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Technology Related Questions

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Is it a Sakai tool/service?

- Access to existing Data Sources
- Skinning

- Dependency on Sakai

 

What is the requirement for storing data entered on the page?

 

 

-  User needs to be able to save and retrive entered grades.
- Grades are stored forever

If a user changes the grade in GB, does that newly entered/modified grade overwrite the already entered grade in the FGLP, or is it merged?

 

 

TASK (Sandra): See what MyUCD GB does in this case.

If the tool needs to persist data in a data base, should it use one the existing
Sakai or UCD DataSources or should it use it's own one?

 

 

 

Will the unsubmitted data need to persist between user sessions? If so,
do we assume the next user session is on the app server saving the data
or can it be any member of the cluster?

 

 

 

What are the logging/auditing requirements for the app? Should logging/auditing be
done in the DB or is a file alone okay? Should we be using standard sakai
services(ala events/sessions/etc) to make things easier on Dave W, ITX, and you?

 

 

 

How can an end user input grades, save, and return to complete the final grade submission transaction?

 

 

 

How do we transfer data from the course converter tool to this landing page tool?
- REST, SOAP, GWT-RPC, ...

 

 

 

What data format shall be used to transfer data from the course converter tool to
this landing page tool?

 

 

 

What happens if the end user hits the back button while inputting grades?
-- Could this be used as "undo"

 

 

 

At what time is user input persisted, it at all?
-- using AJAX after each field edit
-- once by clicking on "save/submit" button

 

 

 

What software development tools will be used for programming
the landing page tool?

 

 

 

General Questions:

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Add the Banner student ID as well?

 

Since this is an external tool, do we have to skin it?

Probably but as simply as possible.
TPA: Enduser experiance should set the standard

Should the landing page write the final grade file to AFS?

 

Do we need the Final Grade Submission tool to change also?

 

Can the landing page tool look up the grading option for the
student's enrollment information?

We carry this information in one of our tables.

If we have the student's enrollment grading option for the course,
can we reveal this to the end user? If not, we just pass along to
the output file whatever grade the end user inputs.

Answer from the Reg Office: The faculty is not supposed to know about the option for
Pass No Pass grading. The letter grade is supposed to be
submitted to registrar's office. The option on the grading
is handled when the grade rolls to history in Banner.

Does the landing page tool perform any other grade look up validation?

 

Can the landing page tool look up the grading mode for the course?

We don't carry this information in our external database.
Need to determine if we can get this, and if so if how we would
implement different drop-downs for the relevant grading mode.