package localenroll; use strict; ################################ # sub fetch_enrollment # # connects to the institutional classlist data source, # reads classlist data and stores in an XML file # in /home/httpd/perl/tmp/ # # classlist files are named as follows: # # DOMAIN_COURSE_INSTITUTIONALCODE_classlist.xml # # e.g., msu_43551dedcd43febmsul1_fs03nop590001_classlist.xml # where DOMAIN = msu COURSE = 43551dedcd43febmsul1 # INSTITUTIONALCODE = fs03nop590001 # (MSU's course naming scheme - fs03 = Fall semester 2003, nop = # department name, 590 = course number, 001 = section number. # # fetch_enrollment requires three arguments - # $dom - DOMAIN e.g., msu # $affiliatesref - a reference to a hash of arrays that contains LON-CAPA # courses that are to be updated as keys, and institutional coursecodes # contributing enrollment to that LON-CAPA course as elements in each array. # $replyref - a reference to a hash that contains LON-CAPA courses # that are to be updated as keys, and the total enrollment count in all # affiliated sections, as determined from institutional data as hash elements. # # As an example, if fetch_enrollment is called to retrieve institutional # classlists for a single LON-CAPA course - 43551dedcd43febmsul1 which # corresponds to fs03nop590, sections 001, 601 and 602 , and the course # also accommodates enrollment from a crosslisted course in the ost # department - fs03ost580002: # # the affiliatesref would be a reference to %affiliates which would be: # # @{$affiliates{'43551dedcd43febmsul1'}} = # ("fs03nop590001","fs03nop590601","fs03nop590602","fs03ost580002"); # # fetch_enrollment would create four files in /home/httpd/perl/tmp/. # msu_43551dedcd43febmsul1_fs03nop590001_classlist.xml # msu_43551dedcd43febmsul1_fs03nop590601_classlist.xml # msu_43551dedcd43febmsul1_fs03nop590602_classlist.xml # msu_43551dedcd43febmsul1_fs03ost580002_classlist.xml # # In each file, student data would be stored in the following format # # # MSU.EDU # krb4 # smith@msu.edu # # John # II # fs03nop590001 # Smith # D # # A12345678 # # # with the following at the top of the file # # # # # (all comment - #s removed) # # and a closing: # # # The and the are the activation date and expiration date # for this student's role. If they are absent, then the date set for # first automated enrollment is used as the default activation date, and the # date set for last automated enrollment is used as the default expiration date. # If dates are to included in the XML file, they should be in the format # YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM:SS (: separators required). # # If there were 10 students in fs03nop590001, 5 students in fs03nop59o601, # 8 students in fs03nop590602, and 2 students in fs03ost580002, # then $$reply{'43551dedcd43febmsul1'} = 25 # # The purpose of the %reply hash is to detect cases where the institutional # enrollment is 0 (most likely due to a problem with the data source). # In such a case, the LON-CAPA course roster is left unchanged (i.e., no # students are expired, even if automated drops is enabled. # # fetch_enrollment should return a 0 or 1, depending on whether a connection # could be established to the institutional data source. # 0 is returned if no connection could be made. # 1 is returned if connection was successful # # A return of 1 is required for the calling modules to perform LON-CAPA # roster changes based on the contents of the XML classlist file(s), e,g,, # msu_43551dedcd43febmsul1_fs03nop590001_classlist.xml # # XML classlist files are temporary. They are deleted after the enrollment # update process in the calling module is complete. # ################################ sub fetch_enrollment { my ($dom,$affiliatesref,$replyref) = @_; foreach my $crs (sort keys %{$affiliatesref}) { $$replyref{$crs} = 0; } } my $okflag = 0; return $okflag; } ############################### # sub get_sections # # This is called by the Automated Enrollment Manager interface # (lonpopulate.pm) to create an array of valid sections for # a specific institutional coursecode. # e.g., for MSU coursecode: fs03nop590 # ("001","601","602") would be returned # # If the array returned contains at least one element, then # the interface offerred to the course coordinator, lists # official sections and provides a checkbox to use to # select enrollment in the LON-CAPA course from each official section. # # get_sections requires one argument - the instituional coursecode # (in the MSU case this is a concatenation of semester code, department # and course number). # # If there is no access to official course sections at your institution, # then an empty array is returned, and the Automated Enrollment Manager # interface will allow the course coordinator to enter section numbers # in text boxes. # ################################ sub get_sections { my $coursecode = shift; my @secs = (); return @secs; } ############################### # sub new_course # # This is called by loncreatecourse.pm and # lonpopulate.pm to record that fact that a new course section # has been added to LON-CAPA that requires access to institutional data # At MSU, this is required, as institutional classlists can only made # available to faculty who are officially assigned to a course # # The new_course subroutine is used to check that the course owner # of the LON-CAPA course is permitted to access the institutional # classlist for any course sections and crosslisted classes that # the course coordinator wishes to have affiliated with the course. # # If access is permitted, then 'ok' is returned. # The course section or crosslisted course will only be added to the list of # affiliates if 'ok' is returned. # # new_course requires two arguments - # the institutional courseID (in the MSU case this is a concatenation of # semester code, department code, course number, and section number # e.g., fs03nop590001). # the course owner. This is the LON-CAPA username of the course coordinator # assigned to the course when it is first created. # ################################# sub new_course { my ($course_id,$owner) = @_; my $outcome = 'ok'; return $outcome; } ############################### # sub validate_courseID # # This is called whenever a new course section or crosslisted course # is being affiliated with a LON-CAPA course (i.e., by loncreatecourse.pm # and the Automated Enrollment Manager in lonpopulate.pm). # A check is made that the courseID that the course coordinator wishes # to affiliate with the course is valid according to the institutional # schedule of official classes # # A valid courseID is confirmed by returning 'ok' # # validate_courseID requires one argument - # the institutional courseID (in the MSU case this is a concatenation of # semester code, department code, course number, and section number # e.g., fs03nop590001). # ############################### sub validate_courseID { my $course_id = shift; my $outcome = 'ok'; return $outcome; } ############################### # sub create_password # # This is called when the authentication method set for the automated # enrollment process when enrolling new users in the domain is "local". # This could be signalled for the specific user by the value of local # for the tag from the classlist.xml files, or if this is blank, # the default authtype, set by the domain coordinator when creating the course # with loncreatecourse.pm. # # create_password requires one argument - # the value of from the classlist.xml files, or if this is blank, # the default autharg, set by the domain coordinator when creating the course # with loncreatecourse.pm. # # Three values are returned: # (a) the value of $authparam - which might have been changed # (b) a flag to indicate whether a password had been created # 0 means no password created # 1 means password created. In this case the calling module - Enrollment.pm # will send the LON-CAPA username and passwod to the new user's e-mail # (if one was provided), or to the course owner (if one was not provided and # the new user was created by the automated process), or to the active # course coordinator (if the new user was created using the 'update roster # now' interface included in the Automated Enrollment Manager. # (c) a flag to indicate that the authentication method is correct - 'ok'. # If $authchk is not set to 'ok' then account creation and enrollment of the # new user will not occur. # ############################### sub create_password { my $authparam = shift; my $authchk = 'ok'; my $create_passwd = 0; return ($authparam,$create_passwd,$authchk); } 1;