pinax-lms-course-models.py

from django.db import models

# an outline of a model for a course
# an umbrella organization (school, etc.)?

class AcademicSession(models.Model):
    """
    A block of time (such as a semester) during which courses may be
    offered.
    """
    year = # not sure how to do this in Django
    term = # need to allow flexibilty here; quarters vs. semesters vs. "weird stuff"


class Course(models.Model):
    """
    An abstract course.
    """
    title = models.CharField(max_length=250)
    subtitle = models.CharField(max_length=250, null=True, blank=True)
    slug = models.SlugField(prepopulate_from=('title',))
    description = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
    outcomes = models.ManyToManyField(Outcome)

class Outcome(models.Model):
    """
    An outcome.
    """
    name = models.CharField(max_length=250)
    description = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)


class CourseOffering(models.Model):
    """
    A course instance, as offered by a particular instructor or set of
    instructors, in a particular AcademicSession.
    """
    session
    course
    instructors
    students