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Kevin Leonard - Giving access to a course

Kevin Leonard - Giving access to a course

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inactiveTopicGiving access to a course topic started 4/14/2004; 11:23:13 AM
last post 4/14/2004; 4:10:52 PM
userKevin Leonard - Giving access to a course  blueArrow
4/14/2004; 11:23:13 AM (reads: 808, responses: 3)
Once a course has been setup, how do I give another professor access to the same course to make changes?

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userArnold K. Pizer - Re: Giving access to a course  blueArrow
4/14/2004; 12:13:45 PM (reads: 977, responses: 0)

First add him or her as a standard user, say e.g. with user name apizer.

Then from the command line (i.e. when logged onto the server) and assuming your course is mth141, run the command:

setProfPermissions.pl mth141 apizer

Note that if you have not added .../webwork/system/scripts/ to your path, you will have to type the full path to the script, e.g.

/usr/local/webwork/system/scripts/setProfPermissions.pl mth141 apizer

A goof source of info for the novice user is

http://webwork.math.rochester.edu/docs/docs/courseadmin/usingwebwork.html

 

Arnie

 

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userKevin Leonard - Re: Giving access to a course  blueArrow
4/14/2004; 1:16:46 PM (reads: 950, responses: 0)
Thanks for replying... 

I ran setProfPermissions.pl and got the following message:

User JDoe is not listed in the permissions file.  Cannot set instructor permissions for JDoe.

Which permissions file is being referred to?  I added the user to the wwcourses group, which he wasnt in before, then reran setProfPermissions.pl and got the same result.

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userZbigniew Fiedorowicz - Re: Giving access to a course  blueArrow
4/14/2004; 4:10:52 PM (reads: 966, responses: 0)
It looks like you omitted the first part of Arnie's instructions:
First add him or her as a standard user, say e.g. with user name apizer.
Also note that user names are case sensitive, and that adding a user to the classlist file is insufficient.  You would need to then import the classlist file into the class database.  However for just one user, it is preferable to use the "Add Users" button on the Professor Utilities page.


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