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NOTE: Be sure you understand the difference between the classlist and the classlist database. This is a new feature, and might not be fully documented. Often, the database should be edited (through the Professor's Page), rather than the classlist file itself.
Classlist files reside in the templates directory and have a ".lst" extension. "The" classlist file (usually named e.g. "mth101.lst") is used to initialize the classlist database for mth101. The classlist database can be imported from and exported to a classlist file (and also updated over the web). Other classlist files (e.g. "test_email.lst", "my_section.lst") can be used to send email to selected students.
The class list file is an ascii file whose structure structure is as follows:
Every line is a separate record with fields separated by $delim. $delim is defined in the Global.pm file with default value a comma (","). No field should contain a $delim . Every record must contain $noOfFieldsInClasslist records. $noOfFieldsInClasslist is a positive integer defined in the Global.pm file. It's current default value is 9. There are no header lines in the file.
The studentID (the first field) and the login name (the last field) must be unique. Both can contain only upper and lower case letters, digits, -, . , and _ . The fields are studentID, lastName, firstName, status, comment, section, recitation, email, and login name. Only the studentID and login name fields are required to be non blank but certainly the lastName field should be filled in. Also, if a student's email field is blank, email will not be sent to that student. However, a student can enter his or her own email address from the web. Here is a sample classlist file.
000-00-000a ,PRACTICE1 , ,C , ,Pizer , , ,practice1 000-00-000b ,PRACTICE2 , ,C , ,Pizer , , ,practice2 000-00-000c ,PRACTICE3 , ,C , ,Pizer , , ,practice3 000-00-000d ,PRACTICE4 , ,C , , , , ,practice4 000-00-000e ,PROBLEM ,RANDOM ,C , ,Gage , , ,practice5 000-00-000f ,PRACTICE6 , ,DROP , ,Gage , , ,practice6 000-00-000g ,PRACTICE7 , ,DROP , ,Gage , , ,practice7 000-00-000h ,PRACTICE8 , ,D , ,Gage , , ,practice8 000-00-000i ,PRACTICE9 , ,D , ,Pizer , , ,practice9 111-11-1111 ,PIZER ,ARNOLD ,C , ,Pizer , Rec. 1 ,apizer@math.rochester.edu ,apizer 222-22-2222 ,DOUGLASS ,SCOTT ,C , ,Pizer , Rec. 1 ,douglass@math.rochester.edu ,douglass 333-33-3333 ,MOUSSA ,BASEM ,C , ,Pizer , Rec. 1 ,moussa@math.rochester.edu ,moussa 444-44-4444 ,GAGE ,MIKE ,C , ,Gage , Rec. 1 ,gage@math.rochester.edu ,gage 010-01-0100 ,CABOTT ,JOHN ,DROP ,9/4/96 ,Gage , Rec. 2 ,jc001f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu ,jc001f 020-02-0200 ,BONET ,JANE ,DROP ,9/11/96 ,Gage , Rec. 2 ,jb004f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu ,jb004f030-03-0300 ,HOYER ,MARK ,DROP , ,Gage , Rec. 2 ,mh010f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu ,mh010f 040-04-0400 ,RICHARD ,JOAN ,DROP , ,Pizer , Rec. 2 ,jr001f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu ,jr001f 060-06-0600 ,ROBERTS ,HAL ,DROP , ,Pizer , Rec. 3 ,hr002f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu ,hr002f 070-07-0700 ,MUELSON ,JOY ,DROP , ,Pizer , Rec. 3 ,jm002e@uhura.cc.rochester.edu ,jm002e 050-05-0500 ,SAMSON ,WENDY ,DROP , ,Pizer , Rec. 3 ,wsamson@frontiernet.net ,050-05-0500 080-08-0800 ,THOMAS ,SALLY ,audit , ,Gage , Rec. 4 ,st008c@uhura.cc.rochester.edu ,st008c 090-09-0900 ,SMITH ,DAVID ,DROP , ,Gage , Rec. 4 ,dsoo9e@uhura.cc.rochester.edu ,ds009e 009-09-0009 ,SMITH ,JUDY ,C , ,Gage , Rec. 4 ,js005e@uhura.cc.rochester.edu ,js005e
The perl script readURClassList.pl reads a semi-colon delimited file from the UR registrar and outputs a classlist file having the required format.
The fields of the class list file in left to right order are:
- studentID
- (normally a SSN in the format 123-45-6789 or a bogus SSN such as 000-00-000a. This must be unique and can contain only upper and lower case letters, digits, -, . , and _ . )
- lastName
- (e.g. Public)
- firstName
- (including middle names and initials, e.g. Jane Q.)
- status
- (usually blank or C (for current), but could be D, Drop, or Withdrawn. @statusDrop in Global.pm lists the words which indicate the student has dropped. Anything else indicates the student is active.)
- comment
- (a field for comments, e.g. "added 3/3/96")
- section
- (e.g. Pizer MWF9)
- recitation
- (e.g. Smith M 2:00)
- (student's e-mail address)
- login name
- (student's login name. This must be unique and can contain only upper and lower case letters, digits, -, . , and _ . )
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