[Server-devel] EduBlog: Teacher Review Options

[Greg Smith]

Hi Tarun,

That was my intention originally but I'm not sure its critical at this 
stage. I think its all right if the teacher can choose from many 
available blogs and just show one or two to the kids at a time.

If the kids can choose from a menu of many blogs (frog, cricket, turtle, 
etc) that was my original intention but it may also be confusing.

BTW I never meant to make a distinction between "internal" and 
"external" blogs in the first place. I think it would be helpful to know 
if the post will go public or just within the school or other restricted 
access network.

If you only have the option to post to two different blogs, they could 
be totally different. e.g. internal blog has homework submissions and 
external has pictures of what the kids do for fun.

Are you thinking that internal blog and external blog have the same content?

The only blog post distinction I was thinking of was: post directly 
without teacher approval needed and send to teacher for approval before 
post.

HTHs.

On the review of current site, I have some HTML tweaks (e.g. image 
upload "hot area" is not exactly on t he image so its hard to hit) is 
that kind of comments relevant/useful or should I ask people to hold 
tweaks like that until next week when we hope to have new version posted 
on the new server?

Just trying to set the right expectation before I send out this URL for 
review: http://olpc.betarun.com/dev/ui/student_sp.php

Thanks,

Greg S

Tarun Pondicherry wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Do the kids need to choose between different external blogs?  So far, 
> I've seen this as one local blog (OU Blog course1blog) tied to one 
> remote blog (Blogger uruguay-xo-test).  Will course1blog need the option 
> to post to more than one remoteblog at the same time and let kids select 
> that information?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tarun
> 
> Greg Smith wrote:
>> Hi Tarun,
>>
>> That sounds OK in general but I have a few comments and clarifications.
>>
>> Make sure the kids know if their post is going to the teacher or 
>> directly to the blog.
>>
>> I think the "internal" vs. "external" or "local" vs. "remote" 
>> designations were meant to separate blogs which are on the local 
>> school server and only visible from within the school network vs. 
>> blogs that are on the internet and visible from anywhere on the internet.
>>
>> We can get rid of that concept and assume that the blog name will be 
>> familiar to the kids and they will know which posts go to the internet.
>>
>> The other separation is between blog posts which must be 
>> edited/approved by the teacher vs. those that get posted to the blog 
>> directly without further edit. That is what the teacher can select and 
>> what I hope the kids see from their blog entry page.
>>
>> Also, we still want the option to post to more than one blog (e.g. 
>> post to frog blog on Moodle or to turtle blog on blogger.com or to 
>> grade 1 blog on blogger etc.). The teacher should have the ability to 
>> enable one or the other blog for the kids.
>>
>> HTHs. Let me know if that input is not clear or doesn't answer your 
>> questions.
>>
>> Once we get a look at it (hopefully next week) I think it will become 
>> more clear.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Greg S
> 
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