Stuart,
Thank you. This really opens up some options for us. I imagine, though,
that it will be interesting to test!
Bob Gonzales
Binghamton University
Chemistry Dept
On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Stuart Raeburn <raeb...@msu.edu> wrote:
> Bob,
>
> I don't see a way to get the current date/time in lon-capa so I'm not sure
>> how we could accomplish this. Any suggestions?
>>
>
> Within a script block you can use the LON-CAPA function:
> &EXT('system.time')
>
> to retrieve the current time as an epoch/Unix time, and
>
> &EXT('resource.'.$partid.'.duedate')
>
> to retrieve the due date for part: $partid as an epoch/Unix time for the
> current user. For a problem without parts use a $partid of 0.
>
> The LON-CAPA function: &due_date($partid)
>
> will retrieve the due date for the current user for part: $partid
> displayed in the format: day month date HH:MM:SS am/pm YYYY (Time Zone).
> For a problem without parts omit $partid.
>
>
> Stuart Raeburn
> LON-CAPA Academic Consortium
>
>
>
> Quoting Bob Gonzales <rgon...@binghamton.edu>:
>
> Hi,
>>
>> We have some problems that we use in our lab courses where the students
>> enter experimental data in one part of the problem which is then used in
>> calculations in another part of the problem. The displaying of the parts
>> are controlled by block conditions.
>>
>> We would like allow them access to the part with the calculations if their
>> experimental data is correct OR if they at least tried to enter some
>> experimental data AND the lab period is over. If their experimental data
>> is not correct and the lab period is over then we would give them
>> alternate
>> data to use for the calculations.
>>
>> I don't see a way to get the current date/time in lon-capa so I'm not sure
>> how we could accomplish this. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob Gonzales
>> Binghamton University
>> Chemistry Dept
>>
>
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