import courseware.progress def dummy_track(event_type, event): pass class XModule(object): ''' Implements a generic learning module. Initialized on access with __init__, first time with state=None, and then with state See the HTML module for a simple example ''' id_attribute='id' # An attribute guaranteed to be unique @classmethod def get_xml_tags(c): ''' Tags in the courseware file guaranteed to correspond to the module ''' return [] def get_completion(self): ''' This is mostly unimplemented. It gives a progress indication -- e.g. 30 minutes of 1.5 hours watched. 3 of 5 problems done, etc. ''' return courseware.progress.completion() def get_state(self): ''' State of the object, as stored in the database ''' return "" def get_score(self): ''' Score the student received on the problem. ''' return None def max_score(self): ''' Maximum score. Two notes: * This is generic; in abstract, a problem could be 3/5 points on one randomization, and 5/7 on another * In practice, this is a Very Bad Idea, and (a) will break some code in place (although that code should get fixed), and (b) break some analytics we plan to put in place. ''' return None def get_html(self): ''' HTML, as shown in the browser. This is the only method that must be implemented ''' return "Unimplemented" def get_init_js(self): ''' JavaScript code to be run when problem is shown. Be aware that this may happen several times on the same page (e.g. student switching tabs). Common functions should be put in the main course .js files for now. ''' return "" def get_destroy_js(self): ''' JavaScript called to destroy the problem (e.g. when a user switches to a different tab). We make an attempt, but not a promise, to call this when the user closes the web page. ''' return "" def handle_ajax(self, dispatch, get): ''' dispatch is last part of the URL. get is a dictionary-like object ''' return "" def __init__(self, system, xml, item_id, track_url=None, state=None): ''' In most cases, you must pass state or xml''' self.xml = xml self.item_id = item_id self.state = state if system: ## These are temporary; we really should go ## through self.system. self.ajax_url = system.ajax_url self.tracker = system.track_function self.filestore = system.filestore self.render_function = system.render_function self.system = system