--- loncom/enrollment/localenroll.pm 2009/08/18 20:08:38 1.37 +++ loncom/enrollment/localenroll.pm 2009/08/22 19:52:13 1.38 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # functions to glue school database system into Lon-CAPA for # automated enrollment -# $Id: localenroll.pm,v 1.37 2009/08/18 20:08:38 raeburn Exp $ +# $Id: localenroll.pm,v 1.38 2009/08/22 19:52:13 raeburn Exp $ # # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees # @@ -291,37 +291,124 @@ test is used, namely that the requestor record for the course in the institution's course schedule/database. A valid instcode is confirmed by returning 'valid'. -In the case of a check for the instructor of record, the following can -be returned: -(a) valid - 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 ina 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); -validate_instcode takes five arguments - +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. - (d) an optional comma-separated list of institutional affiliations of - the course owner. - (e) an optional comma-separated list of institutional sections included in - the course request =cut sub validate_instcode { - my ($dom,$instcode,$owner,$inststatuslist,$instseclist) = @_; + my ($dom,$instcode,$owner) = @_; my $outcome = ''; return $outcome; } =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()