When I create a new WeBWorK course based on modelCourse, I can import (using the Sets Manager) to the new course the new Student_Orientation set that comes with WeBWorK 2.19. This student orientation set seems quite useful, and I would like to make it available also in new WeBWorK courses that are based on an existing WeBWorK course (created under an older version of WeBWorK). But when I create a new WeBWorK course copying components (templates and html folders, and assignments/sets) from an existing course, the new course is created without the "Student_Orientation@" visible in the File Manager, and I cannot import Student_Orientation via the Sets Manager. I'd appreciate your help with this.
(I should add that I do the routine WeBWorK administration for our department (e.g., adding new WeBWorK courses), but that more demanding tasks (like upgrading WeBWorK) are handled by our IT department.)
Adding Student_Orientation to a course based on an existing course
by Nikolaus Vonessen - Number of replies: 4
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Re: Adding Student_Orientation to a course based on an existing course
by Alex Jordan -Do you have command line access to the server? If so, you can create the missing symlinks in courses like this. I don't think there is a way right now to get it sorted using only the admin course interface. But perhaps in a future version of WW, the "upgrade courses" tool could be made to do this (put in place the Student_Orientation symlink).
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Re: Adding Student_Orientation to a course based on an existing course
by Arnold Pizer -As a Prof, if you open the "Sets Manager", click on "Import", select the dropdown from "Import from where?", do you not see "Student_Orientation/setStudent_Orientation.def" ?
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Re: Adding Student_Orientation to a course based on an existing course
by Nikolaus Vonessen -Thanks for your replies!
No, I do not see "Student_Orientation/setStudent_Orientation.def" in the drop-down menu under "Import from where?".
Details: Under WeBWorK 2.19, as admin, I added a new course based on an old existing course (created under a prior version of WeBWorK, maybe under version 2.16). I then logged into the new course as professor. On the Import tab of the Sets Manager, I checked the drop-down menu under "Import from where?". I do not see "Student_Orientation/setStudent_Orientation.def".
If this is not something that is easily fixed, maybe someone could send me an archive of "Student_Orientation/setStudent_Orientation.def" with all problems. Then I could manually import these into WeBWorK courses.
Thanks, Nikolaus
No, I do not see "Student_Orientation/setStudent_Orientation.def" in the drop-down menu under "Import from where?".
Details: Under WeBWorK 2.19, as admin, I added a new course based on an old existing course (created under a prior version of WeBWorK, maybe under version 2.16). I then logged into the new course as professor. On the Import tab of the Sets Manager, I checked the drop-down menu under "Import from where?". I do not see "Student_Orientation/setStudent_Orientation.def".
If this is not something that is easily fixed, maybe someone could send me an archive of "Student_Orientation/setStudent_Orientation.def" with all problems. Then I could manually import these into WeBWorK courses.
Thanks, Nikolaus
In reply to Nikolaus Vonessen
Re: Adding Student_Orientation to a course based on an existing course
by Glenn Rice -As Alex said, this can be fixed as a system administrator. All of the files are distributed with webwork2. You just need to link to the distributed directory.
Run
sudo ln -s /opt/webwork/webwork2/assets/pg/Student_Orientation /opt/webwork/courses/courseId/templates/
to create the link.
You could also run "rsync -av /opt/webwork/courses/modelCourse/templates/ /opt/webwork/courses/courseId/templates/" and that would ensure that all files are updated (that is assuming your modelCourse is up to date). However, if you have customizations of some other files (like the course_info.txt file) in a courses templates directory, it will overwrite those.