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I've written up the following document detailing exactly what needs to be done to create a course at UofR. NOTE that our system is set up slightly differently than most others, so this procedure is not universal. Also, I have created blankCourse and blankLibCourse as templates on webwork2. I think we should consider including these in the standard distribution, but they are currently not included. This procedure works fine on webwork2 at the U of R, but it might or might not apply to anyone else's setup.
Setting up a new course -- step by step. Assume course name theCourse, group GROUP-- If necessary, edit /etc/group to add a new group, and run: sudo /usr/local/sbin/apachectl restart (you might need to log out and log in again)
-- In /ww/webwork/courses1: mkdir theCourse; mkdir theCoursepriv; chmod 770 theCourse*; chgrp GROUP theCourse*
-- In /ww/webwork/courses: ln -s ../courses1/theCourse theCourse; ln -s ../courses1/theCoursepriv theCoursepriv
-- In /ww/htdocs/tmp1: mkdir theCourse; mkdir theCoursepriv; chmod 777 theCourse*
-- In /ww/webwork/courses/theCourse: cp -r /ww/webwork/courses/blankCourse/* . -- You can also use blankLibCourse, which has the entire problem library
-- In /ww/webwork/courses/theCourse: ./course_webwork_setup.pl -- Hit enter -- Type y -- Type w -- Type y -- Type /theCourse/ -- Type /cgi-bin/system/ -- Type theCourse -- Type GROUP -- Type y -- Type y -- Type y -- Type y
-- (Still in course directory): chmod g+xs templates
-- cd templates; mv blankCourse.lst theCourse.lst
-- Edit theCourse.lst as necessary (probably just adding the professor; it's best to add students through the web)
-- In /ww/webwork/courses/theCourse: import_classlist-database.pl theCourse theCourse.lst --Type y
-- setProfPermissions.pl theCourse loginName
-- make the following changes to webworkCourse.ph (it's best to comment out the old variables rather than deleting them) -- change $Global::feedbackAddress as appropriate (you'll need to uncomment it) -- you might also change other settings in this section, if needed -- $courseTempDirectory = '/ww/htdocs/tmp1/theCourse/'; -- $courseTempURL = '/tmp1/theCourse/';
-- In /ww/htdocs: ln -s /ww/webwork/courses/theCourse/html/ theCourse
-- Copy any necessary problems from WW_Prob_Lib2 or blankLibCourse
-- Log on to the course from the web
-- CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!
-- Go to the professor's page and build problem sets
-- Starting from the copying step (cp -r ...), repeat the above for theCoursepriv with the following changes: -- During the setup script, course URL should be /courses/theCoursepriv -- You should create the link in /ww/htdocs/courses, not /ww/htdocs
NOTES: -- Some of the setup script defaults do not match what is given here. This is because our system is set up a little differently than most others. Use the values given here. -- Someone should occasionally bring the problems in blankLibCourse up to date...
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