--- loncom/enrollment/localenroll.pm 2009/02/20 13:59:20 1.33 +++ loncom/enrollment/localenroll.pm 2009/09/13 03:14:12 1.39 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # functions to glue school database system into Lon-CAPA for # automated enrollment -# $Id: localenroll.pm,v 1.33 2009/02/20 13:59:20 bisitz Exp $ +# $Id: localenroll.pm,v 1.39 2009/09/13 03:14:12 raeburn Exp $ # # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees # @@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ described at http://www.lon-capa.org. =over -=back - =cut package localenroll; @@ -281,6 +279,142 @@ sub validate_courseID { =pod +=item validate_instcode() + +This is called when a request is being made for an official course. +A check is made that the institutional code for which a course is +is being requested is valid according to the institutional +schedule of official classes. + +If the username of the course owner is provided, a more restrictive +test is used, namely that the requestor is listed as instructor of +record for the course in the institution's course schedule/database. + +validate_instcode takes three arguments - + (a) the LON-CAPA domain that will contain the course + (b) the institutional code (in the MSU case this is a concatenation of + semester code, department code, and course number, e.g., fs03nop590. + (c) an optional institutional username for the course owner. + +An array is returned containing (a) the result of the check for a valid +instcode, and (b) an (optional) course description. +A valid instcode is confirmed by returning 'valid'. +If no course description is available, '' should be set as +the value of the second item in the returned array. + +=cut + +sub validate_instcode { + my ($dom,$instcode,$owner) = @_; + my $outcome = ''; + my $description = ''; + return ($outcome,$description); +} + +=pod + +=item validate_crsreq() + +This is used to check whether a course request should be processed +automatically, or held in a queue pending administrative action at +the institution. + +Course requests will trigger this check if the process type has been set +to 'validate' for the course type (official, unofficial or community) and +the requestor's affiliation. Whether "validate" is an available option +in the Domain Configuration menu is controlled by auto_courserequest_checks(). +One scenario is where the request is for an official course, in which case +a check could be made that the requestor is listed as instructor of +record for the course in the institution's course schedule/database. + +Other scenarios are possible, and the routine can be customized according +to whatever rules a domain wishes to implement to run validations against +given the data passed in to the routine. + +validate_crsreq takes six arguments - + (a) the LON-CAPA domain that will contain the course. + (b) the username:domain for the course owner. + (c) the course type (official, unofficial or community) + (d) a comma-separated list of institutional affiliations of + the course owner. + (e) the institutional code (in the MSU case this is a concatenation of + semester code, department code, and course number, e.g., fs03nop590. + (f) a comma-separated list of institutional sections included in + the course request (only applicable to official courses). + +A valid courserequest is confirmed by returning 'process'. +The following can be returned: process, rejected, pending, approval or error (with error condition - no :), followed by a : and then an optional message. + +(a) process - the requestor is the recorded instructor - create the course +(b) reject - the requestor should never be requesting this course, reject the + request permanently +(c) pending - the requestor is not the recorded instructor, but could + become so after administrative action at the institution. Put the + request in a queue and check localenroll:validate_instcode() + periodically until the status changes to "valid". +(d) approval - the request will be held pending review by a Domain Coordinator. +(e) error (followed by the error condition). + +=cut + +sub validate_crsreq { + my ($dom,$owner,$crstype,$inststatuslist,$instcode,$instseclist) = @_; + my $outcome = 'approval'; + return $outcome; +} + +=pod + +=item crsreq_checks() + +This is used to determine whether the "validate" option should appear in the +possible choices for course request processing in the Domain Configuration +menu for Course Requests. Ultimately it is called by domainprefs.pm (via: +lonnet -> lond -> localenroll.pm) The domain configuration menu includes +a table where columns are course type (official, unofficial or community) +and rows are institutional affiliations (e.g., Faculty, Staff, Student etc.). + +crsreq_checks() takes three arguments: $dom, $reqtyes, $validations. +$dom - the domain for which validation options are needed. +$reqtypes - ref to an ARRAY of course types (i.e., official, unofficial and community. +$validations - ref to a hash of a hash which will determine whether "validate" +will be one of the possible choices for each course type (outer hash key), +and institutional type (inner hash key). + +For example to allow validate to be a choice for official classes for Faculty, +req_checks would include: + +$validations{'official'}{'Faculty'} = 1; + +This routine is closely tied to validate_crsreq(). "Validate" should not be +a possible choice in the domain configuration menu for a particular course +type/institutional affiliation, unless a corresponding validation code has +been implemented in validate_crsreq(). + +For example at MSU, official courses requested by Faculty will be validated +against the official schedule of classes to check that the requestor is one +of the instructors of record for the course. In this case validate_crsreq() +includes a call to validate_instcode(). + +=cut + +sub crsreq_checks { + my ($dom,$reqtypes,$validations) = @_; + if ((ref($reqtypes) eq 'ARRAY') && (ref($validations) eq 'HASH')) { + my (%usertypes,@order); + if (&inst_usertypes($dom,\%usertypes,\@order) eq 'ok') { + foreach my $type (@{$reqtypes}) { + foreach my $inst_type (@order) { + $validations->{$type}{$inst_type} = 0; + } + } + } + } + return 'ok'; +} + +=pod + =item create_password() This is called when the authentication method set for the automated @@ -381,6 +515,43 @@ sub instcode_format () { return $outcome; } +=pod + +=item possible_instcodes() + +Gather acceptable values for institutional categories to use in course creation request form for official courses. + + requires four arguments: + domain ($dom) + reference to array of titles ($codetitles) + reference to hash of abbreviations used in categories ($cat_titles). + reference to hash of arrays specifying sort order used in category titles ($cat_order). + + e.g., + @{$codetitles} = ("Year","Semester","Department","Number"); + + %{$$cat_titles{'Semester'}} = ( + fs => 'Fall', + ss => 'Spring', + us => 'Summer'); + + @{$$cat_order{'Semester'}} = ('ss','us','fs'); + + returns 1 parameter: 'ok' if no processing errors. + +=cut + +sub possible_instcodes { + my ($dom,$codetitles,$cat_titles,$cat_order) = @_; + @{$codetitles} = (); + %{$$cat_titles{'Semester'}} = (); + @{$$cat_order{'Semester'}} = ('ss','us','fs'); + ($$cat_titles{'Department'},$$cat_order{'Department'}) = &get_all_depts($dom); + ($$cat_titles{'Year'},$$cat_order{'Year'}) = &get_possible_years($dom); + return 'ok'; +} + + =pod @@ -401,7 +572,7 @@ sub instcode_format () { existing photo, photo was found to be missing from institution's data store, photo used is same as before, or photo was deleted from storage on LON-CAPA server housing student's - information, no student ID was available. + information, no student/employee ID was available. (e) $action: the type of action needed. (e.g., update, delete); (f) $students: a reference to a hash with the keys set to student