Proposed Change: Store Assessment Instructions as Markdown in Database instead of using File field

Status

Pending development

Summary

Store assessment instructions as markdown in instructions column of assessment row.

Justification

• Added flexibility and simplicity: Easier to move assessments around. Filesystem will not need to be part of assessment CRUD operations. Faster read and write

Negative Impact

• A few hours of time (several days of work)

Required actions

• Create migration to write all existing assessment file content to instructions column of corresponding row
• Remove file field from assessment struct
• Delete assessment files
• Teacher view (echo server):
  • Remove view file content UI
  • Remove file name UI
  • Assessments UI: button to view instructions as html in iframe or new tab instead of regular text
  • Assessments UI: button to edit instructions as markdown
  • Assessments service method to render instructions markdown content to html using goldmark
  • Assessments service method to edit instructions as markdown in markdown editor
• Student view (static site generator): Assessments UI to view instructions as html