QuizPort - some more little things

QuizPort - some more little things

by Glenys Hanson -
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Hi again Gordon,

Here are some things I've noticed:
  1. On the Edit quizzes page, when I try to hide any of the columns, I get "No input parameters" error message.

  2. Entry page : I see Grading and Attempts even though I haven't selected them.

  3. If I put a picture but no text in the Entry page text field, the picture doesn't show. Not very important - I'm intending to put some text, the picture is just a place holder, but one can image a reason for just having a picture.
See on your site: icon.gif Unit 7: Sweet Potato Queens - exercises for examples of all these.

Something different. If I make the browser window smaller (not tiny, just smaller) the exercise covers the footer. Is it possible to prevent this? Make the page longer? See below.

Cheers,
Glenys
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Re: QuizPort - some more little things

by Gordon Bateson -
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Hi Glenys,
thanks for sending in these latest observations.

The "no input parameters" messages sounds like an error. It may be possible to get rid of it, or I may just disable the hiding of columns on that page.

I think the teacher always sees the grading and attempts info on the "Info" page, regardless of the "Entry page" settings. I will check that though and report back. As far as I can remember, I put the attempts there because I always intended for that table to have a "Select" column to allow a teacher to select and delete attempts on that page.

I will check what is happening with the images in the Entry text field.

thanks
Gordon

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Re: QuizPort - some more little things

by Glenys Hanson -
Hi Gordon,

I've logged on as a student and I still see the grading and attempts. See below.
Actually, it's as a teacher I'd prefer not to see all the attempts, because of the endless list that Deborah mentioned.

Another little thing: I realise "Info" is probably just a temporary name for that page and have been trying to find a better one that applies both to when a student arrives on the page (and does see the Info about the Unit) and also to when they are doing the exercises. How about "Main"? Is "Home" not an option?

Cheers,
Glenys
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Re: QuizPort - some more little things

by Gordon Bateson -
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Dear Glenys,

I have fixed the three points you raised:

  • "No parameters" error when collapsing or expanding columns on the "Edit quizzes" page
  • hide Grading info and attempts on entry page
  • show entry page text when it contains only an image

The latest QuizPort download contains the above fixes.

> If I make the browser window smaller (not tiny, just smaller)
> the exercise covers the footer. Is it possible to prevent this?

I have confirmed that this happens and I believe it can be fixed by adding an "onResize" event handler to the window but I will need a little time to confirm that.

many thanks again for alerting me to these issues.

best regards
Gordon

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Re: QuizPort - some more little things

by Glenys Hanson -
Hi Gordon,

I've download the latest Quizport and again everything's fine on Mac but not on PC. evilangrydead

The version of QuizPort is the same on the two computers: 2008033134

There's nothing but the QuizPort on the Moodle I reinstalled a few days ago. Ajax is off and anything experimental too.

I turned on the debugger: it didn't signal any errors, but in editing mode the html code for the image (with no text on the Info page) was visible and in normal mode I could see the image on the Info page. But grading and attemps continued to show. I couldn't edit the quizzes - sorry I didn't note the error message. I turned off the debugger and everything was as before. If you think this is significant, I'll do it again and send you screenshots.

I did an online virus scan with Trend Micro but it found nothing.

Does anybody else have the same problem on Windows XP?

Cheers,
Glenys

Oh, but I can show and hide columns as before on the editing page.
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Re: QuizPort - some more little things

by Gordon Bateson -
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Hi Glenys,

> everything's fine on Mac but not on PC
> The version of QuizPort is the same on the two computers: 2008033134

I understand this to mean that you have two servers: a Mac and a PC, and the problems you are reporting are on the PC. Is that right?

> in editing mode the html code for the image (with no text on the Info page)
> was visible and in normal mode I could see the image on the Info page

Sorry but I don't understand "in editing mode". I guess you mean either you clicked the "Turn editing on" button on the course page, or you clicked the "Blocks editing on" button on the QuizPort page. Is that right?

Also, what does "the html code for the image ... was visible" mean? It seems to mean that on the Info page you could see some html such as the following:

  • <img src="myimage.jpg" ... >

But I have never seen anything like that on the info page. Can you reproduce it on my server?

> But grading and attemps continued to show.

If you have the latest version of QuizPort, then the only way grading and attempts are shown on the Info page is if the corresponding entry page options are enabled on the QuizPort's settings page. Are you saying that on the QuizPort's settings page the "Entry page options: Grading" is unchecked and yet the grading information is still displayed on the Info page. Programmatically I think that is impossible with the latest version of QuizPort, so I would like to see it with my own eyes, either on your server or on mine.

> I couldn't edit the quizzes - sorry I didn't note the error message

Please could you let me know what you clicked on which page to try to edit a quiz, and also what was the error message was.

thanks
Gordon

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