Allow uploading of zipped submission files to the formgrader

[jhamrick]

You should be able to upload submission files to the formgrader and then extract them with nbgrader zip_collect, through the formgrader interface.

[tmetzl]

We are using ILIAS to distribute and collect our assignments and give feedback.

For this I created a package that takes in a submission zip in the ILIAS format (zip with one folder per student containing the notebook directly), which among other things basically creates the correct folder structure and copies it to the submitted folder. (https://github.com/DigiKlausur/ilias2nbgrader)

I was wondering if an interface for exchanging submissions between different learning management systems could be defined. I am thinking of something like a new tab (import / export) where you can choose a zip via a 'file select dialog' and choose the corresponding LMS / format to exchange information with.

Then the community could create different importers and feedback exporters via a well defined interface.

Are there any plans for this and if so, how could I help with that?