Is there a resolution to this goof?
Thanks,
Murphy
Hi,
You usually do want to hide the admin course. Then you can log into it directly by using the URL, e.g. http://yourserver.yourschool.edu/webwork2/admin
See
http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Installation_Manual_for_2.10_on_Ubuntu_14.04#Create_the_admin_Course
Arnie
If a course is hidden, that only means it is not listed at webwork.yourdomain.edu/webwork2. The course still exists, and can be visited directly using its address. So if you put
webwork.yourdomain.edu/webwork2/admin
in your browser, it should take you to the admin "course" login page. You will then need a login and password to get into there. But if you have those credentials, then it is quite likely they can be used to get into any open course (by which I mean unarchived, regardless of whether it is hidden.) Because usually, when an instructional course is created, the people with the accounts in the admin course are automatically added to the instructional course.
And even if these old instructional courses are hidden, you can still get to them using their address directly. If they have been archived, then you need to go into the admin course, unarchive them, and possibly update their database tables first, or do all that from shell access to the server.
webwork.yourdomain.edu/webwork2/admin
in your browser, it should take you to the admin "course" login page. You will then need a login and password to get into there. But if you have those credentials, then it is quite likely they can be used to get into any open course (by which I mean unarchived, regardless of whether it is hidden.) Because usually, when an instructional course is created, the people with the accounts in the admin course are automatically added to the instructional course.
And even if these old instructional courses are hidden, you can still get to them using their address directly. If they have been archived, then you need to go into the admin course, unarchive them, and possibly update their database tables first, or do all that from shell access to the server.
Thanks! I know now that I shouldn't hide the admin course - live and learn.
I got into the admin course using the link above (with our domain) and unhid the admin course. I'm feeling much better now that I know my faculty can get in and work with names, hiding, archiving, etc.