Re: [WWdevel] recording instructor answers

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

Actually, the question of whether or not a professor's answers are 
recorded is configurable in global.conf.  It is part of the permissions 
system.  You can modify the distribution-default setting in 
global.conf.dist if you think the current default is confusing to people.

I have had instructors run into this and be alarmed.  Maybe it can say 
something like "No submitted answers have been logged."

John


Michael Gage wrote:

> We actually specifically decided against it, since we didn't want the 
> instructor's answers mixed in
> with the student's answers.  I suppose we can revisit the decision, 
> but there are good reasons
> not to record instructor answers, so if we are going to think about 
> again it we should do it thoroughly.
>
>  It's easy enough to log in as a practice student to see how things
> REALLY work.
>
> I agree that the error message is  misleading and needs some kind of 
> explanation.  We can also
> add some information that reminds instructors that their answers are 
> not recorded. I often forget that fact myself.
>
> Take care,
>
> Mike
>
> On Aug 29, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Arnold Pizer wrote:
>
>> At 11:13 AM 8/29/2005, you wrote:
>>
>>> This is a bug, but not a serious one. 
>>> It turns out that the  error message occurs because no questions 
>>> have yet been answered,
>>> so no answer_log has been created.
>>>
>>> Remember that instructors answers are not recorded!!!
>>
>>
>> I think it would be a good idea to record instructors answers since 
>> it's likely that instructors will view their own answers just to see 
>> how things work.
>>
>> Arnie
>>
>>
>>> You need to login as a student and answer a question to get rid of 
>>> the warning message.
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 29, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Arnold Pizer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Sam,
>>>>
>>>> I get the same error Susan did with my test course on the template 
>>>> machine.
>>>> I tried logging in again and that didn't help.  I don't have access 
>>>> to the server so I can't look and see what's happening.  My guess 
>>>> is that on hosted Mike intervened and solved the problem.
>>>>
>>>> *Can't open the access log 
>>>> /ww/webwork/webwork2/courses/apizer_test_course/logs/answer_log*
>>>>
>>>> http://128.151.231.12/webwork2/apizer_test_course/instructor/show_answers/ 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since course are already set up on webwork.rochester.edu,  this is 
>>>> a bug that won't effect those courses.
>>>>
>>>> Arnie
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>
>