[OA] Re: OA Gradebook - IFrame Specs/Design Issues

[David Weber]

maybe iframes aren't the answer after all. perhaps the view-by-date  
feature is enough in itself. if the increments are fine enough (re:  
view assignments by week-month-term, or last 10 days-last 20  
days...etc.) then all the side-scrolling is avoided unless the  
teacher wishes to review his/her assignments over a wider date range.  
just a thought, but it would really simplify things!
-dw
On Dec 22, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Les Richardson wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Looking at the requirements for the Inline Frame specs for the  
> gradebook (ie. the view of all assessment items in an inline frame  
> of the gradebook), the iframe script will have to be passed the  
> following things:
>
> subjsec (subject / section)
>
> term (for selecting items within that term only)
> datestart (starting date for item selection; inclusive)
> dateend (ending date for item selection; inclusive)
>   I would assume that either 'term' is defined or 'datestart/ 
> dateend' pair, but not both. If so, date values will override.
>
> group (group items belong to)
> subgroup (subgroup and group items belong to)
>
> Date selection and group/subgroup selections may combine to give  
> item selections with date ranges and group/subgroup memberships.
>
> Cellview - view scores in cells as:  Percent, Raw, or Both. Both is  
> the current viewing method. I would assume that percent would be  
> the new default.
>
> Am I missing anything to modify the view or selection of items  
> within the iframe?
>
>
> 2) A consequence of displaying assessment items in an iframe will  
> be that the buttons for editing item characteristics and item  
> scores (as you can see in the demo) will have to create a new  
> window to display in. Otherwise they will display within the  
> iframe. The buttons will spawn a new smaller window to do these  
> edits and will display a close button to remove the window.
>
> Will that be a problem, or should we look at alternatives? (ie.  
> modify itemedit and scoreedit to run in the iframe and only return  
> to the item display (ie. no path to top view of gradebook or other  
> pages within these scripts)
>
> I'm building the iframe script first and then will go back and tear  
> stuff out of gbmain to fit the iframe... (and perhaps allow choice  
> of iframe/non-iframe view)
>
>
> Les
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