Create Classdb-yaddayadda

[NiloCK]

methods of registering collections of users as students of one (or more) users who are instructors, and for facilitating async and sync information exchange.

non-domain requirements:

• Creating a classroomdb-${id} database
• Messaging system based on user-sync on classroomdb
  • (This is a domain problem too, particularly when coordinating interventions)
  • (partially implemented - need to look back to better inform status)
• allow for 'invitation' system (specify username?)
• joining system via joincodes

domain requirements:

• content assigning
  • assign exercises by course or by tag
  • assigned content filters by the configured age of the students
  • differentiation (generally automated, but allow explicit flag of outliers)
• global reporting of problem areas & pre-req deficiencies
• peer grouping annotated w/ problem areas & relevant context
• jit peer instruction
  • assigned competence

[NiloCK]

An alternate method for checking auth cookies. May be faster, if less clean, than Nano cookie-fed db creation and session check. Possible future benchmark.

    const nXML = require('xmlhttprequest').XMLHttpRequest; // npm module. not the default xmlhttprequest

    return new Promise<couchSession>(function (resolve, reject) {
        const authXML = new nXML();
        authXML.setDisableHeaderCheck(true);
        authXML.open('GET', 'http://' + couchURL + '_session', false);
        authXML.onload = function () {

            if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 300) {
                resolve(JSON.parse(this.responseText));
            } else {
                reject({
                    status: this.status,
                    statusText: this.statusText
                });
            }
        }
        authXML.onerror = function () {
            reject({
              status: this.status,
              statusText: authXML.statusText
            });
          };
        authXML.setRequestHeader('Cookie', `AuthSession=${authCookie}`);
        authXML.send();

    })

[NiloCK]

Next to do:

Work on "classrooms" page:

• list current classes
• display 'create class' button
• display a joinCode input for joining classes