[OLPC-AU] [IAEP] copy files to/from server

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On 18 May 2011 02:34, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sridhar,
>
> I don't fully understand your scenario.

I'll admit that I was vague. Let me clarify...

> You say an XS is not an option... but I thought you were using XS,
> with Jerry's help?  If you are using XS, you can use Moodle.

We are actively engaged in XS development. However, schools and
departments of education are not ready for it at this stage. The XS-AU
installations that we do have are quite successful.

There's a lot I can say on this topic based on the situation in
Australian schools, but I'll have to leave that for a later date. For
the foreseeable future, we'll have to manage in most schools without
XSs.

> If there is no XS, then any webbased tool that offers a file upload
> form to post a file to share will work. You can install Moodle (even
> on Windows servers ;-) ), or Mahara, or WordPad or anything you like.
> In a pure-MS world, it will probably work with Sharepoint if it has a
> usable web frontend.
>
> Unfortuntely, there's no easy way to do it with CIFS or NFS -- it
> would be an interesting addition to Sugar (possibly to the Journal)
> but it's a big project.

The schools have Windows-based servers that I know for sure allow CIFS
connections. I'll have to investigate if there are alternate means of
connecting (maybe a Web interface).

Cheers,
Sridhar