Administrators can make subfolders in class homework dropbox +folders. Typically this will be used to create a separate subfolder +for each homework assignment.
Administrators can ask to be notified by e-mail when a student +uploads a new homework file. Likewise, students are notified when a +comment or correction file is uploaded by a grader.
Students can only access homework files they've uploaded +themselves along with each file's associated comments and +corrections files.
Two applets and their associated portlets are provided:
When added to a class home portal page students will see a list +of folders and links to homework files they've uploaded for the +class. In addition a link is provided that allows students to +upload a new homework file.
Administrators (professors, etc) see a collapsed view which +displays a single link to the homework folder display page for the +class. We choose to do this because administrators are able to see +homework files uploaded by every student in the class. The +resulting list of folders and files in a large class with a number +of homework assignments will be too long to display on a crowded +portal page.
+The admin applet allows administrators to enable or disable +e-mail alerts sent when a student uploads a new homework file.
In addition several display pages are provided to view or +download file revisions, to view or download comment files +associated with a particular homework file, to delete files, move +them from one subfolder to another, and so forth. The actions that +are available depend on whether the user is a student or +administrator.
The dotLRN Homework package differs from File Storage mostly in +the actions that are made available to various classes of users and +by the fact that the content repository's item-to-object mapping +functionality is used to map a set of zero or more +comment/correction files to each homework file. Actions are +restricted by use of the acs permissions system. The user interface +has been modified slightly to simplify the uploading of +comment/correction files by graders.
ad_form is used to build forms in the dotLRN Homework package. +This means that the look and feel of all the forms generated by the +package can be changed by creating a single new form template +file.
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