bugfix: replaced improper calls to escape() function with encodeURIComponent(). refs #3632
bugfix: replace improper calls to escape() function with encodeURIComponent(). added request param encoding for new instructor creation. refs #3632
added request parameter encoding where applicable. replaced calls to escape() function with encodeURIComponent(). refs #3632
replace any calls to urldecode() with rawurldecode() since the former erroneously replaces + with blank space. refs #3632
Merge pull request #153 from ucsflibtopfstedt/bug3632

fixes url encoding/decoding issues with certain characters.