On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Aaron Tresham <[email protected]> wrote: > I teach multiple sections of the same class. The assignments in > SageMathCloud are the same, but the due dates may be different. Thus, I have > a separate .course file in SMC for each section of the class. > > I believe this is how due dates work: When I assign an assignment to a > student, then the due date for that assignment is written to DUE_DATE.txt in > the assignment folder in my account. Then the entire folder is copied to the > student's account. When I then assign the same assignment to a student in a > different course with a different due date, then the new due date is written > to DUE_DATE.txt in the assignment folder in my account. Then the entire > folder is copied to the student's account. > > In other words, DUE_DATE.txt in my folder reflects the date from the last > time I assigned it to someone - it may not match DUE_DATE.txt in a student > folder. > > Is this correct?
Yes. > > If so, then I wonder why DUE_DATE.txt exists in the instructor's folder at > all. The date is available in the .course file (I'm not sure where exactly > the date is stored, but it displays when you look at the assignment list). It's a hack until we have an analogue of the .course file in student projects, which gives them meta-information about assignments, etc. > > It's not a big deal. It just bugs me that this .txt file clutters up my > folder without providing useful information (of course, it provides > information to the student, and so should be in the student's folder). > > Thanks, > Aaron > > P.S. If anyone has a better way to manage multiple sections of the same > class in SMC, I would love to hear it. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-cloud" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-cloud/77f01124-ae27-4d97-bc57-727dde6c4020%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Best Regards, William Stein CEO, SageMath, Inc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-cloud" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-cloud/CA%2BjwZMghEP21VzD0Y4B9EBr%2Bicx_OQ2L%2BbxiVKfny_kJbHYOSg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
