[samigo-team] question about Data Discrepancy errors in Samigo

[Jacqueline Mai Krueger]

Sam Ottenhoff wrote:
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>     What is the actual underlying condition or trigger that results in
>     the error?
>
>
> Bryan described a pretty easy way to replicate.  You can also 
> replicate using auto-submit:
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> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAM-1088
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> Stanford team, I have a patch submitted to that JIRA that addresses 
> all of Christine's last comments. Any thoughts on my patch?
Hi Sam,

Christine's been out sick so she has not had a chance to comment on your 
latest patch. My sense is that if it addresses all the points covered in 
her comments, then the patch is good to go. I'll let her confirm on her 
end, though.

Thanks for your work on the patch!
Jackie
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>     We'd like to update the error message to more accurately reflect
>     the cause and scope of the discrepancy, as well as steps to take
>     to verify that the saved or submitted version is in fact correct.
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> There seems to be a bit of a push / pull here. The data discrepancy 
> checks can ensure that a user is not using two browser windows, but 
> the problem is that it is easy to use the back button and kill an 
> entire submission.  If you have a class of 500 CHEM 101 students, 
> missing 25 submissions because of data discrepancy issues creates a 
> gigantic point of pain for the instructor.  The instructor most likely 
> stops using Sakai if convincing the local team to modify the code does 
> not succeed.
>
> Considering how easy it is to trip up this error, and considering how 
> painful missing assessments is to the instructor (re-dos for 25 
> students is not fun!), I think we should strongly reconsider our 
> default behavior related to strict errors in Samigo.
>
> --Sam
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Jacqueline Mai Krueger
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Stanford University
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