[OLPC library] school server and content

[sulochan acharya]

Hi Martin,

> I agree, and we are saying the same thing.
>
> 1. I do think that an archival system is necessary for a long run. I
> remember Ivan mentioning that an incremental backup, and auto archiving is
> on its way, but that might take a while?
>
> 2. If ID management and SSO is working, that will be perfect ! The reason
> i brought up auto log in was because I was hoping to get something running
> by April. I was thinking maybe use js/php script to store uid/passwd locally
> and pass it to the server (moodle) to authenticate with its auth db. Is it
> any good?
>
> 3. I will try get ideas for Nepal server from moodles working on K12, :)
> that is a good ideas.
>
> 4. UI, everything you have said on it is perfect for us.
>
> best,
> Sulochan
>
>
>
> On Jan 27, 2008 6:40 AM, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 27, 2008 5:08 AM, sulochan acharya <sulochan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I just want to add to Bryan's email about our plans for the school
> > server in
> > > Nepal, and how we might wanna manage content so that it is easier for
> > kids
> > > to use the XO with the server.
> >
> > Hi Sulo,
> >
> > I think your ideas match the overall plan for things. Some notes
> > below...
> >
> >
> > > On Moodle:
> > > >
> > > > I am just thinking out loud. These might be really bad ideas.
> > >  >
> > > > 1. Authentication : Can we use a client side script to secure
> > autologin so
> > > that
> > > > kids dont have to remember login info. The login should take kids to
> > > > whatever (predefined) course they are enrolled in. No front page, no
> > >  > selecting etc. This login info should be tied to the XO.? How big a
> > > > concern is security ?
> >
> > Yes - Ivan has said that the XO will identify itself to the server via
> > OpenID somehow, which would provide the SSO you want. If OpenID is too
> > hard, and there's an easier way to do it, I will be happy to use it --
> > but I need to get some more info from Ivan as master of all things
> > Bitfrost (which is the security scheme XOs use).
> >
> > > > 2. Really simplify the UI. Use feature like Chat, Workshop, Database
> > > > and maybe assignments and thats it. More modules, more confusing it
> > >  > is.
> >
> > Yes! - have you seen my notes on the wiki? In short
> >
> >  - a theme that follows Sugar's HIGs and look-and-feel where possible
> >  - non-essential modules disabled
> >  - replace Moodle's chat with facility to invoke the XOs chat
> >
> > > > 3. Create groups and separate them and make other groups invisible,
> > > > and tie each user to whatever group they fall under. Like grade 2
> > will
> > > > only view Group 2 and work within it.
> >
> > Yes. Here we have an interesting case -- course/group management (who
> > is in which course/group) can be done in Moodle, as there are good UIs
> > and APIs to manage that. So it will be in Moodle, and may be that the
> > XO "reads" that info too for other purposes.
> >
> > > > 4. Question: How do we let students save their documents in the
> > server
> > > > (not as a part of moodle, but something done outside moodle)?
> > Something
> > > that is tied to the journal would be perfect. Can
> > > > moodle handle something like this?  Some sort of archiving that will
> > >  > let students easily save and retrieve files? I guess we should be
> > able
> > > > to write a custom web page to do this and access it from within
> > > > moodle.
> > > Maybe even a Puttyssh or ssh with a GUI ?
> >
> > The intention is to have the students always save locally on the XO,
> > and have a backup script run regularly (rsync over ssh?) to copy the
> > docs to the XS. IIRC there's been some progress on this, if you search
> > server-devel@ archives. I do not think that the students need to be
> > aware of file storage in the XS (except for uploading a file to moodle
> > or other webapps, for example). The main purpose of the backup is to
> > recover the data in case the XO is broken/stolen. Further down the
> > road we may want to extend it into an archive so that kids can keep
> > old stuff on the XS, and only current stuff in the XO, but that will
> > need a UI.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> > martin
> >
>
>
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