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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad5eb8c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ + +# Typical work flow for a class creation + +* Create a class database with CreateCourseGradeBook.tcl command. +``` +./CreateCourseGradeBook.tcl 2015_Spring_Phys476 eemikh@wm.edu 2015 Spring "Physics 476 - Modern Astrophysics" Eugeniy Mikhailov +``` +* Prepare comma separated list of students with their names, ID, emails, and CRN. + The best way to do it, is to save a "Summary class web page" from the banner and process it with banner2csv.pl. This will automatically extract required information. +``` +./banner2csv.pl banner_summary_page.html > tt.csv +``` + + If you make such comma separate list yourself note that: + 1. ID is optional. But if we have ID, we can show a student photo + 2. CRN is optional. It is intended to separate graders permissions across sections. But it is not implemented. + +* Now we ready to populate the class database +``` +./csv2GradeBook.tcl 2015_Spring_Phys476 tt.csv +``` +* Upload the resulting database file to the cgi directory and fix its permissions +* Access the class database via web interface and add TAs/graders + + + +# Requirements/Dependencies + +This set of script requires at least version tcl8.5, since it uses List +containment and negated list containment (in ni) expression operators. + +It need external 'mail' command for proper operation of password resetting code + +You will need libsqlite3-tcl as well. |