Messages surrounding a problem

[Alex-Jordan]

Lately some things happened where a local instructor wrote me for help with what they thought was a webwork bug. But actually the explanation was right there on the screen. The problem was that they couldn't see it, and this is related to information being spread out all over the place.

On a problem screen, there are at least 4 areas with messages about the problem and/or the most recent attempt:

1. div#message with messages like:
   This set is visible to students.
   This set is hidden from students.
   This problem will not count toward your grade.
   These come from lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm.

2. div#output_summary with messages like:
   ANSWERS ONLY CHECKED -- ANSWERS NOT RECORDED
   and then within that, a div.alert with alert messages like
   1 of the answers is NOT correct.
   2 of the questions remain unanswered.
   These last ones actually come from pg, in pg/macros/PG.pl.

3. Several p (no id or class on them) that follow the problem body with messages like:
   Note: You can earn partial credit on this problem.
   Note: The solution shown is an instructor preview and will only be shown to students after the answer date.
   Note: The correct answers shown in feedback are instructor previews and will only be shown to students after the answer date.
   The first of these is from pg/lib/WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm. The others are from templates/ContentGenerator/Problem/messages.html.ep.

4. div#score_summary with messages like:
   Your score was recorded.
   Your score was not successfully sent to e.g., Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, etc..
   You have attempted this problem [quant,_1,time,times].
   You have [quant,_1,attempt,attempts] left before new version will be requested.
   Request new version now.
   You received a score of [_1] for this attempt.
   Your overall recorded score is [_1].
   (This problem will not count toward your grade.)
   This homework set is not yet open.
   This homework set is closed.
   You have [negquant,_1,unlimited attempts,attempt,attempts] remaining.
   These all come from lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Problem.pm.

Taken together, it's a lot of information, some of which is redundant. Some of which is in a bad order imho (like shouldn't "This homework set is closed." be one of the first things you read?). Some of which should not be shown (why give a message about problem re-randomization in so many attempts, if you've used up all attempts already?)

Could we possibly reorganize all this?

1. Some of it is messages that a user should see when they first encounter the problem, based on the assignment, the user, and/or the user's score on the problem when they have just now loaded the page.
2. Some of it is messages that only make sense if the problem and answers have been processed by PG. Either the last submitted answer from an earlier session, or the answer they just submitted with a Submit/Check button.
3. Some of it (the LMS message, for one) is something for webwork2 to handle only after a submission has just been made.

Which messages are so important they should go to the top of the page? (As I mentioned, I think a message like "This homework set is closed." or "You have [negquant,_1,unlimited attempts,attempt,attempts] remaining." should be up there.) And which messages can be relegated to below the problem body?