unknown.gif' for icon of unknown file types instead of broken img.
  163: 
  164: PUBLISHER
  165:     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
  166:     * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
  167:     + deals with Micros*** files
  168:     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
  169:       spurious error message (G)
  170:     c TEST: deal with absolute links
  171:     c TEST: deal with <allow>
  172:     + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
  173:     + handle big text documents (?)
  174:     & do not change everything to absolute URLs, but clean up URL garbage
  175: 
  176: 
  177: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  178: ============================================
  179: 
  180: - Statistics
  181: 	- Simple
  182: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  183: 		- resource correlation course wide
  184: 		- other stats from CAPA
  185: 	- Complex
  186: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  187: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  188: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  189: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  190: 
  191: - Messaging
  192: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  193: 	- handle more types of communication
  194: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  195: 	       - chat / whiteboard
  196: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  197:                - "mailing lists"
  198: 
  199: - Grading
  200: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  201: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  202: 	  this)
  203: 	- essay / shortanswer
  204: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  205: 		- team based submission
  206: 		- peer graded
  207: 		- peer suggest grade
  208: 
  209: - homework engine
  210: 	- math stuff
  211: 	- CAPA problems 
  212: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  213: 
  214: - Exams
  215: 
  216: - RAT
  217: 	- choose parts
  218: 	- set conditions
  219: 	- language for conditions
  220: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  221: 
  222: - Publish
  223: 	- review step
  224: 	- co-author locking
  225: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  226:         - stricter control mechainsms
  227:              - copyrighted stuff
  228:              - Private stuff
  229:            - ACL? (by author or resource?)
  230:         - update metadata without full publish
  231: 
  232: - printing
  233: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
  234: