1. EdventureFAQ
Some key areas will be broken down to facilitate documentation and usage:
Q: I've noticed that when I'm logged in I can see my classmates, such as at:
http://edventure.brynmawr.edu/ed_right.php?click=My+Courses_CSem002_Classmates
and that all of the email addresses don't appear to be SPAM protected... i.e. student@STOPSPAMstudents.edu.
Should I be concerned with having an email harvester lifting my email address?
A: No, that shouldn't be a serious problem. That page (and ones like it) can only be accessed by someone that is logged in. However, someone that is logged in could take all of the email addresses and do something with them. If it is a problem, one could disable that option (via code) fairly easily.
Q: I'm only a guest right now...but how would I go about creating a new account? Is that controlled by the admin people? How is that structured?
A: Yes, 'guest' is a student account. Currently, you'll have to install a copy to get admin priviledges. We'll work on making a guest admin account so you can see what it looks like from the other side.
Q: Where can I find a live version of Edventure?
A: http://edventure.brynmawr.edu/ with login guest, password guest (be nice, this can send email). Note, this is a student account.
Q: Where do I post bugs?
A: Start here until you figure out where else to post them...
A: Join the mailing list at http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/edventure/edventure/ and send the bug reports there.
Q: Trying to change edit link description it created a new link. Is this right?
A: No, that's a bug. (Maybe a bug tracker would be a good thing at this point).
New Bug: Setting up courses Edventure is installed, I'm logged in as a user/course creator. I chose a background image, reviewed it, didn't like it and went back to change it. Trying to change the background scheme
Error
mysql_dbi::query():Error executing query: Duplicate entry 'test' for key 1
INSERT into course (course_desc, webpage, status, course_id, id, background_image) VALUES
('test', 'test', 'h', 'test', 'dennisgdaniels', 1);I then backed out and went to the start page. My new course I'd just created didn't show up in the list so I created the same course name and got:
Error mysql_dbi::query():Error executing query: Duplicate entry 'test' for key 1
A: I see that your course has a status of 'h' which means 'hidden' or not-active. Under "Course" -> "Setup" make sure that the course is selected as 'Active'.
Suggestions
It would be nice to have more of the editing controls near the top of the course.
Course Homepage ADD | EDIT | DELETE | LAST EDITED Documents ADD | EDIT | DELETE | LAST EDITED Assignments ADD | EDIT | DELETE | LAST EDITED Classmates ADD | EDIT | DELETE | LAST EDITED Gradebook ADD | EDIT | DELETE | LAST EDITED
especially course homepage...I can't find where I can modify that information... It would be great if there was more of form based interface for the agenda/ course description/ pre. reqs/ etc...
I can't change the name of the course, so typos remain...
A: Great suggestion! Done. Now, it looks like:
Course Homepage [ Setup ] Documents [ Add ] Assignments [ Add ] Roster [ Setup ][ View ][ Add ][ Email ][ Reports ] Assessment [ Exams ][ Manager ][ Analysis ] Activity
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Where? I am not seeing the above changes anywhere...what's the path? MyAdmin>New course? Because it's not showing up under >MyCourses...screen grab
A: Couldn't see the image for some reason (actually, it is a security issue that one could see it in the first place). But, you should see this:
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Not all of your suggestions made sense in that context (ie, you'd have to select a document to edit it), and I didn't have code to implement "Last Edited", but this new set of buttons does seem to help in the organization some.
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Yes! The new interface is much nicer! But...my typos still stick...
Owner: ddaniels Short Name: teststas
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I can't edit the short name of the course...and that's what the students see when they log on.
The name of the course is currently a key (ie, it links the data in all of the tables). Yes, that was a mistake. One of two things can happen: fix it; or go through all of the tables and change the name. This will probably be fixed later, than sooner, but it is on the list.
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Q: In a production environment i.e. 3000+ students 150 teachers, 400 classes which of the above fixes be more stable?
A: It would be better to make all data have an arbitrary key/ID. (That would also fix the link edit bug above).
Q: config>users>add: course roll down does not include all available courses
From the source of the center frame:
tr><td align=right valign=center><b>Course: </b></td><td aligh=left>select name=f_course>option value="" selected>(select)</option>...
The left frame doen't show the same number of classes as the f_course... what is the relation between My+Courses and f_course?
I can't take a screen grab with my rh8 moz1.2b while the pop down has focus but the courses on the left hand side are fewer than the courses in the course rolldown box.
A: There are a few things that aren't done: being able to retrieve a hidden course. I'll check on this one to see exactly what the problem is.
A: It looks like all of your courses are hidden.
Bug: open all folders http://dennisgdaniels.com/edventure//ed_left.php?click=Edventure_Folders_Open+All notice the double slash? '//' is that in the distro or bad params on the install?
On closer inspection I see that all of the links have the double '//'. Looking into the install...
I had another user log in to the same site and they reported seeing the double //. curiouser and curiouser...
A: I have seen this on another site, and I'm not sure what the problem is. It doesn't seem to cause a problem though.
Q: logged is as super user: access denied I'm logged in as super user and clicked on http://dennisgdaniels.com/edventure/ed_right.php?click=My+Admin_Courses_mikes+class_Gradebook_Reports
but it comes back as access denied... what can/should I do?
A: I think that that is just an unfinished bit.
Q: Any chance of moving this project to an open source depot like sourceforge for wider distribution/ bug tracking/ forums/ etc?
A: hold on there...the link is coming here it is https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/edventure/ but the browsable cvs is not in place ...
A: It should be in place. It is committed to there regularly. Try: http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/edventure/edventure/
It looks like all of these bugs share a lookup 'problem' i.e. the data entered is not being checked against existing data before it is submitted to the dbase. The dbase already 'has' data in the cell so it complains... It'should' ask if the user wants to override the existing data, which they should be able to as they are the owner creator ergo the Super User 
Ok, after playing a bit I found that one of the classes was created...http://dennisgdaniels.com/edventure//ed_right.php?click=All+Courses_dgfd but, there's no 'course setup' button or a 'wizard'... until I began playing around...keep looking for the link that says 'Frontpage' like this one http://dennisgdaniels.com/edventure/ed_right.php?click=My+Courses_dgfd_Frontpage then you'll be able to add data...
Q: The docs at http://wiki.cs.brynmawr.edu/index.cgi/EdventureAdminHelp don't clarify what happens next nor am I able to locate, via the browser at least, forms for creating class agendas, reqs., etc. Am I looking at the most current docs?
A: All of that text is outdated. It belongs to Edventure's previous incarnation, Webtron. It was written (not very well) in Perl, and became too wild to handle. PHP made it much easier to control.
Bug: on http://dangermouse.brynmawr.edu/csem/schedule.php produces
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in table.php on line 41 ...
A: That isn't a part of Edventure. It just a webpage one of the instructors has.
Q: Is the calendar functioning? How do I add events to it? Does it support tasks? Can it send me email reminders? Can it help my teacher create lesson plans?
A: The calendar portion of Edventure was hacked together in the demo, and is not planned to be integrated into the full package until Summer 2003.
Q: The home page is 'just' a link. Are there plans for actually providing a bit of space for students to post a resume/ bio on 'their edventure' site?
A: The home page is encouraged to be 'just' a link, so that others can access the page, it would appear in web searches, and encourages people to share global information with the community beyond those using Edventure. However, there is planned to be a method to share files between other Edventure users too (see Manage My Files on front page).
Q: Is there a 'test area' where prospective instructors can test/play with the interface for creating new courseware?
A: Coming soon...
Q: How is the session data handled? Is it possible to have two super users logged in at the same time...
A: Currently, it is possible to have any user logged in multiple times, but not from the same browser session. If you wanted to be logged in twice (as the same or different people) you'd need two browsers open.
bug: The wiki search fields at bottom always return errors
