[Server-devel] EduBlog: Teacher Review Options

[Tarun Pondicherry]

Hi Greg,
> I think its OK if you refresh and change the screen if a kid changes 
> which blog he wants to send the content to. My only concern is if they 
> write the blog post then clik on something that changes the page and 
> they lose all their work. We want to avoid them losing what they type 
> in the HTML input field no matter what.
I see the concern.  Is it something we can address after the beta test?
> You are making great progress! Since you sound caught up, let me raise 
> a fresh point :-)
>
> Pablo and the teachers were very concerned that the kids be able to 
> write the blog posts offline. Then put them in to edublog when they 
> are connected to it or the Internet.
>
> I said he can write text and images in the XO Write tool then copy and 
> paste in later. That seemed to work for me. However, now that you are 
> talking about a "local blog" I'm wondering if there is another option. 
> Let me know what you think is best in that area.
They need to copy and paste from Write.  I can enable copy and paste 
icons in the editor to make that easier.  The blogs are only local in 
the sense that they reside on the School Server.  It can also still be 
visible from the web if desired.  Kids will not need internet access but 
need to have XS connectivity.  For true offline blogging, we would need 
to have code installed on the XO.  (Write modification or separate 
activity).
> Also on the "local Blog"  concept. If you don't hide it, what would it 
> contain? Is it only the posts from that kid or is it a full local 
> version of the non-local blog?
Its a full version of the non local blog.  Essentially it is an OU Blog 
instance.  The added feature will auto push all these posts to a remote 
site or posts selected by the teacher to a remote site.  Currently, its 
a one way to the remote site.  But, better synchronization is feasible 
in future versions.

I uploaded a newer version of the mockup page.  Let me know if the 
upload issue is fixed.  If not, I think the alternative could be to just 
display a regular file input box on non XO machines.  I figure they 
would be familiar with it if they are using a non XO environment anyway.

Thanks,
Tarun