Re:

[sergey@total-knowledge.com]

> There was not consensus, because I did not agree. It looks barely usable
> this way.
>

Oh... Nevermind then.


> sergey@total-knowledge.com wrote:
>> I sow that in Ilya's message in Difficulty Level topic. See below
>>
>> --------------
>>
>>>> 2. This same UMO DL in the course or among courses by the same Author,
>>>> set by the Author.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>> It seems that common consensus is that object DL should be bound to
>>> course. I guess
>>> we'll go with it then.
>>>
>>
>>
>>> --
>>> Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
>>> Total Knowledge. CTO
>>> http://www.total-knowledge.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> ---------------
>>
>>
>>
>>> I don't remember that agreement, but I need two part difficulty level
>>> (one part set for Repository by community, another  set within the
>>> course or between courses of this author by this author) as I described
>>> it.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I was talking about Author's part of difficulty level in DB schema, not
>> Repository's.
>>
>>
>>> sergey@total-knowledge.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> If i understood it correctly, we agreed that difficulty level should
>>>> be
>>>> bound to a Course. Imho it's reflected in the latest DB schema.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I have added study_course, study_course_acl, and study_course_payment
>>>>> to
>>>>> support our discussion results.
>>>>> However - I'm not really sure if the relation between topic (TLT) and
>>>>> study_course is right. Currently, top-level-topic owns course. The
>>>>> alternative is - course owns all the topics inside.
>>>>> Also, I'm not sure yet how to control access to payments.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2006/12/14, sergey@total-knowledge.com <sergey@total-knowledge.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 3. Assign Course or any other UMO within a Course to a Student.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What that means? Recommendation or administration? If latter - see
>>>>>>>> above.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to know that too :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> For example, assign a Problem to a Student
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 4. Set grades(ratings) to a Student.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Same story. We don't have grades in specs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We do have some ideas at least as far as grading problem solving
>>>>>>> goes.
>>>>>>> Most of it is automatic, but at least some is human-controlled. I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> care too much about grading abilities, but we'll need it
>>>>>>> eventually.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> We
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> need better definition though. Or at least some definition, since
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> there
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> really isn't anything specific in the spec.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 5. Assign Students to certain difficulty levels within a
>>>>>>>>> Course.(Student
>>>>>>>>> will be able to see only UMOs of certain difficulty level)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> All the same. It is all for student's discretion as of today.  We
>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>> probably think about some specific channels where students can
>>>>>>>> find
>>>>>>>> recommendations not from teacher only. I am not sure there is need
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> this. We can discuss it though.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 6. Ability to change any UMO difficulty level within a Course(No
>>>>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>>> version should be created)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> np
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No. Difficulty levels are author's responsibility.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 7. Sets the price for a Course
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It is necessary feature. I believe we have it in specs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Teacher or Author?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Teacher sets the price, students buy it. Author? I don't know how
>>>>>> authors
>>>>>> make money, maybe teachers buy courses from authors then sell it to
>>>>>> students? No need to teach anything, just make a couple of
>>>>>> transactions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 8. Chooses his prefered language(s) for the Course from the list
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> available languages for this Course.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Preferred for what? Expand on this please.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I mean his language(pl_preferred_language column in person_list
>>>>>> table).
>>>>>> Course may have several languages available, Author selects the one
>>>>>> he
>>>>>> speaks. You don't want, for example, students send an Author
>>>>>> problems
>>>>>> solutions in language different from the one he speaks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 9. Ability to hide(not update) from Student certain UMOs in the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Course
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> that he teaches.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Don't need it. Actually, there is one more issue here postponed
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> future versions: work flow. It relates to administration, but not
>>>>>>>> entirely.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
>>>>>>> Total Knowledge. CTO
>>>>>>> http://www.total-knowledge.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alexey Parshin,
>>>>> http://www.sptk.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Anatoly Volynets, Co-Founder
>>> total-knowledge.com
>>> culturedialogue.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
>
> Anatoly Volynets, Co-Founder
> total-knowledge.com
> culturedialogue.org
>
>