Create a basic instructor dashboard

conf/permissions.dist.yml

@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ db_permissions:
 
   Course:
     getCourses:
-      allowed_roles: ['*']
+      authenticated: true
     getCourse:
-      allowed_roles: ['*']
+      authenticated: true
     updateCourse:
       admin_required: true
     addCourse:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ db_permissions:
     getGlobalUsers:
       admin_required: true
     getGlobalUser:
-      admin_required: true
+      allow_self_access: true
     checkGlobalUser:
       allowed_roles: ['course_admin', 'instructor']
     updateGlobalUser:
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ db_permissions:
     getGlobalCourseUsers:
       allowed_roles: ['course_admin', 'instructor']
     getCourseUser:
+      allow_self_access: true
       allowed_roles: ['course_admin', 'instructor']
     addCourseUser:
       allowed_roles: ['course_admin', 'instructor']
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ db_permissions:
     getAllUserSets:
       allowed_roles: ['course_admin', 'instructor']
     getUserSets:
+      allow_self_access: true
       allowed_roles: ['course_admin', 'instructor']
     addUserSet:
       allowed_roles: ['course_admin', 'instructor']

lib/WeBWorK3/Controller/Permission.pm

@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ sub checkPermission ($c) {
 	} elsif ($perm_db->admin_required && !$user->{is_admin}) {
 		$permitted = undef;
 		$msg       = 'This route requires admin privileges.';
-	} elsif (!$course_id && $perm_db->allow_self_access && defined($c->param('user_id'))) {
+	} elsif (!$course_id && $perm_db->allow_self_access && defined($user_id)) {
 		# Some routes allow self access, but the course_id is not defined.
-		$permitted = $user->{user_id} == $c->param('user_id');
+		$permitted = $user->{user_id} == $user_id;
 	} elsif ($course_id) {
 		my $course_user = $c->schema->resultset('User')->getCourseUser(
 			info => {

src/common/models/courses.ts

@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ export class Course extends Model {
  */
 
 export interface ParseableUserCourse {
-	course_id?: number;
-	user_id?: number;
-	course_name?: string;
+	course_id: number;
+	user_id: number;
+	course_name: string;
 	username?: string;
 	visible?: boolean;
-	role?: string;
+	role: string;
 	course_dates?: ParseableCourseDates;
 }
 export class UserCourse extends Model {
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ export class UserCourse extends Model {
 	static ALL_FIELDS = ['course_id', 'course_name', 'visible', 'course_dates',
 		'user_id', 'username', 'role'];
 
+	static DEFAULT_VALUES = {
+		course_id: 0,
+		user_id: 0,
+		course_name: 'DEFAULT_USER_COURSE',
+		role: 'unknown',
+	};
+
 	get all_field_names(): string[] {
 		return UserCourse.ALL_FIELDS;
 	}
@@ -134,7 +141,7 @@ export class UserCourse extends Model {
 		return ['course_dates'];
 	}
 
-	constructor(params: ParseableUserCourse = {}) {
+	constructor(params: ParseableUserCourse = UserCourse.DEFAULT_VALUES) {
 		super();
 		this.set(params);
 	}
@@ -171,7 +178,8 @@ export class UserCourse extends Model {
 	set role(value: string) { this._role = value; }
 
 	clone(): UserCourse {
-		return new UserCourse(this.toObject());
+		// typescript does not recognize the getters as keys when converting with .toObject()
+		return new UserCourse(this.toObject() as unknown as ParseableUserCourse);
 	}
 
 	isValid(): boolean {

src/common/models/session.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import type { User } from 'src/common/models/users';
+import type { ParseableUser, User } from 'src/common/models/users';
 import { parseBoolean } from './parsers';
 
 export interface SessionInfo {
-	user: User;
+	user: ParseableUser;
 	logged_in: boolean;
 	message: string;
 }

src/common/views.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ export const student_views: Array<ViewInfo> = [
 ];
 
 export const instructor_views: Array<ViewInfo> = [
+	{
+		name: 'Dashboard',
+		component_name: 'InstructorDashboard',
+		icon: 'speed',
+		route: 'dashboard',
+		sidebars: []
+	},
 	{
 		name: 'Calendar',
 		component_name: 'Calendar',

src/components/common/Login.vue

@@ -56,21 +56,21 @@ const login = async () => {
 	};
 	const session_info = await checkPassword(username_info);
 
-	if (!session_info.logged_in) {
+	if (!session_info.logged_in || !session_info.user.user_id) {
 		message.value = i18n.t('authentication.failure');
 	} else {
 		// success
 		session.updateSessionInfo(session_info);
 
 		// permissions require access to user courses and respective roles
-		await session.fetchUserCourses(session_info.user.user_id);
+		await session.fetchUserCourses();
 		await permission_store.fetchRoles();
 		await permission_store.fetchRoutePermissions();
 
 		let forward = localStorage.getItem('afterLogin');
 		forward ||= (session_info.user.is_admin) ?
 			'/admin' :
-			`/users/${session.user.user_id}/courses`;
+			`/users/${session_info.user.user_id}/courses`;
 		localStorage.removeItem('afterLogin');
 		void router.push(forward);
 	}

src/components/common/UserCourses.vue

@@ -36,48 +36,35 @@ import { computed } from 'vue';
 import { useRouter } from 'vue-router';
 
 import { useSessionStore } from 'src/stores/session';
+import { logger } from 'src/boot/logger';
 
-const session = useSessionStore();
+const session_store = useSessionStore();
 const router = useRouter();
 
+const user = computed(() => session_store.user);
+
 // This is used to simplify the UI.
 const course_types = computed(() => [
-	{ name: 'Student', courses: student_courses.value },
-	{ name: 'Instrutor', courses: instructor_courses.value }
+	{ name: 'Student', courses: session_store.user_courses.filter(c => c.role === 'student') },
+	{ name: 'Instructor', courses: session_store.user_courses.filter(c => c.role === 'instructor') }
 ]);
 
-const student_courses = computed(() =>
-	// for some reason on load the user_course.role is undefined.
-	session.user_courses.filter(user_course => user_course.role === 'student'));
-
-const instructor_courses = computed(() =>
-	// For some reason on load the user_course.role is undefined.
-	session.user_courses.filter(user_course => user_course.role === 'instructor')
-);
-const user = computed(() => session.user);
+const switchCourse = (course_id?: number) => {
+	if (!course_id) {
+		logger.error('[UserCourses/switchCourse]: the course_id is 0 or undefined.');
+		return;
+	}
+	session_store.setCourse(course_id);
 
-const switchCourse = async (course_id: number) => {
-	const student_course = student_courses.value.find(c => c.course_id === course_id);
-	const instructor_course = instructor_courses.value.find(c => c.course_id === course_id);
-	if (student_course) {
-		session.setCourse({
-			course_name: student_course.course_name,
-			course_id: student_course.course_id,
-			role: 'student'
-		});
-		await router.push({
+	if (session_store.course.role === 'student') {
+		void router.push({
 			name: 'StudentDashboard',
-			params: { course_id: student_course.course_id }
-		});
-	} else if (instructor_course) {
-		session.setCourse({
-			course_name: instructor_course.course_name,
-			course_id: instructor_course.course_id,
-			role: 'instructor'
+			params: { course_id }
 		});
-		await router.push({
-			name: 'instructor',
-			params: { course_id: instructor_course.course_id }
+	} else if (session_store.course.role === 'instructor') {
+		void router.push({
+			name: 'InstructorDashboard',
+			params: { course_id }
 		});
 	}
 };

src/components/student/Student.vue

@@ -21,31 +21,22 @@ const loadStudentSets = async () => {
 	// Fetch only the current user info.
 	await user_store.setSessionUser();
 
-	logger.debug(`[Student/loadStudenSet]: loading data for course ${session_store.course.course_id}`);
+	logger.debug(`[Student/loadStudentSets]: loading data for course ${session_store.course.course_id}`);
 
 	if (session_store.course.course_id > 0) {
 		// Fetch all problem sets and user sets
 		await problem_set_store.fetchProblemSets(session_store.course.course_id);
-		await problem_set_store.fetchUserSetsForUser({ user_id: session_store.user.user_id });
-
+		if (session_store.user.user_id) {
+			await problem_set_store.fetchUserSetsForUser({ user_id: session_store.user.user_id });
+		}
 	}
 };
 
 const course_id = parseRouteCourseID(route);
-const course = session_store.user_courses.find(c => c.course_id === course_id);
-if (course) {
-	session_store.setCourse({
-		course_id: course_id,
-		course_name: course.course_name
-	});
-} else {
-	logger.warn(`Can't find ${course_id} in ${session_store.user_courses
-		.map((c) => c.course_id).join(', ')}`);
-}
+session_store.setCourse(course_id);
 await loadStudentSets();
 
 watch(() => session_store.course.course_id, async () => {
-
 	await loadStudentSets();
 });
 </script>

src/layouts/MainLayout.vue

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 		</q-drawer>
 
 		<q-page-container>
-			<Suspense>
+			<suspense>
 				<router-view />
-			</Suspense>
+			</suspense>
 		</q-page-container>
 
 <!-- this only opens the first sidebar in the list

src/layouts/MenuBar.vue

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 						<q-list>
 							<template v-for="course in user_courses" :key="course.course_id">
 								<q-item clickable v-close-popup
-									@click="changeCourse(course.course_id, course.course_name)">
+									@click="changeCourse(course.course_id)">
 									<q-item-section>
 										<q-item-label>{{course.course_name}}</q-item-label>
 									</q-item-section>
@@ -64,13 +64,16 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed, defineEmits, ref } from 'vue';
 import { useRouter } from 'vue-router';
-import { endSession } from 'src/common/api-requests/session';
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n';
+
 import { setI18nLanguage } from 'boot/i18n';
+import { logger } from 'src/boot/logger';
+
+import { endSession } from 'src/common/api-requests/session';
 import { useSessionStore } from 'src/stores/session';
-import type { CourseSettingInfo } from 'src/common/models/settings';
 import { useSettingsStore } from 'src/stores/settings';
-import { logger } from 'src/boot/logger';
+
+import type { CourseSettingInfo } from 'src/common/models/settings';
 
 defineEmits(['toggle-menu', 'toggle-sidebar']);
 const session = useSessionStore();
@@ -84,18 +87,17 @@ const full_name = computed(() => session.full_name);
 const user_courses = computed(() =>
 	session.user_courses.filter(course => course.course_name !== current_course_name.value));
 
-const changeCourse = (course_id: number, course_name: string) => {
-	const new_course = session.user_courses.find(course => course.course_name === course_name);
+const changeCourse = (course_id: number) => {
+	logger.debug(`[MenuBar/changeCourse]: changing the course to #${course_id}`);
+	session.setCourse(course_id);
 
-	if (new_course != undefined) {
-		router.push(`/courses/${new_course.course_id}`).then(() => {
-			session.setCourse({
-				course_name: new_course.course_name,
-				course_id: new_course.course_id
-			});
-		}).catch(() => {
-			logger.error('[MenuBar/changeCourse]: Error occurred.');
-		});
+	// This sets the path to the instructor or student dashboard.
+	// This only works currently for roles of student/instructor.  We'll need to think about
+	// the UI for other roles.
+	if (!session.course.role || session.course.role == 'unknown') {
+		logger.error(`[MenuBar/changeCourse]: the role is not defined for course #${course_id}`);
+	} else {
+		void router.push(`/courses/${course_id}/${session.course.role}`);
 	}
 };
 
@@ -106,6 +108,6 @@ const availableLocales = computed(() =>
 const logout = async () => {
 	await endSession();
 	void session.logout();
-	void router.push('/login');
+	void router.push({ name: 'login' });
 };
 </script>

src/layouts/MenuSidebar.vue

@@ -13,21 +13,25 @@
 import { defineComponent, ref, computed } from 'vue';
 import { instructor_views, admin_views, student_views, ViewInfo } from 'src/common/views';
 import { useRouter, useRoute } from 'vue-router';
+import { useSessionStore } from 'src/stores/session';
 
 export default defineComponent({
 	name: 'MenuSidebar',
 	setup() {
 		const route = useRoute();
 		const router = useRouter();
+		const session = useSessionStore();
 		const sidebar_open = ref<boolean>(false);
 		return {
 			sidebar_open,
 			views: computed(() =>
 				/^\/admin/.exec(route.path)
 					? admin_views
-					: /^\/courses\/\d+\/instructor/.exec(route.path)
+					: session.course.role === 'instructor'
 						? instructor_views
-						: student_views
+						: session.course.role === 'student'
+							? student_views
+							: []
 			),
 			changeView: (view: ViewInfo) => {
 				void router.push({ name: view.component_name, params: route.params });

src/pages/instructor/Dashboard.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<template>
+<div class="q-pa-md">
+	<div class="text-h6">Instructor Dashboard</div>
+	<p>This is the instructor landing page/dashboard. To get started select a tool
+		from the list on the left.
+	</p>
+</div>
+</template>