CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2021 - E2161. Merge code for role based reviewing with code for topic specific rubrics

This wiki page contains description of changes designed and implemented for E2161. Merge code for role-based reviewing with code for topic-specific rubrics, a Final Project for CSC/ECE 517, Fall 2021.

Purpose

In CSC/ECE 517, there are Expertiza-based course projects, Mozilla-based course projects, etc. However, currently, we can only specify one kind of rubric for all kinds of course projects. This means that refactoring projects, testing projects, and Mozilla projects need to use the same rubric. We hope we could specify different rubrics to be used with different kinds of course projects.

The project objective is to merge E2147-https://expertiza.csc.ncsu.edu/index.php/CSC/ECE_517_Fall_2021_-_E2147._Role-based_reviewing#E2147._Role-based_reviewing with the existing E2026-https://expertiza.csc.ncsu.edu/index.php/CSC/ECE_517_Spring_2020_-_E2026._Specialized_rubrics_for_different_topic_types. While merging, we found out that the code for E2026 has already been merged on Expertiza beta branch and so now the actual implementation is to write test cases for both E2147 and E2026.

Brief Overview of E2147 and E2026 Projects

• E2147(Role based reviewing): The project objective was to develop teammate review varying by the roles that each team member has in order to evaluate the particular role that each team member has taken rather than asking a generic questionnaire which was same for all the team members previously. For eg, the instructor would create a separate teammate questionnaire for developer role and for tester role respectively.
• E2026(Specialized rubrics for different topics): The project objective was to develop specialized rubrics based on project topics, previously we had same type of questionnaire for all the different types of projects. This implementation made sure that we evaluate different projects based on personalised rubrics rather than having same rubrics.

Testing Plan

Test Scenarios for E2147(Role based reviewing)

• Only Instructor/TA/Admin should be able to create or update duties: Only the instructor/admin should be able to create or update duties. Also, the corresponding TA of the assignment should be able to create or update duties.
• Create new roles: If the assignment is role based reviewing then the instructor should be able to create new roles for the same and save it in the database using new role functionality.
• Only allow student to update duties in Student View: Only student should be able to update his duties in Student View.
• Edit existing roles: Once the new roles have been created, then the instructor should be able to edit its details such as the maximum number of each role allowed.
• Delete existing roles: The instructor should also be able to delete any roles if he wants.
• Review rubric by role: On Rubrics tab, if the instructor clicks on Review rubric by role, then the corresponding rubric roles based teammate questionnaire should appear and get saved successfully.
• Student View: If the assignment is role based assignment, then the respective students should be able to see the respective teammate questionnaire based on roles for his other team members.
• Selection of Roles: On student login, a student should be able to see the existing roles that he can take up in the project. Only the roles which are available should be shown to the student.

Test Scenarios for E2026(Specialized rubrics for different topics)

As part of our implementation, we modified existing code as well as added new code. To ensure that existing functionality was not broken, and new functionality worked as expected, we used the following Test Strategy (which was also used by previous team):

Run and pass existing RSpec Tests

• The following existing RSpec test files have been modified and they pass as part of testing:
  • spec/controllers/assignments_controller_spec.rb
  • spec/controllers/questionnaires_controller_spec.rb
  • spec/controllers/response_controller_spec.rb
  • spec/factories/factories.rb
  • spec/features/assignment_creation_spec.rb
  • spec/features/quiz_spec.rb
  • spec/features/staggered_deadline_spec.rb
  • spec/models/assignment_form_spec.rb
  • spec/models/assignment_spec.rb
  • spec/models/on_the_fly_calc_spec.rb
  • spec/models/response_spec.rb
  • spec/models/review_response_map_spec.rb

Develop New RSpec Tests

• spec/helpers/duties_controller_spec.rb
• All these rspec tests passed.

duties_controller_spec.rb

We have created this new test file to unit test the duties scenarios.

First we mock the data accordingly as needed by the tests.

describe DutiesController do
 let(:assignment) { build(:assignment, id: 1,course_id: 1,instructor_id: 6, due_dates: [due_date], microtask: true, staggered_deadline: true)}
 let(:admin) { build(:admin) }
 let(:instructor) { build(:instructor, id: 6) }
 let(:instructor2) { build(:instructor, id: 66) }
 let(:ta) { build(:teaching_assistant, id: 8) }
 let(:duty) { build(:duty, id: 1, duty_name: "Role", max_members_for_duty: 2, assignment_id: 1) }
 let(:due_date) { build(:assignment_due_date, deadline_type_id: 1) } 

We then run the arbitrary code that is needed before each test

before(:each) do
   allow(Assignment).to receive(:find).with('1').and_return(assignment)
   allow(Assignment).to receive(:find).with(1).and_return(assignment)
   stub_current_user(instructor, instructor.role.name, instructor.role)
   allow(Duty).to receive(:find).with('1').and_return(duty)
 end

Test scenarios for duties controller: 1) Only admin, superadmin, TA, Instructor can perform edit or update action

describe '#action_allowed?' do

The whole context that defines if the action allowed is edit or update. We do this by mocking the action to edit

   context 'when params action is edit or update' do
     before(:each) do
       controller.params = {id: '1', action: 'edit'}
     end

When the current logged in user role is super admin or admin

     context 'when the role name of current user is super admin or admin' do
       it 'allows certain action' do
         stub_current_user(admin, admin.role.name, admin.role)
         expect(controller.send(:action_allowed?)).to be true
       end
     end

When the current logged in user role is instructor

     context 'when current user is the instructor of current assignment' do
       it 'allows certain action' do
         expect(controller.send(:action_allowed?)).to be true
       end
     end

When the current logged in user role is the TA of the course

     context 'when current user is the ta of the course which current assignment belongs to' do
       it 'allows certain action' do
         stub_current_user(ta, ta.role.name, ta.role)
         allow(TaMapping).to receive(:exists?).with(ta_id: 8, course_id: 1).and_return(true)
         expect(controller.send(:action_allowed?)).to be true
       end
     end

When the current logged in user is the instructor of the course

     context 'when current user is the instructor of the course which current assignment belongs to' do
       it 'allows certain action' do
         stub_current_user(instructor2, instructor2.role.name, instructor2.role)
         allow(Course).to receive(:find).with(1).and_return(double('Course', instructor_id: 66))
         expect(controller.send(:action_allowed?)).to be true
       end
     end
   end

When the parameter action is neither edit nor update, we do this by mocking the action to new

   context 'when params action is not edit and update' do
     before(:each) do
       controller.params = {id: '1', action: 'new'}
     end

We now check if super admin/admin/instructor/ta can perform this action which is neither edit nor update

     context 'when the role current user is super admin/admin/instructor/ta' do
       it 'allows certain action except edit and update' do
         expect(controller.send(:action_allowed?)).to be true
       end
     end
   end
 end

team_users_controller_spec.rb

We have added a test case in this file which tests if the action is allowed only by specific user roles

First, we mock the data

describe TeamsUsersController do
 let(:assignment) do
   build(:assignment, id: 1, name: 'test assignment', instructor_id: 6, staggered_deadline: true, directory_path: 'same path',
         participants: [build(:participant)], teams: [build(:assignment_team)], course_id: 1)
 end
 let(:assignment_form) { double('AssignmentForm', assignment: assignment) }
 let(:student) { build(:student) }

 before(:each) do
   allow(Assignment).to receive(:find).with('1').and_return(assignment)
   stub_current_user(student, student.role.name, student.role)
end

Then we check if the student can perform the update action for duties

describe '#action_allowed?' do
 context 'when params action is update duties' do
   before(:each) do
     controller.params = {id: '1', action: 'update_duties'}
   end
   context 'when the role current user is student' do
     it 'allows certain action' do
       stub_current_user(student, student.role.name, student.role)
       expect(controller.send(:action_allowed?)).to be true
     end
   end
 end
end 

Manual Testing in Expertiza UI

Here we describe manual UI Testing steps to edit an existing assignment to allow it have to specialized rubrics for different topic types. These steps are also shown in recorded demo video.

• Login to Expertiza using instructor account (For testing, username: instructor6, password: password)
• Click on Manage > Assignments
• Click on Edit option for any assignment, you should get following view. Make sure Has topics? box is checked.

• Click on Rubrics tab. You will see 2 checkboxes (Review rubric varies by round?, Review rubric varies by topic?)
• Check the box for Review rubric varies by topic?
• Go to Topics tab and verify that there is dropdown menu beside each Topic.
• Select a rubric from dropdown menu, and click Save

• Go back to Home, and select the same assignment to edit. When you click on Topics tab, you should see the rubric you had selected.

Team Information

• Naman Shrimali
• Kanchan Rawat
• Subodh Thota
• Andrew Shipman

Mentor : Prof. Edward F. Gehringer