Hey Guys, Tom and I met last week to discuss, amongst other things, my next project which involves overhauling the section index.html view and adding views for linking sections between terms. I've attached two photos of whiteboard designs, one for the new index.html view and the other for the new section linkage view.
The overhaul of the index.html view involves creating a four column view using the new size, spacing and color standards as laid out in the Ubuntu design standards document. The first column serves as a sidebar with links for the other terms the section is linked to as well as a link called 'All Terms' that take the user to the section linkage view. The second column has the information that currently is displayed as a rather awkward title of the index.html view. Although we forgot to specify it with the whiteboard, the resources will be listed below. The third column is for the instructors and the fourth is for the students. The section linkage view shown in the other photo will have one column per term for the schoolyear in question. The term of the section in question and any term for which the section is linked will be filled in with the instructor and students for that section for that term. The other terms will have two buttons. The first allows the user with one click to extend the linkage of the section to that term, thereby creating the new section and populating it with the same teacher and students. The other button allows the user to find a section that already exists but was not yet linked. Clinking on that button will take the user to a third view (not whiteboarded) that will allow the user to search for a matching section and link it to the section in question. Since we have no whiteboard for that, I will describe it as follows: it will have a search widget that has an input field for entering the instructor's name (auto-filled in with the instructor of the section in question) and a Find button. The user can clear the instructor filter if they like, and when they hit the Find button, it will return a list of links, one for each section in the target term that has the same exact course(s), filtering by instructor name if entered. If the user clicks on one of the links, the section in question will be immediately linked to the section specified in the link. Also, the user will be returned to the section index.html view where they can see that the linkage occurred. Finally, I will be creating a subscription adapter for adding or removing teachers or instructors that will automatically propagate the change to all linked sections of terms that come after the term in question. Sections linked from previous terms will be left alone. If anyone sees any problems with this plan, please let me know before I prepare a final estimate for this set of tasks. Thanks, Alan
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