diff --git a/Management.Test/Markdown/RubricMarkdownTests.cs b/Management.Test/Markdown/RubricMarkdownTests.cs
index 6e0ae95..5c52504 100644
--- a/Management.Test/Markdown/RubricMarkdownTests.cs
+++ b/Management.Test/Markdown/RubricMarkdownTests.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using LocalModels;
 
 public class RubricMarkdownTests
 {
+
   [Test]
   public void TestCanParseOneItem()
   {
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ public class RubricMarkdownTests
     rubric.First().Label.Should().Be("this is the task");
     rubric.First().Points.Should().Be(2);
   }
+
   [Test]
   public void TestCanParseMultipleItems()
   {
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ public class RubricMarkdownTests
     rubric.ElementAt(1).Label.Should().Be("this is the other task");
     rubric.ElementAt(1).Points.Should().Be(3);
   }
+  
   [Test]
   public void TestCanParseSinglePoint()
   {
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ public class RubricMarkdownTests
     rubric.First().Label.Should().Be("this is the task");
     rubric.First().Points.Should().Be(1);
   }
+
   [Test]
   public void TestCanParseSingleExtraCredit_LowerCase()
   {
diff --git a/Management.Web/ConfigurationSetup.cs b/Management.Web/ConfigurationSetup.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33a9c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Management.Web/ConfigurationSetup.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+public static class ConfigurationSetup
+{
+    public static void Canvas(WebApplicationBuilder builder)
+    {
+        var canvas_token = builder.Configuration["CANVAS_TOKEN"] ?? throw new Exception("CANVAS_TOKEN is null");
+        
+        var canvas_url = builder.Configuration["CANVAS_URL"];
+        if (canvas_url == null)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("CANVAS_URL is null, defaulting to https://snow.instructure.com");
+            builder.Configuration["CANVAS_URL"] = "https://snow.instructure.com";
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Management.Web/CustomConsoleExporter.cs b/Management.Web/CustomConsoleExporter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f232b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Management.Web/CustomConsoleExporter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using OpenTelemetry;
+
+public class CustomConsoleExporter : BaseExporter<Activity>
+{
+  public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Activity> batch)
+  {
+    using var scope = SuppressInstrumentationScope.Begin();
+
+    foreach (var activity in batch)
+    {
+      string[] ignoreOperations = [
+        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.HttpRequestIn",
+      ];
+      if (!ignoreOperations.Contains(activity.OperationName))
+        Console.WriteLine($"{activity.OperationName}: {activity.DisplayName}");
+    }
+    return ExportResult.Success;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Management.Web/Program.cs b/Management.Web/Program.cs
index 0760424..aa7a823 100644
--- a/Management.Web/Program.cs
+++ b/Management.Web/Program.cs
@@ -18,37 +18,30 @@ using OpenTelemetry.Logs;
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 using OpenTelemetry.Resources;
 using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
+using OpenTelemetry;
 
 DotEnv.Load();
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
-var canvas_token = builder.Configuration["CANVAS_TOKEN"];
-if (canvas_token == null)
-  throw new Exception("CANVAS_TOKEN is null");
-var canvas_url = builder.Configuration["CANVAS_URL"];
-if (canvas_url == null)
-{
-  Console.WriteLine("CANVAS_URL is null, defaulting to https://snow.instructure.com");
-  builder.Configuration["CANVAS_URL"] = "https://snow.instructure.com";
-}
+ConfigurationSetup.Canvas(builder);
 
 const string serviceName = "canvas-management";
 
-// builder.Logging.AddOpenTelemetry(options =>
-// {
-//   options
-//     .SetResourceBuilder(
-//       ResourceBuilder
-//         .CreateDefault()
-//         .AddService(serviceName)
-//     )
-//     .AddOtlpExporter(o =>
-//     {
-//       o.Endpoint = new Uri("http://localhost:4317/");
-//     })
-//     .AddConsoleExporter();
-// });
+builder.Logging.AddOpenTelemetry(options =>
+{
+  options
+    .SetResourceBuilder(
+      ResourceBuilder
+        .CreateDefault()
+        .AddService(serviceName)
+    )
+    .AddOtlpExporter(o =>
+    {
+      o.Endpoint = new Uri("http://localhost:4317/");
+    });
+  // .AddConsoleExporter();
+});
 
 builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry()
   .ConfigureResource(resource => resource.AddService(serviceName))
@@ -59,15 +52,16 @@ builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry()
       o.Endpoint = new Uri("http://localhost:4317/");
     })
     .AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation()
-    .AddConsoleExporter()
-  );
-// .WithMetrics(metrics => metrics
-//   .AddOtlpExporter(o => {
-//     o.Endpoint = new Uri("http://localhost:4317/");
-//   })
-//   .AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation()
-//   .AddConsoleExporter()
-// );
+    .AddProcessor(new BatchActivityExportProcessor(new CustomConsoleExporter()))
+  )
+  .WithMetrics(metrics => metrics
+    .AddOtlpExporter(o =>
+    {
+      o.Endpoint = new Uri("http://localhost:4317/");
+    }
+  )
+  .AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation()
+);
 
 // Add services to the container.
 builder.Services.AddRazorPages();
@@ -133,3 +127,4 @@ foreach (var address in addresses)
 }
 
 app.WaitForShutdown();
+
diff --git a/Management.Web/Shared/Components/AssignmentForm/AssignmentForm.razor b/Management.Web/Shared/Components/AssignmentForm/AssignmentForm.razor
index 1b2d518..f39b278 100644
--- a/Management.Web/Shared/Components/AssignmentForm/AssignmentForm.razor
+++ b/Management.Web/Shared/Components/AssignmentForm/AssignmentForm.razor
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
   private string name { get; set; } = String.Empty;
   private bool addingAssignmentToCanvas = false;
   private bool deletingAssignmentFromCanvas = false;
+  private bool showHelp = false;
+
+  private void toggleHelp() => showHelp = !showHelp;
 
   private void submitHandler()
   {
@@ -157,9 +160,6 @@
     deletingAssignmentFromCanvas = false;
     StateHasChanged();
   }
-
-
-  private bool showHelp { get; set; } = false;
 }
 
 <div class="d-flex flex-column p-2 h-100  w-100" style="height: 100%;" >
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
   <section class="flex-grow-1 p-1 border rounded-4 bg-dark-subtle" style="min-height: 0;">
     @if (assignmentContext.Assignment != null)
     {
-      @* <AssignmentMarkdownEditor ShowHelp="@showhelp" /> *@
+      <AssignmentMarkdownEditor ShowHelp=@showHelp />
     }
   </section>
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
       </div>
     }
 
-    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary mx-3" @onclick="() => showHelp = !showHelp">
+    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary mx-3" @onclick=toggleHelp>
       Toggle Help
     </button>
     <ConfirmationModal Label="Delete" Class="btn btn-danger" OnConfirmAsync="HandleDelete" />
diff --git a/Management.Web/Shared/Components/AssignmentForm/AssignmentMarkdownEditor.razor b/Management.Web/Shared/Components/AssignmentForm/AssignmentMarkdownEditor.razor
index c5775e0..a2d672d 100644
--- a/Management.Web/Shared/Components/AssignmentForm/AssignmentMarkdownEditor.razor
+++ b/Management.Web/Shared/Components/AssignmentForm/AssignmentMarkdownEditor.razor
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 @using Markdig
+@using Shared.Components.AssignmentForm
 
 @inject CoursePlanner planner
 @inject AssignmentEditorContext assignmentContext
@@ -64,48 +65,59 @@
   private MarkupString preview { get => (MarkupString)Markdown.ToHtml(assignmentContext?.Assignment?.Description ?? ""); }
   private string HelpText()
   {
-    var groupNames = string.Join(", " , planner.LocalCourse?.Settings.AssignmentGroups.Select(g => g.Name));
+    var groupNames = string.Join("\n- " , planner.LocalCourse?.Settings.AssignmentGroups.Select(g => g.Name) ?? []);
     return $@"
 SubmissionTypes:
 - {AssignmentSubmissionType.ONLINE_TEXT_ENTRY}
 - {AssignmentSubmissionType.ONLINE_UPLOAD}
 
 Assignment Group Names:
-{groupNames}
+- {groupNames}
 ";
   } 
 }
 
-@if(assignmentContext.Assignment != null && planner.LocalCourse != null)
-{
-  <div class="row h-100  w-100">
-    <div class="col-6">
-
-      <MonacoTextArea Value=@rawText OnChange=@handleChange />
+<div class="d-flex w-100 h-100 flex-row">
+  @if(ShowHelp)
+  {
+    <div class=" rounded rounded-3 bg-black" >
+      <pre class=" me-3 pe-5 ps-3 rounded rounded-3">
+        @HelpText()
+      </pre>
     </div>
-    <div class="col-6 overflow-y-auto h-100" >
-      @if (error != null)
-      {
-        <p class="text-danger text-truncate">Error: @error</p>
-      }
+  }
 
-      
-      <div>Due At: @assignmentContext.Assignment.DueAt</div>
-      <div>Lock At: @assignmentContext.Assignment.LockAt</div>
-      <div>Assignment Group Name @assignmentContext.Assignment.LocalAssignmentGroupName</div>
-      <div>Submission Types</div>
-      <ul>
-        @foreach(var t in assignmentContext.Assignment.SubmissionTypes)
-        {
-          <li>@t</li>
-        }
-      </ul>
-      <hr>
-      <div>
-        @(preview)
+  @if(assignmentContext.Assignment != null && planner.LocalCourse != null)
+  {
+    <div class="row h-100  w-100">
+      <div class="col-6">
+          
+        <MonacoTextArea Value=@rawText OnChange=@handleChange />
+      </div>
+      <div class="col-6 overflow-y-auto h-100" >
+        @if (error != null)
+        {
+          <p class="text-danger text-truncate">Error: @error</p>
+        }
+
+        
+        <div>Due At: @assignmentContext.Assignment.DueAt</div>
+        <div>Lock At: @assignmentContext.Assignment.LockAt</div>
+        <div>Assignment Group Name @assignmentContext.Assignment.LocalAssignmentGroupName</div>
+        <div>Submission Types</div>
+        <ul>
+          @foreach(var t in assignmentContext.Assignment.SubmissionTypes)
+          {
+            <li>@t</li>
+          }
+        </ul>
+        <hr>
+        <div>
+          @(preview)
+        </div>
+        <hr>
+        <RubricDisplay />
       </div>
-      <hr>
-      <RubricDisplay />
     </div>
-  </div>
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  }
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Management.Web/Shared/Module/Assignment/AssignmentListItem.razor b/Management.Web/Shared/Module/Assignment/AssignmentListItem.razor
index 4cf7b7c..e60f12c 100644
--- a/Management.Web/Shared/Module/Assignment/AssignmentListItem.razor
+++ b/Management.Web/Shared/Module/Assignment/AssignmentListItem.razor
@@ -98,12 +98,17 @@
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      @if(existsInCanvas && NeedsToBeUpdatedInCanvas)
+      @if(
+        planner.LocalCourse != null 
+        && existsInCanvas 
+        && NeedsToBeUpdatedInCanvas 
+        && assignmentInCanvas != null
+      )
       {
         <div class="mx-3 text-body-tertiary">
           @Assignment.GetUpdateReason(
-                  (CanvasAssignment)assignmentInCanvas, 
-                  Assignment.GetCanvasAssignmentGroupId(planner.LocalCourse.Settings.AssignmentGroups))
+            (CanvasAssignment)assignmentInCanvas, 
+            Assignment.GetCanvasAssignmentGroupId(planner.LocalCourse.Settings.AssignmentGroups))
         </div>
       }
       @if(!existsInCanvas)
diff --git a/Management.Web/appsettings.Development.json b/Management.Web/appsettings.Development.json
index f042c67..253cd2d 100644
--- a/Management.Web/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/Management.Web/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "DetailedErrors": true,
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
-      "Default": "Information",
+      "Default": "Error",
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   }
diff --git a/Management.Web/appsettings.json b/Management.Web/appsettings.json
index d9e88ac..04986a1 100644
--- a/Management.Web/appsettings.json
+++ b/Management.Web/appsettings.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
-      "Default": "Trace",
+      "Default": "Error",
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   },
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/AssignemntParseExceptions.cs b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/AssignemntParseExceptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb54163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/AssignemntParseExceptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+namespace LocalModels;
+public class RubricMarkdownParseException : Exception
+{
+  public RubricMarkdownParseException(string message) : base(message) { }
+}
+public class AssignmentMarkdownParseException : Exception
+{
+  public AssignmentMarkdownParseException(string message) : base(message) { }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs
index 919920e..0c484a1 100644
--- a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ public record LocalAssignment
   public string GetDescriptionHtml()
   {
     var rubricHtml = GetRubricHtml();
-
     return Markdig.Markdown.ToHtml(Description) + "<hr>" + rubricHtml;
   }
 
@@ -49,170 +48,8 @@ public record LocalAssignment
       .FirstOrDefault(g => g.Name == LocalAssignmentGroupName)?
       .CanvasId;
 
-
-  public string ToYaml()
-  {
-    var serializer = new SerializerBuilder().DisableAliases().Build();
-    var yaml = serializer.Serialize(this);
-    return yaml;
-  }
-
-  public static LocalAssignment ParseMarkdown(string input)
-  {
-    var settingsString = input.Split("---")[0];
-    var (name, localAssignmentGroupName, submissionTypes, dueAt, lockAt) = parseSettings(settingsString);
-
-    var description = input.Split("---\n")[1].Split("## Rubric")[0];
-
-    var rubricString = input.Split("## Rubric\n")[1];
-    var rubric = ParseRubricMarkdown(rubricString);
-    return new LocalAssignment()
-    {
-      Name = name.Trim(),
-      LocalAssignmentGroupName = localAssignmentGroupName.Trim(),
-      SubmissionTypes = submissionTypes,
-      DueAt = dueAt,
-      LockAt = lockAt,
-      Rubric = rubric,
-      Description = description.Trim()
-    };
-  }
-
-  private static (string name, string assignmentGroupName, List<string> submissionTypes, DateTime dueAt, DateTime? lockAt) parseSettings(string input)
-  {
-    var name = extractLabelValue(input, "Name");
-    var rawLockAt = extractLabelValue(input, "LockAt");
-    var rawDueAt = extractLabelValue(input, "DueAt");
-    var localAssignmentGroupName = extractLabelValue(input, "AssignmentGroupName");
-    var submissionTypes = parseSubmissionTypes(input);
-
-    DateTime? lockAt = DateTime.TryParse(rawLockAt, out DateTime parsedLockAt)
-      ? parsedLockAt
-      : null;
-    var dueAt = DateTime.TryParse(rawDueAt, out DateTime parsedDueAt)
-      ? parsedDueAt
-      : throw new QuizMarkdownParseException($"Error with DueAt: {rawDueAt}");
-
-    return (name, localAssignmentGroupName, submissionTypes, dueAt, lockAt);
-
-
-  }
-
-  private static List<string> parseSubmissionTypes(string input)
-  {
-    input = input.Replace("\r\n", "\n");
-    List<string> submissionTypes = new List<string>();
-
-    // Define a regular expression pattern to match the bulleted list items
-    string startOfTypePattern = @"- (.+)";
-    Regex regex = new Regex(startOfTypePattern);
-
-    var words = input.Split("SubmissionTypes:");
-    var inputAfterSubmissionTypes = words[1];
-
-    string[] lines = inputAfterSubmissionTypes.Split("\n", StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-
-    foreach (string line in lines)
-    {
-      string trimmedLine = line.Trim();
-      Match match = regex.Match(trimmedLine);
-
-      if (!match.Success)
-        break;
-
-      string type = match.Groups[1].Value.Trim();
-      submissionTypes.Add(type);
-    }
-
-    return submissionTypes;
-  }
-
-  static string extractLabelValue(string input, string label)
-  {
-    string pattern = $@"{label}: (.*?)\n";
-    Match match = Regex.Match(input, pattern);
-
-    if (match.Success)
-    {
-      return match.Groups[1].Value;
-    }
-
-    return string.Empty;
-  }
-
-  public string ToMarkdown()
-  {
-    var settingsMarkdown = settingsToMarkdown();
-    var rubricMarkdown = RubricToMarkdown();
-    var assignmentMarkdown =
-      settingsMarkdown + "\n"
-      + "---\n\n"
-      + Description + "\n\n"
-      + "## Rubric\n\n"
-      + rubricMarkdown;
-
-    return assignmentMarkdown;
-  }
-
-  public string RubricToMarkdown()
-  {
-    var builder = new StringBuilder();
-    foreach (var item in Rubric)
-    {
-      var pointLabel = item.Points > 1 ? "pts" : "pt";
-      builder.Append($"- {item.Points}{pointLabel}: {item.Label}" + "\n");
-    }
-    return builder.ToString();
-  }
-
-  private string settingsToMarkdown()
-  {
-    var builder = new StringBuilder();
-    builder.Append($"Name: {Name}" + "\n");
-    builder.Append($"LockAt: {LockAt}" + "\n");
-    builder.Append($"DueAt: {DueAt}" + "\n");
-    builder.Append($"AssignmentGroupName: {LocalAssignmentGroupName}" + "\n");
-    builder.Append($"SubmissionTypes:" + "\n");
-    foreach (var submissionType in SubmissionTypes)
-    {
-      builder.Append($"- {submissionType}" + "\n");
-    }
-    return builder.ToString();
-  }
-
-  public static IEnumerable<RubricItem> ParseRubricMarkdown(string rawMarkdown)
-  {
-    if (rawMarkdown.Trim() == string.Empty)
-      return [];
-    var lines = rawMarkdown.Trim().Split("\n");
-    var items = lines.Select(parseIndividualRubricItemMarkdown).ToArray();
-    return items;
-  }
-
-  private static RubricItem parseIndividualRubricItemMarkdown(string rawMarkdown)
-  {
-    var pointsPattern = @"\s*-\s*(\d+)\s*pt(s)?:";
-    var match = Regex.Match(rawMarkdown, pointsPattern);
-    if (!match.Success)
-      throw new RubricMarkdownParseException($"points not found: {rawMarkdown}");
-
-    var points = int.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value);
-
-    var label = string.Join(": ", rawMarkdown.Split(": ").Skip(1));
-
-    return new RubricItem()
-    {
-      Points = points,
-      Label = label
-    };
-  }
+  public string ToMarkdown() => this.AssignmentToMarkdown();
+  public string RubricToMarkdown() => this.AssignmentRubricToMarkdown();
+  public static LocalAssignment ParseMarkdown(string input) => LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.ParseMarkdown(input);
+  public static IEnumerable<RubricItem> ParseRubricMarkdown(string rawMarkdown) => LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.ParseRubricMarkdown(rawMarkdown);
 }
-
-public class RubricMarkdownParseException : Exception
-{
-  public RubricMarkdownParseException(string message) : base(message) { }
-}
-public class AssignmentMarkdownParseException : Exception
-{
-  public AssignmentMarkdownParseException(string message) : base(message) { }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownCreator.cs b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownCreator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3f23a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownCreator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using System.Text;
+using LocalModels;
+
+namespace LocalModels;
+public static class LocalAssignmentMarkdownCreator
+{
+
+
+  public static string AssignmentToMarkdown(this LocalAssignment assignment)
+  {
+    var settingsMarkdown = assignment.settingsToMarkdown();
+    var rubricMarkdown = assignment.RubricToMarkdown();
+    var assignmentMarkdown =
+      settingsMarkdown + "\n"
+      + "---\n\n"
+      + assignment.Description + "\n\n"
+      + "## Rubric\n\n"
+      + rubricMarkdown;
+
+    return assignmentMarkdown;
+  }
+
+  public static string AssignmentRubricToMarkdown(this LocalAssignment assignment)
+  {
+    var builder = new StringBuilder();
+    foreach (var item in assignment.Rubric)
+    {
+      var pointLabel = item.Points > 1 ? "pts" : "pt";
+      builder.Append($"- {item.Points}{pointLabel}: {item.Label}" + "\n");
+    }
+    return builder.ToString();
+  }
+
+  private static string settingsToMarkdown(this LocalAssignment assignment)
+  {
+    var printableDueDate = assignment.DueAt.ToString().Replace('\u202F', ' ');
+    var printableLockAt = assignment.LockAt?.ToString().Replace('\u202F', ' ') ?? "";
+    var builder = new StringBuilder();
+    builder.Append($"Name: {assignment.Name}" + "\n");
+    builder.Append($"LockAt: {printableLockAt}" + "\n");
+    builder.Append($"DueAt: {printableDueDate}" + "\n");
+    builder.Append($"AssignmentGroupName: {assignment.LocalAssignmentGroupName}" + "\n");
+    builder.Append($"SubmissionTypes:" + "\n");
+    foreach (var submissionType in assignment.SubmissionTypes)
+    {
+      builder.Append($"- {submissionType}" + "\n");
+    }
+    return builder.ToString();
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.cs b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9f5ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+
+
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace LocalModels;
+public static class LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser
+{
+
+  public static LocalAssignment ParseMarkdown(string input)
+  {
+    var settingsString = input.Split("---")[0];
+    var (name, localAssignmentGroupName, submissionTypes, dueAt, lockAt) = parseSettings(settingsString);
+
+    var description = input.Split("---\n")[1].Split("## Rubric")[0];
+
+    var rubricString = input.Split("## Rubric\n")[1];
+    var rubric = ParseRubricMarkdown(rubricString);
+    return new LocalAssignment()
+    {
+      Name = name.Trim(),
+      LocalAssignmentGroupName = localAssignmentGroupName.Trim(),
+      SubmissionTypes = submissionTypes,
+      DueAt = dueAt,
+      LockAt = lockAt,
+      Rubric = rubric,
+      Description = description.Trim()
+    };
+  }
+
+  private static (string name, string assignmentGroupName, List<string> submissionTypes, DateTime dueAt, DateTime? lockAt) parseSettings(string input)
+  {
+    var name = extractLabelValue(input, "Name");
+    var rawLockAt = extractLabelValue(input, "LockAt");
+    var rawDueAt = extractLabelValue(input, "DueAt");
+    var localAssignmentGroupName = extractLabelValue(input, "AssignmentGroupName");
+    var submissionTypes = parseSubmissionTypes(input);
+
+    DateTime? lockAt = DateTime.TryParse(rawLockAt, out DateTime parsedLockAt)
+      ? parsedLockAt
+      : null;
+    var dueAt = DateTime.TryParse(rawDueAt, out DateTime parsedDueAt)
+      ? parsedDueAt
+      : throw new QuizMarkdownParseException($"Error with DueAt: {rawDueAt}");
+
+    return (name, localAssignmentGroupName, submissionTypes, dueAt, lockAt);
+
+
+  }
+
+  private static List<string> parseSubmissionTypes(string input)
+  {
+    input = input.Replace("\r\n", "\n");
+    List<string> submissionTypes = [];
+
+    // Define a regular expression pattern to match the bulleted list items
+    string startOfTypePattern = @"- (.+)";
+    Regex regex = new(startOfTypePattern);
+
+    var words = input.Split("SubmissionTypes:");
+    var inputAfterSubmissionTypes = words[1];
+
+    string[] lines = inputAfterSubmissionTypes.Split("\n", StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+
+    foreach (string line in lines)
+    {
+      string trimmedLine = line.Trim();
+      Match match = regex.Match(trimmedLine);
+
+      if (!match.Success)
+        break;
+
+      string type = match.Groups[1].Value.Trim();
+      submissionTypes.Add(type);
+    }
+
+    return submissionTypes;
+  }
+
+  private static string extractLabelValue(string input, string label)
+  {
+    string pattern = $@"{label}: (.*?)\n";
+    Match match = Regex.Match(input, pattern);
+
+    if (match.Success)
+    {
+      return match.Groups[1].Value;
+    }
+
+    return string.Empty;
+  }
+
+
+  public static IEnumerable<RubricItem> ParseRubricMarkdown(string rawMarkdown)
+  {
+    if (rawMarkdown.Trim() == string.Empty)
+      return [];
+    var lines = rawMarkdown.Trim().Split("\n");
+    var items = lines.Select(parseIndividualRubricItemMarkdown).ToArray();
+    return items;
+  }
+
+  private static RubricItem parseIndividualRubricItemMarkdown(string rawMarkdown)
+  {
+    var pointsPattern = @"\s*-\s*(\d+)\s*pt(s)?:";
+    var match = Regex.Match(rawMarkdown, pointsPattern);
+    if (!match.Success)
+      throw new RubricMarkdownParseException($"points not found: {rawMarkdown}");
+
+    var points = int.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value);
+
+    var label = string.Join(": ", rawMarkdown.Split(": ").Skip(1));
+
+    return new RubricItem()
+    {
+      Points = points,
+      Label = label
+    };
+  }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 9e527e2..4ba4225 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 MAJOR_VERSION="1"
-MINOR_VERSION="3"
+MINOR_VERSION="4"
 VERSION="$MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION"
 
 dotnet publish Management.Web/ \
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 028b34d..c4b9c3c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ services:
       - ~/projects/faculty/1400/2024_spring_alex/modules:/app/storage/1400
       - ~/projects/faculty/1405/2024_spring_alex/modules:/app/storage/1405
       - ~/projects/faculty/4620_Distributed/2024Spring/modules:/app/storage/distributed
+      - ~/projects/faculty/3840_Telemetry/2024Spring_alex/modules:/app/storage/telemetry_and_operations
 
   collector:
     image: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
@@ -30,22 +31,12 @@ services:
       - 4318:4318 # OTLP http receiver
       - 55679:55679 # zpages extension
 
-  # The zipkin process services the UI, and also exposes a POST endpoint that
-  # instrumentation can send trace data to.
   zipkin:
     image: ghcr.io/openzipkin/zipkin-slim
     container_name: zipkin
     # Environment settings are defined here https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin/blob/master/zipkin-server/README.md#environment-variables
     environment:
       - STORAGE_TYPE=mem
-      # Point the zipkin at the storage backend
-      # - MYSQL_HOST=mysql
-      # Uncomment to enable self-tracing
-      # - SELF_TRACING_ENABLED=true
-      # Uncomment to increase heap size
-      # - JAVA_OPTS=-Xms128m -Xmx128m -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError
     ports:
-      # Port used for the Zipkin UI and HTTP Api
       - 9411:9411
-    # Uncomment to enable debug logging
     # command: --logging.level.zipkin2=DEBUG
diff --git a/ops/local-dev/docker-compose.yml b/ops/local-dev/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a4c5f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/local-dev/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+services:
+  collector:
+    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
+    volumes:
+      - ../otel-collector-config.yml:/etc/otelcol-contrib/config.yaml
+    ports:
+      - 1888:1888 # pprof extension
+      - 8888:8888 # Prometheus metrics exposed by the Collector
+      - 8889:8889 # Prometheus exporter metrics
+      - 13133:13133 # health_check extension
+      - 4317:4317 # OTLP gRPC receiver
+      - 4318:4318 # OTLP http receiver
+      - 55679:55679 # zpages extension
+
+  zipkin:
+    image: ghcr.io/openzipkin/zipkin-slim
+    container_name: zipkin
+    # Environment settings are defined here https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin/blob/master/zipkin-server/README.md#environment-variables
+    environment:
+      - STORAGE_TYPE=mem
+    ports:
+      - 9411:9411
+    # command: --logging.level.zipkin2=DEBUG