[WWdevel] invisible (vs. unpublished) sets

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

Hi all,

Here is an issue that has come up in my continued testing of the Gateway 
module for WeBWorK.  Sets currently have a 'published' characteristic, 
which determines whether (a) students can see the set, and (b) they are 
allowed to work the set.  The distinction is significant because of 
WeBWorK2's ability to directly go to a set using a URL.

In playing with Gateway testing, it occurred to me that I'd rather not 
have proctored gateway sets (which students have to go to a lab to take) 
show up in their problem set list.  (When they go to the lab, they start 
from a page that points them directly to the proctored test.)  One way of 
doing this is to make the set unpublished, but then, according to rule (b) 
above, the students should then also not be able to take it.

So I'm curious whether you have an opinion about this: should proctored 
gateway tests by default be invisible on the problem set list page? 
Should the gateway test module ignore part (b) of the unpublished 
description?  Should I give up on this and just have the proctored tests 
show up in the set list?

Thanks,
Gavin

p.s. FYI: currently, the set list for gateway tests appears something like 
the following:
   Take new DerivativeGW test 	     open, due 11/16/2005 at 11:59pm EST
   DerivativeGW (test1) 		1/7 	Sun Oct 23 21:30:28 2005
   DerivativeGW (test2) 		0/7 	Mon Oct 24 08:15:49 2005
   ProctoredDerivGW (test1) 	0/7 	Mon Oct 24 08:22:38 2005
   ProctoredDerivGW (test2) 	0/7 	Mon Oct 24 08:23:33 2005

The first is a link to take a practice test; the next two are practice 
tests that have been taken and can be reviewed (and checked, but not 
resubmitted); the last two are proctored tests that have been taken and 
can be reviewed (and checked, but not resubmitted).  The link that's 
omitted because the set is unpublished is the "Take new ProctoredDerivGW 
test".

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Math Dept., University of Michigan
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