openlab.php must be moved out of plugin

[boonebgorges]

This is now done. Testing will involve looking at the two bits of functionality that have been moved, specifically:

1. The 'Faculty' and 'Student' labels that appear next to user avatars
2. "Admin" access should be granted to OL users with the Faculty user type

[bree-z]

Hi Boone,

Regarding item 1 above, should 'Faculty' and 'Student' labels appear? Currently they do not, and also look a little different for questions and replies:

And for item 2, how do I test this?

Thanks!

[boonebgorges]

Regarding 1 - No, I guess we shouldn't show this. I have a filter in place that allows installations like the OpenLab to provide this text when applicable. But in non-OpenLab environments, we don't know whether 'Faculty' or 'Student' or whatever is appropriate, so we should show nothing here. I've made a change so that the empty div (white box) no longer appears when there's no text to show there.

Regarding 2, there's nothing to test on hardg.com. This will need testing on the OpenLab once the OpenLab is running the latest version of the plugin. (I think it's already running almost this version, but it's been a long time since I checked.)

[bree-z]

Thanks, Boone! Issue 1 looks good.

Regarding 2, to test this, I invited the testfaculty user to join the group. After joining, that user is listed as a member of the group, and an author on https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/ol-webwork/ . It looks like the OpenLab is running version 1.0 of the WeBWorK Q&A plugin, which is the same as the test site.

[boonebgorges]

Thanks, Bree. The version numbers don't mean much, but I've just checked and it looks like the production ol-webwork site is running a version of the plugin close enough that it should have the "user-promotion" feature.

What you should be checking for is not the user role on ol-webwork. Instead, Faculty users on the OpenLab should have admin-level access to webworkqa content. For example, when you see 'Question from a Student', users with admin-level access should be able to hover and see the user's display name. Another admin-only feature is the "Incomplete question? The student will be notified and the default reply posted." checkbox when responding to a question.

[bree-z]

Thanks Boone. This looks good. I tested with the testfaculty account, which is not a member of the ol-ww group. I was able to hover and see student display names for anonymous questions and was also able to use the "Incomplete question" checkbox.

[bree-z]

Hi @boonebgorges ,

I just wanted to check in about user roles on CBOX OL. Should I see the same thing you described above for the OpenLab in CBOX OL? That is:

Faculty users on the OpenLab should have admin-level access to webworkqa content. For example, when you see 'Question from a Student', users with admin-level access should be able to hover and see the user's display name. Another admin-only feature is the "Incomplete question? The student will be notified and the default reply posted." checkbox when responding to a question.

Currently, I only see this with the faculty user (testfaculty) that is also the site admin. If what I see is correct, then we'll want to advise people to add any faculty responding to questions on the site as admins -- is that correct?

Thanks!

[boonebgorges]

Currently, I only see this with the faculty user (testfaculty) that is also the site admin. If what I see is correct, then we'll want to advise people to add any faculty responding to questions on the site as admins -- is that correct?

What you see is correct. We don't know ahead of time how CBOX-OL users will set up their member types, so we can't grant access based on member type. Moreover, the OL setup gives admin-level access to all Faculty, which is almost certainly too broad for most CBOX-OL sites. As you suggest, manual promotion of users to Administrator will be necessary.

[bree-z]

Got it, thanks Boone!