CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2019 - E1957. Time travel Not Allowed..!!! Restrict TAs’ ability to change their own grade + limit file-size upload

This wiki page is for the description of the Expertiza based OSS project - E1957

Introduction

Background

• In Expertiza, If a user is listed as a TA in one course and as a student in another course, then if they navigate to the "Your scores" page of one of the assignments in which they are participating as a student, they can see a TA's view of that page. This would allow them to assign their own grades! However, TAs should not be able to change their grades from the course that they participated in as a student before.

• A student can upload files with their submission. In some cases, students upload long videos that might not be necessary for the submission. As there is no restriction on the files being uploaded, this is a security issue in Expertiza. Uploaded file's size and type should be restricted since a student may also upload malware into the system affecting Expertiza.

Description

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Design Pattern

design pattern

Restrict TAs’ ability to change their own grade

Solution

When a TA is added to a certain course, a TaMapping is created to connect the TA's id to the course's id. Therefore, we can use TaMapping.where to find a TaMapping with user's id and course's id then use .empty? method to see if such user is a TA of the course. If he/she is a TA of this certain course, he/she should be able to change the score. Otherwise, the changing score area should be hidden from the front end and the permission to change scores should be restricted on the back end.

Files modified

• view_team.html.erb

<%if TaMapping.where(ta_id:current_user.id, course_id:@assignment.course.id).empty? && current_user.role.name != 'Instructor' %>
  Grade: <%= label_tag 'grade_for_submission', @team.try(:grade_for_submission) %><br/>
  Comment: <%= label_tag 'comment_for_submission', @team.try(:comment_for_submission) %>
<% else %>
  <%= form_tag 'save_grade_and_comment_for_submission' do %>
    <%= hidden_field_tag :participant_id, params[:id] %>
    <%= number_field_tag 'grade_for_submission', @team.try(:grade_for_submission) ,min: 0, max: 100, maxlength: 3, size: 3, class: "form-control width-150", placeholder: 'Grade' %><br/>
    <%= text_area_tag 'comment_for_submission', @team.try(:comment_for_submission), size: '75x10', placeholder: 'Comment', class: "form-control width-500" %><br>
    <%= submit_tag 'Save' ,class: "btn btn-default" %>
  <% end %>
<% end %>

A condition is added to decide what the view should look like. If a user is a TA of this course or a instructor, he/she can change the score. Otherwise, he/she doesn't have the permission to change the score.

• grades_controller.rb

The function in GradesController that should be modified is save_grade_and_comment_for_submission.