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"AMCtoOwncloud":https://github.com/remjg/AMCtoOwncloud is a _Nautilus script_ that sends Auto Multiple Choice (AMC) annotated papers to Owncloud/Nextcloud and share them with the corresponding students.






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Each quiz file is uploaded to a remote folder unique to each student. Then each folder is:






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* _shared with the student_ who can be a local user or a remote user on another federated server






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* _shared by link_






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Eventually, _shared links are saved_ to a newly created @.csv@ file (default behaviour) or to the current @.csv@ file.






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In the end, the remote folder structure will look like this:






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├── 3emeE/






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|   ├── MOUSE Mickey (3998) - Maths Quizzes/






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│   │   └── Quiz 1 - MOUSE Mickey (3998).pdf






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│   └── MOUSE Minnie (3999) - Maths Quizzes/






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│       └── Quiz 1 - MOUSE Minnie (3999).pdf






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└── 4emeE/






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    └── DUCK Donald (4999) - Maths Quizzes/






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        └── Quiz 1 - DUCK Donald (3999).pdf






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The root folder @Quizzes/@, @Quiz 1@, and @Maths Quizzes@ are configurable, and the other fields come from the @.csv@ file.






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For instance, if you don't have groups specified in you @.csv@ file, and you leave the root folder empty @''@, it can also look like this:






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MOUSE Mickey (3998) - Maths Quizzes/






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    └── Quiz 1 - MOUSE Mickey (3998).pdf






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MOUSE Minnie (3999) - Maths Quizzes/






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    └── Quiz 1 - MOUSE Minnie (3999).pdf






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    └── Quiz 1 - DUCK Donald (3999).pdf






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h1. Use






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_Right click_ on the annotated papers (or on folders) and go to the submenu _scripts_:






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!https://github.com/remjg/AMCtoOwncloud/raw/master/docs/UsingScript1-Menu.png!






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Then enter your _Owncloud_ password, the name of the quiz, and wait:






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!https://github.com/remjg/AMCtoOwncloud/raw/master/docs/UsingScript2-Output.png!






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Every encountered issue should be displayed (unmatched files, login error, uploading or sharing errors).






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h1. Installation






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Download the "latest release from github":https://github.com/remjg/AMCtoOwncloud/releases/tag/v0.3.0 and copy @AMCtoOwncloud.sh@ and @.AMCtoOwncloud.py@ in the _Nautilus scripts_ folder: @~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/@






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!https://github.com/remjg/AMCtoOwncloud/raw/master/docs/InstallingScript.png!






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In order to make it work, you need to install the following Python modules:






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@requests@, @lxml.html@, @owncloud@ (see "pyocclient":https://github.com/owncloud/pyocclient).






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Usually the first are packaged in your distribution. For the @owncloud@ package, I use the following command:






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pip3 install pyocclient






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You also need @gnome-terminal@ or you will have to edit the @AMCtoOwncloud.sh@ script file to use another terminal.






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h1. Configuration






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Edit the @.AMCtoOwncloud.py@ and change the parameters at the end:






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CSV = '/path/to/csv/students.csv'






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FOLDER = 'Quizzes/'






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ADDRESS = 'https://ncloud.zaclys.com'






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The CSV file containing all your student information must use colons @:@ as separators and the following headers (there are optional parameters in method @identify_students()@ to change this behaviour, see "Special use cases":https://project.auto-multiple-choice.net/projects/auto-multiple-choice/wiki/Upload_and_share_with_ownCloud_or_NextCloud#Special-use-cases):






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group:surname:name:number:owncloud:email






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3emeE:MOUSE:Mickey:3998:cabitzmil:mickeymouse@domain.com






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3emeE:MOUSE:Minnie:3999:agrevet:minniemouse@domain.com






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4emeE:DUCK:Donald:4999:prenaud@aFederatedServer.com:donaldduck@domain.com






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Finally, *annotated papers must contain the student number in their name*






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(the first number of the file name is extracted to associate each quiz to the corresponding student). Don't forget to configure @auto-multiple-choice@ using the column headers of your @.csv@ file:






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!https://github.com/remjg/AMCtoOwncloud/raw/master/docs/RenamingAnnotatedPapers.png!






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amcsend.identify_students(csv_filepath=CSV)






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amcsend.connect_owncloud(address=ADDRESS, username=USERNAME, SSO=False)






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For instance, if your _Owncloud_ server is behind a _Central Authentication Service (CAS)_, you might want to use the parameter @SSO=True@. It has been tested with the Virtual Learning Environment "Envole":https://envole.ac-dijon.fr of a school that use CAS fo authentication.






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You can also save shared links to the _current_ @.csv@ file with @replace_csv=True@. Make sure to backup before and be aware that _comment lines starting with a @#@ are lost in the process_.






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amcsend.connect_owncloud(address=ADDRESS, username=USERNAME, password=None, SSO=False)






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h1. Personal comments






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Sending annotated papers was complicated for me:






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* I work in junior high school and not every student/parent has an email.






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* If they have an email, they don't always remember it (or they don't want to be contacted !)






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* Emails are often marked as spam






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* You can't send too many mails at the same time






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Hence, using a cloud is easier. Even if the students don't have a cloud account at school: you can give them the share link on a paper and they (including their parents) can access to all the graded tests.






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I will try in a future version to automatically shorten links and I will add a LaTeX file that reads the CSV file and generates an information letter for each student with the share link.