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It’s a good idea to work as part of a team when writing a Numbas question: you can proofread\u00a0each other’s questions, suggest changes, and give the final OK when a question works. I’ve just added a few new features to the Numbas editor which make collaborating with others a bit easier.<\/p>\n
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A long-standing annoyance\u00a0in the Numbas editor is the problem of\u00a0filtering out\u00a0unfinished or unusable questions from the public database. To go some way towards making that easier, I’ve added a system of feedback “stamps” that concisely label the status of a question or exam. You can label an item as “ready to use”, “this\u00a0should not be used”, “this has some problems”, or “this doesn’t work”. This\u00a0could be integrated into a quality-checking process, where a checker can quickly triage questions into “ready to use” and “needs work” sets. At the moment, only user with editing access for a question\/exam can use the feedback button. I’d like to look into allowing other users to give feedback, but need to come up with a way of weighting feedback from different users. As a user looking for questions to reuse, you can filter out questions which aren’t ready in the question search. (Documentation<\/a>)<\/p>\n Next, you can now write free-form comments on a question\/exam’s editing history timeline, in addition to the comments\u00a0an author can write on a particular change. Proofreaders and question authors can use this to recommend\u00a0changes, report\u00a0problems, etc.<\/p>\n Finally, this is all tied together by a new notifications system. Whenever something happens to a question\/exam you have access to, you’ll get a notification. You’ll also get a notification when someone gives you access to an item in the editor. This should make\u00a0it easier to keep track of the editing process when working as part of a team.<\/p>\n![\"notifications\"](\"http:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/notifications.png\")
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