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Re: [WWdevel] Behavior of Hmwk Sets Editor
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From: Michael G. <ga...@ma...> - 2008-08-05 17:38:40
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Hi Gavin,
The main reason for the "edit selected sets" mode was so that you
could edit the dates
(the most common change) for several sets at once using copy paste, etc.
My suggestion would be to modify the page you reach with "edit
selected sets"
by adding a link to the page where you could edit the all of the data
for that set.
Would that help?
I personally find the hint about how many problems are in a set
useful -- it alerts me to bogus homework sets (no problems)
and sometimes even to problems with real homework sets ("I thought I
assigned more problems than that ....")
My 2 cents.
Take care,
Mike
On Jul 17, 2008, at 2:41 PM, P. Gavin LaRose wrote:
> 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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