courselink-grader 0.1.0

CourseLink CSV grading helper

CourseLink CSV Grading Helper

This project is a Typer CLI for CourseLink CSV exports. The source lives under src/, and the packaged CLI command is courselink-helper. It uses color-coded terminal output via rich to make statuses and workflow steps easier to follow.

What it does

Option 1 (option1)

• Loads a CourseLink export CSV.
• If fzf is installed, prompts whether to use fzf for CSV selection.
• Detects the assignment grade column by matching "Points Grade" in the header.
• Creates a new CSV that is ready to import by removing rows where the grade cell is empty.
• Keeps all columns and headers unchanged for remaining rows, including End-of-Line Indicator.
• Keeps valid 0 grades.

Option 2 (option2)

• Opens a CSV and runs an interactive grading harness.
• If fzf is installed, prompts whether to use fzf for CSV and student selection.
• Without fzf, the built-in CSV picker starts at the current working directory by default and behaves like a simple directory tree:
  • arrow keys move the selection
  • Enter opens a directory or selects a CSV
  • Backspace moves to the parent directory
• --root PATH lets you override where CSV browsing starts.
• In fzf mode, student matching uses case-insensitive fuzzy matching against a hidden search key (name, username, IDs) while showing a clean display column for stable selection.
• Uses ranked fuzzy search (live filter, arrow keys, Enter) to find students by:
  • Last Name
  • First Name
  • Username
  • OrgDefinedId
• Prioritizes stronger matches (for example, Cole should rank above weaker partial matches).
• If you press Enter after typing a close match (even without explicitly accepting completion text), it resolves to the best student match.
• Displays Username and OrgDefinedId without the leading # for readability (the saved CSV still keeps original values).
• If fzf selection is cancelled or fails, it falls back to the built-in picker.
• Lets you enter decimal grades and validates:
  • grade is not empty
  • grade is numeric
  • grade is not negative
  • grade is <= MaxPoints parsed from header text like:
    • Homework 6 Points Grade <Numeric MaxPoints:12 Weight:1>
• Autosaves after every entered grade into a progress CSV in the current directory.
• Supports resume by reopening that progress CSV.
• Keyboard controls:
  • Ctrl-Q: quit
  • Ctrl-B: jump to previously graded student

Install

Install from PyPI

After publishing, the simplest global installs are:

uv tool install courselink-grader
# or
pipx install courselink-grader

That puts courselink-helper on your PATH, so you can run it from any directory.

Install from this repo during development

uv tool install .
# or, for a project-local environment:
uv sync

Usage

Run courselink-helper from the directory that contains your grading files, or pass --root to browse somewhere else. CSV files can live directly in the current directory or in nested folders such as ./grading/assignments/assignment1.csv.

Run menu mode (choose option 1 or 2):

courselink-helper

Direct command usage:

# Option 1: ready-to-import CSV
courselink-helper option1
courselink-helper option1 --csv "grading/assignments/assignment1.csv" --out "ready_import.csv"
courselink-helper option1 --root "~/Courses/CS101"

# Option 2: grading harness
courselink-helper option2
courselink-helper option2 --csv "grading/assignments/assignment1.csv"
courselink-helper option2 --csv "grading/assignments/assignment1.csv" --progress-out "my_progress.csv"
courselink-helper option2 --root "~/Courses/CS101"

Notes

• When --csv is not provided, CSV selection starts at the current working directory by default.
• The built-in picker shows only directories that contain at least one CSV somewhere below them, plus CSV files in the current directory.
• fzf mode searches recursively across CSV paths under the active browse root.
• fzf is optional and not a Python dependency; install separately if desired.
• Progress files use __progress.csv suffix by default.
• Output from option 1 uses __ready_to_import.csv suffix by default.