CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2020 - E2058. Two issues related to assignment management
Project Introduction
Expertiza has Assignment objects, which represent an assignment that is done by some number of users. This project enabled instructors or TAs to customize viewing preference and fixed two bugs in their assigment management process.
Team
Hao Zhang (hzhang62)
Zhuolin Li (zli82)
Lige Han (lhan6)
Project Goal
The goals of this project were to solve tow issues related to assignment management.
- Issue 1384: On the homepage, under the “Actions” column in the assignment list when a user (instructor orTA or admin) logs in and navigates to Manage -> Assignments(as shown below).
- It looks crowded and is easy to be misclicked by some users. The goal of this issue is to add a preference option in user's profile where they can choose wether to show or hide detailed actions on the assignment management homepage.
- Issue 1430:
- What is wrong:
- 1. A TA or an instructor can assign an assignment to any course even when they don't have access to the course.
- 2. TAs can unassign an assignment from the course, and if they do so, they lose access to the assignment.
- What needs to be done:
- 1. Only those courses should be shown in the dropdown list of courses, the assignment is part of and the instructor or TA has access to.
- 2. Instructors, but not TAs, would then be allowed to change an assignment to be part of no course.
Files Involved
tree_display.jsx
profile_controller.rb
users_controller.rb
user.rb
edit.html.erb
list.html.erb
assignment_helper.rb
_general.html.erb
Running Tests
To Be Specified
Modifications made w.r.t issue 1384
app/assets/javascripts/tree_display.jsx
Before
let app_variables = { currentUserId: null };
After
let app_variables = { currentUserId: null, homeActionShowFlag: null };
...
Before
jQuery(document).ready(function() { // This preloadedImages function is refered from http://jsfiddle.net/slashingweapon/8jAeu/ // Actually I am not using the values in preloadedImages, but image loading speed is indeed getting faster var preloadedImages = [] function preloadImages() { for (var idx = 0; idx < arguments.length; idx++) { };
After
jQuery(document).ready(function() { // This preloadedImages function is refered from http://jsfiddle.net/slashingweapon/8jAeu/ // Actually I am not using the values in preloadedImages, but image loading speed is indeed getting faster var preloadedImages = [] function preloadImages() { for (var idx = 0; idx < arguments.length; idx++) { };
...
Before
else if (newNodeType === 'assignments') { // Assignment tab starts here // Now is_intelligent and Add Manager related buttons have not been added into the new UI moreContent.push(
After
else if (newNodeType === 'assignments' && app_variables.homeActionShowFlag=='true') { // Assignment tab starts here // Now is_intelligent and Add Manager related buttons have not been added into the new UI moreContent.push(
app/controllers/profile_controller.rb
Before
end if @user.update_attributes(params[:user]) ExpertizaLogger.info LoggerMessage.new(controller_name, @user.name, "Your profile was successfully updated.", request) flash[:success] = 'Your profile was successfully updated.' else ExpertizaLogger.error LoggerMessage.new(controller_name, @user.name, "An error occurred and your profile could not updated.", request)
After
end if @user.update_attributes(params[:user]) ExpertizaLogger.info LoggerMessage.new(controller_name, @user.name, "Your profile was successfully updated.", request) puts params[:no_show_action] if params[:no_show_action] == 'not_show_actions' @user.preference_home_flag = false else @user.preference_home_flag = true end @user.save! flash[:success] = 'Your profile was successfully updated.' else ExpertizaLogger.error LoggerMessage.new(controller_name, @user.name, "An error occurred and your profile could not updated.", request)
...
Before
def user_params params.require(:user).permit(:name, :crypted_password, :role_id, :password_salt, :fullname, :email, :parent_id, :private_by_default, :mru_directory_path, :email_on_review, :email_on_submission, :email_on_review_of_review, :is_new_user, :master_permission_granted, :handle, :digital_certificate, :persistence_token, :timezonepref, :public_key, :copy_of_emails, :institution_id)
After
def user_params params.require(:user).permit(:name, :crypted_password, :role_id, :password_salt, :fullname, :email, :parent_id, :private_by_default, :mru_directory_path, :email_on_review, :email_on_submission, :email_on_review_of_review, :is_new_user, :master_permission_granted, :handle, :digital_certificate, :persistence_token, :timezonepref, :public_key, :copy_of_emails, :institution_id, :preference_home_flag) end
app/controllers/user_controller.rb
Before
def user_params params.require(:user).permit(:name, :crypted_password, :role_id, :password_salt, :fullname, :email, :parent_id, :private_by_default, :mru_directory_path, :email_on_review, :email_on_submission, :email_on_review_of_review, :is_new_user, :master_permission_granted, :handle, :digital_certificate, :persistence_token, :timezonepref, :public_key, :copy_of_emails, :institution_id) end
After
def user_params params.require(:user).permit(:name, :crypted_password, :role_id, :password_salt, :fullname, :email, :parent_id, :private_by_default, :mru_directory_path, :email_on_review, :email_on_submission, :email_on_review_of_review, :is_new_user, :master_permission_granted, :handle, :digital_certificate, :persistence_token, :timezonepref, :public_key, :copy_of_emails, :institution_id, :preference_home_flag) end
app/models/user.rb
Before
def initialize(attributes = nil) super(attributes) Authlogic::CryptoProviders::Sha1.stretches = 1 @email_on_review = true @email_on_submission = true @email_on_review_of_review = true @copy_of_emails = false end
After
def initialize(attributes = nil) super(attributes) Authlogic::CryptoProviders::Sha1.stretches = 1 @email_on_review = true @email_on_submission = true @email_on_review_of_review = true @copy_of_emails = false @preference_home_flag = true end
...
Before
def self.export(csv, _parent_id, options) users = User.all users.each do |user| tcsv = [] tcsv.push(user.name, user.fullname, user.email) if options["personal_details"] == "true" tcsv.push(user.role.name) if options["role"] == "true" tcsv.push(user.parent.name) if options["parent"] == "true" tcsv.push(user.email_on_submission, user.email_on_review, user.email_on_review_of_review, user.copy_of_emails) if options["email_options"] == "true" tcsv.push(user.handle) if options["handle"] == "true" csv << tcsv end end
After
def self.export(csv, _parent_id, options) users = User.all users.each do |user| tcsv = [] tcsv.push(user.name, user.fullname, user.email) if options["personal_details"] == "true" tcsv.push(user.role.name) if options["role"] == "true" tcsv.push(user.parent.name) if options["parent"] == "true" tcsv.push(user.email_on_submission, user.email_on_review, user.email_on_review_of_review, user.copy_of_emails) if options["email_options"] == "true" tcsv.push(user.handle) if options["handle"] == "true" tcsv.push(user.preference_home_flag) if options["preference_home_flag"] == "true" csv << tcsv end end
Modifications made w.r.t issue 1430
Results
34 out of 34 tests in the review_mapping_helper_spec.rb test file.
Our code changes can be viewed here.
URL link of video of review_mapping_helper_spec.rb tests running and passing:- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OS4yNI0fDGo4TlkOSxuWNgfMZ4D-XU2f/view
Relevant Links
Main Expertiza Repository can be found here.
Our forked Repository can be found here.
Extra Tasks
In addition to adding new test cases to ReviewMappingHelper, we implemented two other changes to the Expertiza code.
Refactoring Methods
- We refactored get_review_metrics to get_review_volume, as per request from the professor
- We refactored get_team_colour & obtain_team_colour to read get_team_color & obtain_team_color, as per request from the professor
- We refactored calcutate_average_author_feedback_score to calculate_average_author_feedback_score, as per request from the professor
Fixing Code
- The use of the "dig" method in Expertiza was causing failures in the Travis build because the "dig" method is supported after ruby version 2.3 and expertiza uses ruby version 2.2.7. We fixed this by replacing "dig" with an equivalent dictionary accessing code in the methods get_awarded_review_score and get_review_volume.