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edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py

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from fs.errors import ResourceNotFoundError
import logging
import json
from lxml import etree
from path import path # NOTE (THK): Only used for detecting presence of syllabus
import requests
import time
from cStringIO import StringIO
from xmodule.util.decorators import lazyproperty
from xmodule.modulestore import Location
from xmodule.seq_module import SequenceDescriptor, SequenceModule
from xmodule.xml_module import XmlDescriptor
from xmodule.timeparse import parse_time, stringify_time
from xmodule.graders import grader_from_conf
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
edx_xml_parser = etree.XMLParser(dtd_validation=False, load_dtd=False,
remove_comments=True, remove_blank_text=True)
class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
module_class = SequenceModule
template_dir_name = 'course'
class Textbook:
def __init__(self, title, book_url):
self.title = title
self.book_url = book_url
self.table_of_contents = self._get_toc_from_s3()
self.start_page = int(self.table_of_contents[0].attrib['page'])
# The last page should be the last element in the table of contents,
# but it may be nested. So recurse all the way down the last element
last_el = self.table_of_contents[-1]
while last_el.getchildren():
last_el = last_el[-1]
self.end_page = int(last_el.attrib['page'])
@property
def table_of_contents(self):
return self.table_of_contents
def _get_toc_from_s3(self):
"""
Accesses the textbook's table of contents (default name "toc.xml") at the URL self.book_url
Returns XML tree representation of the table of contents
"""
toc_url = self.book_url + 'toc.xml'
# Get the table of contents from S3
log.info("Retrieving textbook table of contents from %s" % toc_url)
try:
r = requests.get(toc_url)
except Exception as err:
msg = 'Error %s: Unable to retrieve textbook table of contents at %s' % (err, toc_url)
log.error(msg)
raise Exception(msg)
# TOC is XML. Parse it
try:
table_of_contents = etree.fromstring(r.text)
except Exception as err:
msg = 'Error %s: Unable to parse XML for textbook table of contents at %s' % (err, toc_url)
log.error(msg)
raise Exception(msg)
return table_of_contents
def __init__(self, system, definition=None, **kwargs):
super(CourseDescriptor, self).__init__(system, definition, **kwargs)
self.textbooks = []
for title, book_url in self.definition['data']['textbooks']:
try:
self.textbooks.append(self.Textbook(title, book_url))
except:
# If we can't get to S3 (e.g. on a train with no internet), don't break
# the rest of the courseware.
log.exception("Couldn't load textbook ({0}, {1})".format(title, book_url))
continue
self.wiki_slug = self.definition['data']['wiki_slug'] or self.location.course
msg = None
if self.start is None:
msg = "Course loaded without a valid start date. id = %s" % self.id
# hack it -- start in 1970
self.metadata['start'] = stringify_time(time.gmtime(0))
log.critical(msg)
system.error_tracker(msg)
self.enrollment_start = self._try_parse_time("enrollment_start")
self.enrollment_end = self._try_parse_time("enrollment_end")
# NOTE: relies on the modulestore to call set_grading_policy() right after
# init. (Modulestore is in charge of figuring out where to load the policy from)
# NOTE (THK): This is a last-minute addition for Fall 2012 launch to dynamically
# disable the syllabus content for courses that do not provide a syllabus
self.syllabus_present = self.system.resources_fs.exists(path('syllabus'))
self.set_grading_policy(self.definition['data'].get('grading_policy', None))
def set_grading_policy(self, course_policy):
if course_policy is None:
course_policy = {}
"""
The JSON object can have the keys GRADER and GRADE_CUTOFFS. If either is
missing, it reverts to the default.
"""
default_policy_string = """
{
"GRADER" : [
{
"type" : "Homework",
"min_count" : 12,
"drop_count" : 2,
"short_label" : "HW",
"weight" : 0.15
},
{
"type" : "Lab",
"min_count" : 12,
"drop_count" : 2,
"category" : "Labs",
"weight" : 0.15
},
{
"type" : "Midterm",
"name" : "Midterm Exam",
"short_label" : "Midterm",
"weight" : 0.3
},
{
"type" : "Final",
"name" : "Final Exam",
"short_label" : "Final",
"weight" : 0.4
}
],
"GRADE_CUTOFFS" : {
"A" : 0.87,
"B" : 0.7,
"C" : 0.6
}
}
"""
# Load the global settings as a dictionary
grading_policy = json.loads(default_policy_string)
# Override any global settings with the course settings
grading_policy.update(course_policy)
# Here is where we should parse any configurations, so that we can fail early
grading_policy['GRADER'] = grader_from_conf(grading_policy['GRADER'])
self._grading_policy = grading_policy
@classmethod
def read_grading_policy(cls, paths, system):
"""Load a grading policy from the specified paths, in order, if it exists."""
# Default to a blank policy
policy_str = ""
for policy_path in paths:
if not system.resources_fs.exists(policy_path):
continue
log.debug("Loading grading policy from {0}".format(policy_path))
try:
with system.resources_fs.open(policy_path) as grading_policy_file:
policy_str = grading_policy_file.read()
# if we successfully read the file, stop looking at backups
break
except (IOError):
msg = "Unable to load course settings file from '{0}'".format(policy_path)
log.warning(msg)
return policy_str
@classmethod
def from_xml(cls, xml_data, system, org=None, course=None):
instance = super(CourseDescriptor, cls).from_xml(xml_data, system, org, course)
# bleh, have to parse the XML here to just pull out the url_name attribute
course_file = StringIO(xml_data)
xml_obj = etree.parse(course_file,parser=edx_xml_parser).getroot()
policy_dir = None
url_name = xml_obj.get('url_name', xml_obj.get('slug'))
if url_name:
policy_dir = 'policies/' + url_name
# Try to load grading policy
paths = ['grading_policy.json']
if policy_dir:
paths = [policy_dir + 'grading_policy.json'] + paths
policy = json.loads(cls.read_grading_policy(paths, system))
# cdodge: import the grading policy information that is on disk and put into the
# descriptor 'definition' bucket as a dictionary so that it is persisted in the DB
instance.definition['data']['grading_policy'] = policy
# now set the current instance. set_grading_policy() will apply some inheritance rules
instance.set_grading_policy(policy)
return instance
@classmethod
def definition_from_xml(cls, xml_object, system):
textbooks = []
for textbook in xml_object.findall("textbook"):
textbooks.append((textbook.get('title'), textbook.get('book_url')))
xml_object.remove(textbook)
#Load the wiki tag if it exists
wiki_slug = None
wiki_tag = xml_object.find("wiki")
if wiki_tag is not None:
wiki_slug = wiki_tag.attrib.get("slug", default=None)
xml_object.remove(wiki_tag)
definition = super(CourseDescriptor, cls).definition_from_xml(xml_object, system)
definition.setdefault('data', {})['textbooks'] = textbooks
definition['data']['wiki_slug'] = wiki_slug
return definition
def has_started(self):
return time.gmtime() > self.start
@property
def grader(self):
return self._grading_policy['GRADER']
@property
def grade_cutoffs(self):
return self._grading_policy['GRADE_CUTOFFS']
@property
def tabs(self):
"""
Return the tabs config, as a python object, or None if not specified.
"""
return self.metadata.get('tabs')
@property
def show_calculator(self):
return self.metadata.get("show_calculator", None) == "Yes"
@lazyproperty
def grading_context(self):
"""
This returns a dictionary with keys necessary for quickly grading
a student. They are used by grades.grade()
The grading context has two keys:
graded_sections - This contains the sections that are graded, as
well as all possible children modules that can affect the
grading. This allows some sections to be skipped if the student
hasn't seen any part of it.
The format is a dictionary keyed by section-type. The values are
arrays of dictionaries containing
"section_descriptor" : The section descriptor
"xmoduledescriptors" : An array of xmoduledescriptors that
could possibly be in the section, for any student
all_descriptors - This contains a list of all xmodules that can
effect grading a student. This is used to efficiently fetch
all the xmodule state for a StudentModuleCache without walking
the descriptor tree again.
"""
all_descriptors = []
graded_sections = {}
def yield_descriptor_descendents(module_descriptor):
for child in module_descriptor.get_children():
yield child
for module_descriptor in yield_descriptor_descendents(child):
yield module_descriptor
for c in self.get_children():
sections = []
for s in c.get_children():
if s.metadata.get('graded', False):
xmoduledescriptors = list(yield_descriptor_descendents(s))
xmoduledescriptors.append(s)
# The xmoduledescriptors included here are only the ones that have scores.
section_description = { 'section_descriptor' : s, 'xmoduledescriptors' : filter(lambda child: child.has_score, xmoduledescriptors) }
section_format = s.metadata.get('format', "")
graded_sections[ section_format ] = graded_sections.get( section_format, [] ) + [section_description]
all_descriptors.extend(xmoduledescriptors)
all_descriptors.append(s)
return { 'graded_sections' : graded_sections,
'all_descriptors' : all_descriptors,}
@staticmethod
def make_id(org, course, url_name):
return '/'.join([org, course, url_name])
@staticmethod
def id_to_location(course_id):
'''Convert the given course_id (org/course/name) to a location object.
Throws ValueError if course_id is of the wrong format.
'''
org, course, name = course_id.split('/')
return Location('i4x', org, course, 'course', name)
@staticmethod
def location_to_id(location):
'''Convert a location of a course to a course_id. If location category
is not "course", raise a ValueError.
location: something that can be passed to Location
'''
loc = Location(location)
if loc.category != "course":
raise ValueError("{0} is not a course location".format(loc))
return "/".join([loc.org, loc.course, loc.name])
@property
def id(self):
"""Return the course_id for this course"""
return self.location_to_id(self.location)
@property
def start_date_text(self):
return time.strftime("%b %d, %Y", self.start)
# An extra property is used rather than the wiki_slug/number because
# there are courses that change the number for different runs. This allows
# courses to share the same css_class across runs even if they have
# different numbers.
#
# TODO get rid of this as soon as possible or potentially build in a robust
# way to add in course-specific styling. There needs to be a discussion
# about the right way to do this, but arjun will address this ASAP. Also
# note that the courseware template needs to change when this is removed.
@property
def css_class(self):
return self.metadata.get('css_class', '')
@property
def info_sidebar_name(self):
return self.metadata.get('info_sidebar_name', 'Course Handouts')
@property
def discussion_link(self):
"""TODO: This is a quick kludge to allow CS50 (and other courses) to
specify their own discussion forums as external links by specifying a
"discussion_link" in their policy JSON file. This should later get
folded in with Syllabus, Course Info, and additional Custom tabs in a
more sensible framework later."""
return self.metadata.get('discussion_link', None)
@property
def hide_progress_tab(self):
"""TODO: same as above, intended to let internal CS50 hide the progress tab
until we get grade integration set up."""
# Explicit comparison to True because we always want to return a bool.
return self.metadata.get('hide_progress_tab') == True
@property
def title(self):
return self.display_name
@property
def number(self):
return self.location.course
@property
def org(self):
return self.location.org