[gradebook2-dev] Greetings, and looking for some pointers.

[Allen S. Rout]

Hi, o mavens of gradebook-2.   I come aspirant to your ranks, and hope 
to be set upon the true path.  ;)

I'm a computer type at the University of Florida, and am attempting to 
pave the way for a professor's grading and course management goals.

I've got several different features I want to learn about / implement / 
whatever,  but I figured I'd start with just one.

"the old" gradebook is capable of displaying people according to groups. 
  It's my understanding that similar function doesn't exist in 
gradebook2, but is  an acknowledged desire.  One thing I'd like to do, 
if possible, is advance the progress of this feature.  Is someone 
willing or able to comment on this?  Are there known challenges to such 
a feature?


I'm also looking for information about various ways group data can be 
automatically introduced to Sakai;  In this courses' current setup, 
dozens of TAs populate their groups manually.  On the good side, the 
effort is distributed.  On the bad side, we already have the information 
they're trying to enter, it'd be nice if we could save everyone a 
tedious hour of picking 'their' 18 people out of the full list, which 
has hundreds and hundreds.  I know that isn't a gradebook2-specific 
question; if someone could point me to the Right Venue in which to ask 
it, I'd be grateful.



- Allen S. Rout