[WWdevel] Behavior of Hmwk Sets Editor

[P. G. L. <gl...@um...>]

Hi all,

Currently the homework sets editor page provides, among other things, the 
option to "Edit selected sets," and lists sets in a table with columns
   Select		- [select checkbox]
   Edit Set Data		- SetName (link to edit set visibility and dates)
   Edit Problems		- # (link to set detail page)
   Edit Assigned Users	- #/# (link to edit assigned users page)
   Visible		- Yes|No
   Open Date		- MM/DD/YY at TT:TT
   Due Date		- MM/DD/YY at TT:TT
   Answer Date		- MM/DD/YY at TT:TT

Clicking "Edit selected sets" or the "Edit set data" link goes to the 
"Hmwk Sets Editor" edit page that allows editing of visibility, open, due 
and answer dates.  From there one can go to "Edit All Set Data" on the set 
detail page.

Clicking "Edit problems" goes directly to the set detail page, where all 
aspects of the set can be edited.

This is semi-intuitive, in that "editing set data/selected sets" allows 
one to edit most of the data appearing in the table.  But it's also 
non-intuitive, in that clicking "Edit set data" or "Edit selected sets" 
doesn't actually take one to the full set editing page.

Questions:
1. Is this the behavior we want on this page?

2. Would it be more intuitive to change the table to have columns
   Select			- [select checkbox]
   Edit Set Data and Problems	- SetName (link to set detail page)
   Edit Assigned Users 		- #/# (link to edit assigned users page)
   Visible			- Yes|No
   Open Date			- MM/DD/YY at TT:TT (link to edit dates)
   Due Date  			- (similar)
   Answer Date			- (similar)
(where "link to edit dates" goes to the "Hmwk Sets Editor" edit page 
allowing editing of visibility and dates).

The only disadvantage I can see to option (2) is that it loses the 
information about the number of problems in the set.  So another option 
would be

2a. Have columns
   Select                        - [select checkbox]
   Edit Set Data and Problems    - SetName (link to set detail page)
   Number of Problems		- #
   Edit Assigned Users           - #/# (link to edit assigned users page)
   Visible                       - Yes|No
   Open Date                     - MM/DD/YY at TT:TT (link to edit dates)
   Due Date                      - (similar)
   Answer Date                   - (similar)

Danny Glin (U Calgary) pointed out that the behavior of the page is not 
entirely intuitive, so I thought I'd push this out to a larger list of 
people to comment.  Please respond if you have any opinion.

Thanks,
Gavin

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