[ZendTo] Predefined Drop Offs
Jules
Jules at Zend.To
Tue Jul 21 14:47:45 BST 2020
Gregg, Luigi,
Your start and expiry date/time pickers on the "request a drop-off" page
are nearly there.
I want to re-arrange the page a bit first, and improve the HTML in it so
I'm using grids and flex boxes like I now do in the "new drop-off" form.
I'll release a beta once I think I've got it all right.
Cheers,
Jules.
On 12/07/2020 14:29, Luigi Capriotti wrote:
> Hi Jules,
>
> >There would also need to be Start and End Date fields, which would
> define the period the PDO will be active for.
> this is not 100% feasible right now, isn't it.
> Acknowledging the start date is not easily implemented with the
> current backend library, I would envisage the availability of an
> "advanced" PDO setup option where the end of the drop-off validity can
> be set based on calendar/time pickers. The specified timestamp would
> be used to calculate the validity of the drop-off in minutes.
>
> Luigi
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 7:55 PM Jules via ZendTo <zendto at zend.to
> <mailto:zendto at zend.to>> wrote:
>
> Gregg,
>
> You can basically do all of this now.
>
> Your "Predefined Drop Off(PDO)" is what ZendTo calls a "request
> for a drop-off". There is a button on the main menu to do exactly
> this.
> You can send these to multiple recipients by putting multiple
> email addresses in the "Request a drop-off" form, just separate
> them with commas or spaces.
>
> The rest of it you can do with ZendTo's automation feature, where
> you can create a "request for a drop-off" from the command-line,
> and hence from a script. You would need to write something to tie
> that in to your existing coursework management system, but the
> scripts that drive ZendTo automatically are actually nothing more
> than a long "curl" command to do an HTTP POST operation that
> supplies all the information in 1 hit.
>
> The automation stuff is documented here
> zend.to/automation <http://zend.to/automation>
> and there is a script called "autorequest" which automates the
> "request a drop-off" process.
>
> Any more questions, problems, or any other way I can help, please
> do no hesitate to get in touch.
>
> I work for a University myself, and have written coursework
> submission systems before. A few of our academics use our instance
> of ZendTo to get coursework submissions from students, especially
> when they are large submissions like videos of interviews.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jules.
>
> On 08/07/2020 18:08, Gregg Douglas via ZendTo wrote:
>>
>> Hey Jules,
>>
>>
>> I hope you are keeping safe and healthy.
>>
>>
>> I would like to bounce an idea with you?
>>
>> Take a Lecturer or Tender Officer, they need to request students
>> to submit assignments or suppliers to submit tenders.
>>
>> This person (Lecturer or Tender Officer) would then access ZendTO
>> and create a “Predefined Drop Off(PDO)”. In this PDO, one would
>> preselect or predefine all the fields and options. The Subject,
>> would also be predefined, but would be used as a field to group
>> the PDOs. So, for a Lecturer they would use the Subject to define
>> the name of the assignment that the students must submit. A
>> Tender Officer would use the Subject to define the Tender
>> Reference. The Short Note Field could be left as a free text
>> block, allowing the Student or Supplier to include a note. There
>> would also need to be Start and End Date fields, which would
>> define the period the PDO will be active for.
>>
>> Then, there would need to be an “Alternative” Interface for
>> ZendTO. In this “Alternative” Interface a student or supplier
>> could select the relevant active Assignment or Tender form a list
>> of all active ones. On selecting the required item from the list,
>> the normal process of “Requesting a Drop Off” would follow, like
>> confirming the email address of the student or supplier via the
>> verification email. The link in this email would open the PDO
>> with all the predefined fields and the student or supplier can
>> then upload and submit the information.
>>
>>
>> It was a thought I have for a future feature.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Gregg
>>
>>
>>
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