Quick and dirty Bb batch file creator is quick and dirty.

batch_file_generator.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
id_prefix = "ETS_HELPLINE"
user_list = "jhenry,bbaggin,fbaggin".split(',')
course_title_suffix = "001: ETS Helpline Sandbox Space"


t = Time.now()
datestamp = t.strftime("%Y%m%d")

users = Hash.new
user_list.each do |u| 
  users[u] = Hash.new
  users[u]["user"] = u.upcase
  users[u]["course_id"] = id_prefix + "_" + users[u]["user"] + "_" + datestamp
  users[u]["course_title"] = users[u]["user"] + course_title_suffix
  # puts course_id + "," + course_title
end

course_file = File.open("bb_batch_courses_" + datestamp + ".txt", "w")
users.each do |uid, crs|
  course_file.write(crs["course_id"] + "," + crs["course_title"] + "\n")
end

enroll_file = File.open("bb_batch_enroll_" + datestamp + ".txt", "w")
users.each do |uid,crs|
  enroll_file.write(crs["course_id"] + "," + crs["user"] + ",P\n")
end