[WWdevel] Re: Webwork Question

[Arnold P. <ap...@ma...>]

At 12:35 PM 2/4/2005, John Jones wrote:

At 12:35 PM 2/4/2005, you wrote:

I think something like this would be good.  Maybe having an "advanced 
operations" link that brings up a new advanced page (sort of like Google's 
advanced search).  I think there are other placed for an "advanced 
operations"  links such as when importing classlists (WW 1.9 has many 
options where as WW2 has only 2 --- Gavin remarked about this) or when 
adding students (WW 1.9 sets up reasonable default times giving students 2 
weeks to do assignments --- a prof here just complained about this in WW2).

Arnie

>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
>
>
>
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>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
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Prof. Arnold K. Pizer
Dept. of Mathematics
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
(585) 275-7767