[WWdevel] Re: Webwork Question

[John J. <jj...@as...>]

Yes, creating directories on the fly fixes part of this problem.  The 
"add problem to" feature addresses something else.  But, a reasonable 
question is whether there should be more file manager type operations 
available when doing a save as.

One possibility would be to have the "save as" become "save as ..." with 
no entry spot for the new name.  Clicking on it brings up a file manager 
type screen when you can see existing directories and navigate to where 
you want the file to go.

John




Arnold Pizer wrote:

> At 11:01 AM 2/3/2005, Michael Gage wrote:
>
> Thanks Mike,
>
> I didn't realize you could create directories using "save as" .
>
> Arnie
>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> Arnie's method seems a bit complicated to me although I it should 
>> work.  You might want to try this:
>>
>> Say I want a new version of   by problem 2 in set 1 which resides in 
>> the file   templates/set1/ur_1_1.pg.
>>
>> Then start by editing problem2  and   use "save as"   to save it as
>> set1/ur_1_1a.pg  (notice that the templates directory is assumed)
>> You can also choose a completely different file name.
>>
>> Now use the "add problem to" button and pop down menu to add this 
>> problem to set1 (it will be added to the end of the set)
>>
>> Edit the problem as you wish.
>>
>> Once you are done you can get rid of the old problem 2 from set 1 and 
>> to rearrange the order of the problems in set 1 you use the link from 
>> the Homework Sets Editor (the link that tells you how many problems 
>> are in the set)
>>
>>
>>
>> If you want a problem that has associate gifs, follow the same 
>> procedure but when you "save as"   save to the path
>> set1/ur_1_1a/ur_1_1a.pg
>>
>> This will create the directory  set1/ur_1_1a   as well as the .pg 
>> file inside it.
>>
>> You use the File Manager to upload the .gif files into the directory.
>>
>> Hope this helps.  Let us know how it goes.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Feb 3, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Arnold Pizer wrote:
>>
>>> At 04:51 PM 2/2/2005, you wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> I don't think it is easy to do what you want. It should be.  If you 
>>> save a problem using the editor with the button "Save as", it puts 
>>> the problem (e.g. test.pg) directly under the templates directory 
>>> (not in any subdirectory there of).  You can see such problems with 
>>> the Library Browser under Local Problems under the so called 
>>> subdirectory "My Problems" --- this isn't a subdirectory at all --- 
>>> the name is not intuitive but I don't know what name would be.  The 
>>> "add problem to" does not copy the problem to a subdirectory (which 
>>> would be the intuitive thing to do from that page) but rather adds 
>>> it to an already assigned set.
>>>
>>> You should be able to do what you want by using the File Manager to 
>>> create a new folder, saving the edited problem, the downloading the 
>>> edited problem from the templates directory, uploading it to your 
>>> new directory, then deleting the original problem.  If we have a 
>>> problem (say test5.pg in the directory settestproblems) with images 
>>> what we do is to create a directory .../settestproblems/test5/ and 
>>> under the directory test5 we put test5.pg and all the image files.  
>>> prob4 in set0 is an example of this.
>>>
>>> Arnie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>      Hi Arnie,
>>>>
>>>>      I have a webwork question for you.  I'm trying to write a few
>>>> problems for my linear algebra class, on webwork as
>>>> LOYOLA-MA301, and I'm having two difficulties.  First, I'm trying to
>>>> write them by modifying existing problems, and if I modify an existing
>>>> problem and save and replace it, then it seems to work.  But it 
>>>> doesn't
>>>> seem to want me to save problems with all new problem names.  (It says
>>>> that it is letting me do this, but then when I go to the library
>>>> browser, the names of the directories I'm making up to put the 
>>>> problems
>>>> in don't appear.)  The other problem that I'm having is that these
>>>> problems are going to use pictures, and I don't know where I should 
>>>> put
>>>> my .gif files and can't find any feature on the web interface to add
>>>> problems using graphics.
>>>>
>>>>      Thanks for any help you can give me with this.  Most likely I'm
>>>> just doing something stupid.  To make sure I'm being clear, I'm *not*
>>>> asking for help writing the problem code or anything like that.  Just
>>>> how to make a directory and save problems and picture files to it and
>>>> retrieve them later.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> Prof. Arnold K. Pizer
>>> Dept. of Mathematics
>>> University of Rochester
>>> Rochester, NY 14627
>>> (585) 275-7767
>>>
>>
>
> Prof. Arnold K. Pizer
> Dept. of Mathematics
> University of Rochester
> Rochester, NY 14627
> (585) 275-7767