Ares Ideas
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Integrate with social annotation tools such as Perusall or Hypothesis
Add the ability to use social annotation tools on reserve documents uploaded through Ares similar to how Canvas allows annotation tools on uploaded files in a course.
5 votes -
Staff alert for setting upcoming semesters in Customization Manager
Atlas has handled support requests that are the result of loads being run and courses being entered into the courses table for a semester that has not yet been entered into the Customization Manager's Semesters table. This forces the new courses to associate with the most current course that is available and it overwrites the actual dates and semesters of the courses, causing quite a bit of trouble (enhancement request already exists in UV). As courses aren't updated by new loads (another enhancement that exists in UV) the identification and update of these entries is difficult and must be done…
3 votes -
Add tracking and history entries for items edited by instructors that have no supply method change
When items are edited through the web pages there is no reference to the change in the Tracking or History tables. Grinnell College would like this to change, particularly so that when items edited by instructors are re-submitted, they would be subject to checks for routing rule matches. (submitted by Kerry on behalf of customers)
2 votes -
Improve Web Proxy Automatic Capabilities
The current behavior makes it too easy to create bad links. Instructors don't know if ProxyDefault is set to Yes and it will automatically break links to non-proxied URLS without the knowledge of the instructor. The actual link doesn't display on the Show Item screen and if the default functionality of letting WebLinks go straight to available is turned on, there's nothing to stop the broken links from immediately going live.
Also, if there's a value in the WebProxy key, even if UseProxy is set to No, it will prepend the value if you click the checkbox and actually add…
1 vote -
Ability to batch remove users, courses, and items with a utility
Some sites re-use usernames.
10 votes -
Allow admins to mark some fields as required on item screen in staff client
One use case we have now: We want the "Nature of Work" on item screen to be required in order to enforce staff's input in this field. It should allow admins to configure in the system which field should be required.
4 votes -
Add Validation for Ares Sites table in Customization Manager
Invalid configurations can be set for sites in the Ares Customization Manager's Sites table, which can lead to errors in the Ares Client:
-Pickup-only sites can be added as default processing sites in the Sites table.
-Sites can also be made unavailable for processing while still being listed as default processing sites.Enhancement request: Add validation to this table to prevent invalid site configurations.
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