Team Member Updates (5 Point Plan)
FEB 2008, WEEK 1: GOALS FOR UPCOMING WEEK
MATTFISH:
- IE Button layout solved. Now need to implement for all pages in portal
- Test the heck out of Change Password functionality
- Update JIRA (makes sure all issues discussed in previous meetings have migrated into database)
- Review Self-Check Step functionality and write up and issues for Tony
- Begin CSS work on Project Library page (Topic area and two search bars)
TONY:
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
HIROKI:
- x
GEOFF:
- Contact WISE Project
- Proxy Server logging
- System specifications diagnostic
- OTrunk XHTML Renderer
- Challenge Question Step
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
DOUG
- Teacher support
- Begin to look at "help" for WISE 3.0
- MODELS mentor meeting
- Project testing
- x
KATHY
- ABR
- Teacher support
- Team coordination
- Misc
JAN 2008, WEEK 4: GOALS FOR UPCOMING WEEK
MATTFISH:
- Fix first round of IE browser issues on Student and Teacher Portal. Solve IE issues for Teacher/Student Navigation Buttons
- Revise Plan for Assessment Steps in W3 (revised from W2 names/functions)
- JIRA Updates (Challenge Question items for Tony; fix about 10 issues pointed at me)
- Planning Updates (review Spring plan from Hiroki; integrate with Teacher Grading priorities list)
- Begin CSS work on Project Library page (Topic area and two search bars)
TONY:
- FROM MATT
- Meeting with Google
- O-Trunk for conversion of Steps (for Show All Work)
- Working on tool for conversion of W2 Self Test steps to W3.
HIROKI:
- See JIRA Database, issues due on 1/29
GEOFF:
- See JIRA Database, issues due on 1/29
- x
- x
- x
- x
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
DOUG
- Support
- Testing
- MODELS support
KATHY
- Working on Grants due next week CLEAR (Cumultative Learning using Embedded Assessment Results)
- Supporting researchers
- Supporting schools
- Encouraging programmers to consume healthy food/drink
- misc
JAN 2008, WEEK 3: GOALS FOR THE WEEK
MATTFISH:
- Get Windows XP running on my Mac. Needed for IE browser testing (transparency, misplaced Navigation buttons, text layout mismatches, and more)
- Put together design recommendations based on usability testing by WISE Research team
- TBD (based on team priorities)
- TBD (based on team priorities)
- TBD (based on team priorities)
TONY:
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
HIROKI:
- Add preview functionality to Portal
- Extract some basic things from TELS Portal to PAS Portal (ie register curnit, jnlp)
GEOFF:
- Added CreateRun: send email, needs to be tested
- Look in to a dynamic loading bar for pages that take a long time to load
- Perhaps look in to fixing Challenge Question Step
- Work on Show All Steps output for step that need to be implemented
- Look into testing Proxy server
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
DOUG
- User support
- testing
- what ever is needed
- x
- x
KATHY
- Driving ABR Proposal to finish line!
- Working Oon new grant proposal
- Supporting new teachers. Yay!
- Supporting frustrated veteran teachers. Boo!
- Endless Misc stuff
JAN 2008, WEEK 1: GOALS FOR THE WEEK
MATTFISH:
- Partial Agenda this week, as wlll be on vacation next week (swimming)
- CSS for Grading: Select Project Step
- CSS for Grading: Grade By Step
HIROKI:
- Getting Geoff set up with portal and dev tools
- Review Authoring Tool and VLE with Geoff & tony
- W2 support (endless! on new hosted server
- SAIL run support
- TBD
GEOFF:
- Coordinate with Hiroki getting up to speed
- Contact WISE page (general) with email back-end functionality
- x
- x
- x
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
- Big Task: low level code for Ready Made Comments
- Patrick: new items (home page)
- Small tasks for both
- x
- x
TONY:
- Returns from India next Monday. He can post his agenda upon return on 1/7
DOUG
- Albany HS Tues-Wed.
- Testing projects
- Teacher Support
DEC WEEK 3: GOALS FOR THIS WEEK
MATTFISH:
- Still need to get Windows XP installed and running. Installation has been tricky.
- Completion navigation skeleton for L1 Bar (Management, Grading, Help)
- Finish revisions to Student Home Page. Work with HT/TP to complete all tech tasks
- Revisions to Management/View Students up in the air given the pending Drag N Drop functionality. Alternate task is Project Library layout.
- Revise Grade By Step Layout and Teacher Ready Made-Comments layout.
HIROKI:
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
TONY:
- Still in India. Will post his agena upon return on Monday 1/7
DOUG
- Continue testing WISE 3.0
- Teacher support
- Follow up on MODELS HS runs
- Service laptops
- Buy chocolate to give Betty for Christmas
KATHY
- Continue module revisions (Meiosis).
- Support teachers and researchers.
- Assist with ABR proposal.
- Think about logistics for Geoff Kwan.
- Haiku for TELS party
DECEMBER, WEEK 2: GOALS FOR THE WEEK
MATTFISH:
- CSS: Finish Pop-Up screens for Student Portal page.
- CSS: Create templates for Contact WISE General and Contact WISE Product-Specific
- CSS: Major revision to Teacher Management page
- Testing: Work with Tony to get Windows XP up and running on laptop. Review current site on XP.
- CSS: Start work on revised Project Library page
HIROKI:
- PAS Portal tasks: PASP-52
- TELS Portal tasks:
- Meet with Patrick&Sally, go over their tasks, assign new tasks
- Meet with Nate, coordinate final switch from wise-dev to wise
- Start designing "Project Layer" architecture and implement small components
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
- Patrick: TELSP-341@issues , TELSP-334@issues , TELP-290@issues. Working 5 hours.
- Sally: TELSP-132@issues , TELSP-137@issues , TELSP-354@issues. Working 10 hours
TONY:
- Figure out parallels/boot camp windows configuration and document it.
- Incorporate the mozswing changes that Michal made and try to get pas-mozswing-browser running.
- TELSP-236 verify proper navigation of forgotten password pages
- Start prototype ready-made comments for grading tool
- work with scott on in class jnlp proxy.
DOUG
- support
- test
- support
- test
- support
NOVEMBER WEEK 4: GOALS FOR THE WEEK
No meeting due to Thanksgiving break.
NOVEMBER WEEK 3: GOALS FOR THE WEEK
MATTFISH:
- Complete navigation structure for all GRADING pages/subpages.
- Revise Project Library screen
- Revise Student Home Page
- Revise Teacher GradeByStep CSS Layout
- Assist in interview process
HIROKI:
- Meeting with Laurel to discuss diagramming an "authoring layer" on top of the current PAS Portal components
- Meeting with Nate to work on connecting UCWISE to WISE DB through PHP, not direct access to DB
- Work with Sally&Patrick to finish their work on change workgroups, assign new tasks
- Write tests for GradingService methods, extract methods to AnnotationService.
- Add "edit group" functionality to PAS Portal (will be extended in the future for "edit period" in TELS Portal)
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
- Finish working on change workgroups, test
- Drag and Drop for changing Student-Groups OR Ready-Made Comment Lists
TONY:
- convert change password validator to dwr javascript file
- add dwr validation to add change password off student index page.
- finish scoring controller. dependency grading tool service.
- meet with scott on pas otrunk and review the work he has done.
- from meeting figure out step to convert and convert it.
- Interviews!
DOUG
- TELS Meetings and support for WISE Teachers
- Interviews
- Working with TELS teachers doing runs
- Planning for Teacher Workshop
KATHY
- Work on details for airbags run at Mt. Diablo (ensure new laptops functioning, etc...)
- Continue reaching out to teachers and researchers to attend 12/1 PD workshop.
- Continue design of and collaboration for workshop.
- Push researchers to complete revisions of upcoming projects.
- Meetings...
NOVEMBER WEEK 2: GOALS FOR THE WEEK
MATTFISH:
- Create stub pages for all main navigation areas (5 Level 1 sections each with 4-6 Level 2 sections)
- Revise CSS for Student Home Page
- Revise current portal pages based on team feedback
- Create "Project Library" page
- Revise "My Project Runs" page
HIROKI:
- Meet with Patrick&Sally on Friday to make further progress on modify workgroups
- Meet with Laurel to make PAS Portal more usable (code&documentation)
- Meet with Rokham&David, learn to swap HSQLDB with MySQL, implement for TELS Portal
- Meet with Scott, finish up work on moving jnlpdownloadservlet to wise-dev
- Extract TELS Portal stuff to PAS Portal, demo PAS Portal to SAIL-dev on Friday
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
- Sally has one midterm, Patrick has two papers
- Change Workgroup membership
- Sally work on presentation tier (jsp, controller, validator)
- Patrick work on business tier (make use of existing codebase)
TONY:
- add dwr spring with hiroki
- get the javacript validation working addproject
- helloworld add a rim, save button for scott in otrunk conversion
- create grade report on grade by runs step
- setup local sds
DOUG (out at school today)
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
KATHY (out at school today)
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
NOVEMBER WEEK 1: WEEKLY PLAN (objectives for the week)
MATTFISH:
- Portal: lay out stub pages for all L1 index pages and L2 overview pages
- GradingTool CSS Revision w/Tony
- Portal: revise Teacher Main Index page
- Portal: revise Student Main Index page
- Design: revise Teacher Grading VDD to reflect changes discussed with Tony. Work with Tony to implement new features for Nov 15 run
- Testing: Set up dual boot system and test all current portal pages using IEE on Windows. Also test latest builds from Tony/Hiroki as needed.
- OTHER: tbd
HIROKI:
- Meet with Patrick&Sally, go over their "Manage students: change individual password" and "Manage students: batch change student passwords" code, talk about next task: "change workgroups"
- Add "Register Curnit" code for PAS Portal.
- Install TELS Portal using HSQLDB server mode on Berkeley Hosting
- Meet with Laurel to discuss plans to extract from TELS Portal into PAS Portal and improving documentation so future adopters of Portal can learn more about the Portal
- Answer emails related to WISE 2.0 runs and SAIL runs.
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
- Completed "Manage students: change individual password"
- Completed "Manage students: batch change student passwords"
- Met with Hiroki to discuss code,
- talk about next task: "change workgroups"
TONY:
- Portal: preview, next step refactor
- Portal: teacher score UI addition with hooks
- Portal: revision required UI addition with hooks
- Portal: score summary
- Portal: meet with kevin and discuss gradingtool
- VLE: revision required updates
DOUG
- Follow-up on CSTA presentations
- Visit school sites as needed
- User support
- Review and update projects
- support testing and design
KATHY
- Schedule TELS high schools. (Most middle schools are scheduled.)
- Support first-time TELS MS teacher + 2 HS teachers
- Review and update Meiosis & Evolution projects
- Solidify PD workshop logistics
- Reach out to specific teachers, requested by developers
OCT WEEK 4: NO MEETING DUE TO TELS RETREAT IN TORONTO
OCT: WEEK 3 Accomplishments
MATTFISH:
- Completed two new version of WISE Home Page: welcome message as block or as interactive links.
- Lots of testing on the teacher grading tool (in hindsight not enough on other Step types)
- Completed final tweaks to Teacher and Student registration pages (to fit on smaller screens)
- Got set up on Encore Server. Working to integrate Teacher/Student Reg pages directly into the JSP files.
- Integrate HTML/CSS changes for "Setting Up a Run" screen into Encore JSP files.
HIROKI:
- Set up Jennie's Chemical Reactions SAIL project run, go to Mt. Diablo to observe&assist
- Attempt to configure Berkeley Campus Hosting Service to host TELS Portal
- Discuss WISE 2.0 codebase&database migration strategy with Turadg, email Berkeley Campus Hosting Service with requests
- Work with Matt to get him set up with eclipse and start making changes directly in the jsp pages
- Correspond with Patrick&Sally and answer questions that they have regarding "Teacher: batch change student password" and "Teacher: change student password".
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
Patrick: Student management: change student password
Sally: Student management: batch change student password for a given period
Will know Wednesday how far they got. Their initial target goal date for having it complete is October 22 (Monday).
TONY:
- Fixed no student work show all prompts bug.
- Fixed VLE Teacher comment feedback no wrap bug.
- Computer prep for Mt. Diablo with Kathy
- Work with hiroki jnlp update problem - hiroki have you heard any new on this?
- Working out workspace problems hibernate flushing and unable to compile jsp.
DOUG
- Support teacher with WISE and SAIL runs
- Portal and project testing
- General user support
- Work with MODELS group
- Presentation in Long Beach
KATHY
- Continuing to schedule TELS teachers - goal is to get them all scheduled by the end of next week
- Working with teachers who are joining TELS for the first time, and addressing equipment challenges
- Want to tighten my communications with researchers (and tech-team.)
OCT: WEEK 2 Accomplishments
No TelsDesign meeting this week. Entire team sprinting to stabilize Beta for classroom runs at Concord High School et al.
OCT: WEEK 1 Accomplishments
MATTFISH:
- Portal CSS: Student Registration and Student Reg Confirmation
- Portal CSS: Teacher Registration and Teacher Reg Confirmation
- Revise VDDs: Teacher Grading + Teacher:Manage Students
- Finish CSS Training Book (chapters 14,15,16)
- Start work on Portal: Main Home Page
HIROKI:
- Meet with Sally&Patrick : update student password
- Modify code to send url to "retrieve teacher comments" to student's VLE
- Connect pieces of code in the portal to make "retrieve teacher's comments" work
- Connect pieces of code in the portal to make "save teacher's comments" work
- Connect pieces of code in the portal to make "retrieve project map"
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
- Finished Student: Change Password
- Next challenges are:
- Teacher: Change My Password
- Teacher: Change Student Passwords as Batch
- Teacher: Change Individual Student Passwords
TONY:
- no workgroups problem
- Change step, all step
- Created css for ui
- Update grading tool ui with matts css changes
- Save annotation bundle controller & service method
DOUG
- User support
- Work with MODELS team
- meet with and support tech design team
- Meet with teachers planning to run TELS modules
- Support researchers planning runs of their modules
SEP: WEEK 4
No meeting this week due to Freda's departure
SEP: WEEK 3
MATTFISH
CSS Training: Lists
CSS Training: Tables & Definition Lists
CSS Training: write sample code for items 1&2, plus review some Yahoo UI CSS code.
Create 5 options for look/feek of Portal Home page. Review with team.
Complete at least 2 Portal layout tasks (see JIRA).
HIROKI:
Grading tool: make SDS data available to the portal realm: students' answers&project-activity-step information; coordinate with Aaron/Scott/Laurel
Create mock objects and methods that the UI layer can use for "grade work by step", coordinate with Tony
Work with Laurel on saving AnnotationBundles (teacher's comments) to database
Get Sally oriented with portal development
Inject SAIL dependencies into the portal
TONY:
meeting with david and jim
GradeByStep & GradingByStepController
Gradingtool & GradingController
add ajax gradingtool
get http post working
Working w/ Jim&Carlos on international collaboration plan (Learning Object Repository)
DOUG:
user support
meet with MODELS PD and plan for school runs and support
get laptops ready for going out to schools
review designs and testing as needed
work on saving pretest data from current runs
X, WEEK 1: GOALS FOR THE WEEK
MATTFISH:
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
HIROKI:
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
PATRICK/SALLY (via Hiroki):
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
TONY:
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x
DOUG
- x
- x
- x
- x
- x