Diff for /loncom/TODO between versions 1.29 and 1.120

version 1.29, 2001/01/08 15:11:35 version 1.120, 2001/08/30 14:01:44
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   TODO list
   
 + add functionality  + add functionality
 & change functionality  & change functionality
 * bug  * bug
 ! January  ! Priority
   ? Questionable/unverified
   c Continual
   
 G=Gerd  G=Gerd
 A=Alex  A=Alex
 S=Scott  S=Scott
 B=Ben  B=Ben
 H=Harsha  
 Y=Guy  Y=Guy
 N=Hon-Kie  N=Hon-Kie
 I=Issac  I=Issac
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 XMLPARSE  XMLPARSE
     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)      + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
    !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)     !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
     + style file recursion (Y/A)  
     + add <options> tag (A)      + add <options> tag (A)
     * outputstack is not a stack, it should be (A)  
     & redirection can be cleaned and simplified (A)  
     + &recurse() needs to look for redirection (A)  
     + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)         + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
     + support <tag />      + deregister()
       + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
       + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
       * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
     add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
   
 CAPARESPONSE.C  CAPARESPONSE.C
    !+ pass back the reason (Y)     !+ pass back the reason (Y)
Line 30  RUN.pm Line 33  RUN.pm
     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set       & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?        a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
   
   EDIT INTERFACE
       * insert (getting there) (Y)
       + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
       c add more tags (Y)
       + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
    the parserlib textfiled (Y)
       + make default setup prettier
       + more templates for different homework types
   
 HOMEWORK  HOMEWORK
     + need to support /OR (Y)      + need to support /OR (Y)
    !+ create <stringresponse> <formularesponse>(Y)     !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
    !+ <hintpart> ?done?     !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
    !+ <foil>      + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
    !+ <foilgroup>      * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
    !+ <radiobuttonresponse>      + view problem as specific student (Y)
       + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
           clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
       * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
       + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
       * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
    <part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
    <part> will be done poorly.
       * sigfigs are poorly supported (metadata needs to be better)
       * multiple response in a multipart question are screwing up
       * input areas need to hide after correct
       * <randomlist> needs to be stable
       * previous answers need to be ignored
       * id in parameter_... (see tol on mmp resources, s10)
       + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
         (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
       &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before 
         duedate (Felicia pointed out)
   
   /ADM/GRADES
       * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
       + handle ambiguous case (Y)
       + back to homework link (Y)
       + handle extra fields (Y)
       + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
       + show only a subset of students (Y)
       + set all to something (Y)
       + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
       + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
   
   NUMERICALRESPONSE
      !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
      !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   
   RANDOMLABEL
       * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
       + template
   
 GOODIES  GOODIES
     * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)      * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
     * indexer does not always work (N)      & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
     + messaging (G)  
     + chatroom, etc      + chatroom, etc
       + annotations can be localized and published
       + PURLs
       + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
   
 TEX/TTH/TTM  TEX/TTH/TTM
     * Address bugs in tth/ttm (second half January, A,Y,G)      * Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G)
   
 BUILD  BUILD
     * need to roll together anaconda reconfiguration interface (S)      * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
     * need to write a "run-time" teflon script to tighten down (S)      + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)
       file ownerships on non-development LON-CAPA machines (S)      c test code (S)
     * need to debug anaconda installation interface (S)      + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation (S)
     * need to debug anaconda upgrade interface (S)      + match lpml_parse.pl output to be similar to parse.pl (S)
   
   SCOTT STUFF
       c code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
         on back-burner till 2002) (S)
       c xhtmlize output from perl modules (S)
       c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
       + cause groupsort handler to work with group search import (S)
   
   SQL DATABASE
       * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
       & some metadata fields hidden from non-advanced users 
         (use $ENV{'user.adv'}, see lonmeta for example) (S)
   
 GERD STUFF  GERD STUFF
     + lecture online converter (G/Y)  
     & improve student view of maps (G)  
     + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)      + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
     & lond produces no history files for nohist_ namespaces      + londropadd does XML
     * parmset does weird stuff without metadata (G)      +?TAs can open and close assignments
    !* make spreadsheet calculation less resource intensive (G)      +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
     * environment seems to get corrupted intermittently     !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
     * tmpget only seems to only work up to a few hundred kilobytes (G)      + replication hinting/prediction 
     * unclear: linebreaks at the end of uploaded files (G)      + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
     * deal with Mac-like linebreaks in uploaded text files (G)      + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
       * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
       + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
       & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
       * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
       + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
       + implement initial questionaire
       + do "evaluate this"
       + summary on top of spreadsheet
       + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
       + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
       + fix codebase on .page
       + hide empty optional assignments
   
 RAT  RAT
     + RAT can set resource parameters (G)      *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
     * RAT does objlink not defined if label not initialized (G)        (could not reproduce)
     * focus on RAT when in /priv space (G)      + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
       + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
       + simple RAT server-side interface
       + mass import of files, sorting (S)
       + "Browse" works (S/N)
       * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
       * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
       * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
       + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
   
 PUBLISHER  PUBLISHER
     + publishes material other than HTML, XML and problems (G)      * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
     * handles "publish directory" more gracefully (G)      * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
       +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job
       + deals with Micros*** files
       + public resources - /pub/domain space
       *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
         spurious error message (G)
       c TEST: deal with absolute links
       c TEST: deal with <allow>
   
   
   Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
   ============================================
   
   - Statistics
    - Simple
    - resource analysis class/system wide
    - resource correlation course wide
    - other stats from CAPA
    - Complex
    - foil level analysis/correlation measures
    - derandomized foils analysis
    - have/view reason student selected a foil
    - resource quality, how good is a resource
   
   - Messaging
    - email gateways into/out of the system
    - handle more types of communication
          - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
          - chat / whiteboard
          - "round robin" feedback handling
   
   - Grading
    - simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
    - survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
     this)
    - essay / shortanswer
    - instructor / autoget all/none
    - team based submission
    - peer graded
    - peer suggest grade
   
   - homework engine
    - new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
     renderings / awards and solved status
    - edit interface / clone other problem
    - math stuff
    - validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as
     advertised
    - CAPA problems 
    - <imageresponse> need Java applet
    - <randomlabel> 
   
   
   - RAT
    - choose parts
    - set conditions
    - language for conditions
    - browse link
    - some kind of non-anti-save
   
   - Publish
    - review step
    - co-author locking
    - auto thumbnail / convert images
   
   - printing
    - tex target (CGI / daemon?)
   
 VERIFICATION OF CONTENT  
    !+ have TA's do homework (G)  
    !+ verify internal page links  (G)  
    !+ verify applets (G)  
    !+ do homeworks from home/computer labs (G)  

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