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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:54:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: moodleadmin
Reply-To: Online@lanecc.edu
Subject: Re: a couple of questions
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Do we have any sense at all how many people actually want this feature?  I agree that this would be an incredible irritant, but if there are lots of folks who are relying on this capability, I'd like to know before we turn it off for everyone.

David

>>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at  6:54 am, Meredith Keene-Wilson wrote: 
> Joe,
> This drives me and all my students crazy too. I looked into this a while 
> back and all I could find was the following response, which would affect 
> everyone:
> 
> Re: STOP emailing grades to students
> by Bob Puffer - Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 12:33 AM
>  	Running 1.63 and this was driving my faculty crazy. Commented out the 
> following lines that look like this:
> if (! email_to_user($user, $teacher, $postsubject, $posttext, $posthtml)) {
> echo "Error: assignment cron: Could not send out mail for id $submission->id 
> to user $user->id ($user->email)\n";
> }
> 
> THese are found in the assignment_cron function in mod/assignment/lib.php.
> 
> mkw
> 
> 
>>>> Online 04/16/07 8:47 PM >>>
> Wow Michelle,
> Unique question.  I didn't think you could do that, but I just checked and 
> you CAN.  Create an OFFLINE assignment and make it worth 1 point (since you 
> can't use zero).  Then, if you enter a negative number in the column (Edit 
> Grades tab), it will actually take away points from a student's total points.
> 
> As for the emails, can you give me a specific class and assignment to look 
> at?
> 
> Joe
> 
>>>> Michelle Cummins 04/16/07 7:27 PM >>>
> Moodle People:
> I posted this to the discussion a couple of weeks ago, but no one replied.  
> So, I am going to try a different avenue.  First, is there a way to 
> incorporate point deductions as a single element in the gradebook.  The point 
> deduction is for tasks that do not have a specific point values, but for 
> which I deduct points if not completed. Second, how can I set up my 
> assignments and grade book to NOT send emails to my students every time I 
> enter information or just review something.  
> Thanks,
> Michelle Cummins




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