updated changelog with default settings customisation

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Blackboard Gradebook Organiser - main (functional) changes and new features log
 
 ## **Notable updates**
 
+2024-03-01 Allow customisation of default settings - most useful default to edit is `IGNORE_DIRS`: the list of names for directories, or files, to ignore when extracting from compressed files
+
 2023-07-17 Documentation updated and web docs added at [docs.vangef.net/BBGradebookOrganiser](https://docs.vangef.net/BBGradebookOrganiser)
 
 2023-03-16 Hyperlinks for file paths and names listed in generated CSV files by *inspect by hash*

docs/instructions.md

@@ -1,23 +1,5 @@
 # **Instructions**
 
-## **Download gradebook**
-
-1. Go to the course page on Blackboard
-
-2. Go to *Grade Centre -> Full Grade Centre*
-
-3. Find the assignment and click on the arrow for more options, and select *Assignment File Download*
-
-4. Select all (click *Show All* at the bottom first, to display all users) and click submit to generate the gradebook zip file
-
-5. Wait for the generated download link to appear, and click to download
-
-## **Extract gradebook**
-
-Extract the downloaded gradebook in a new directory inside *BB_gradebooks*.
-
-- e.g. for `AssignmentX` extract the gradebook in *BB_gradebooks*/`AssignmentX`
-
 ## **Script requirements**
 
 Before running the script for the first time, install the required python packages:
@@ -52,6 +34,24 @@ Ignored directories by default:
 
 - `node_modules` (npm)
 
+## **Download gradebook**
+
+1. Go to the course page on Blackboard
+
+2. Go to *Grade Centre -> Full Grade Centre*
+
+3. Find the assignment and click on the arrow for more options, and select *Assignment File Download*
+
+4. Select all (click *Show All* at the bottom first, to display all users) and click submit to generate the gradebook zip file
+
+5. Wait for the generated download link to appear, and click to download
+
+## **Extract gradebook**
+
+Extract the downloaded gradebook in a new directory inside *BB_gradebooks*.
+
+- e.g. for `AssignmentX` extract the gradebook in *BB_gradebooks*/`AssignmentX`
+
 ## **Organise gradebook**
 
 To organise the gradebook run **`organise_gradebook.py`** and provide the name of the directory with the *extracted* gradebook (from section *Extract gradebook* above) as an argument.