[Server-devel] EduBlog Revised Project Plan

[Tarun Pondicherry]

Hi Martin,

I've finally figured out how to get ou blog working.

Martin Langhoff wrote:
>  - add a "forward blog post" feature to moodle's blog (there, you are
> ready for early deployments)
>   
This we'd have to do with any design approach, so its no problem doing 
this within the OU Blog Module.  But, I don't think its enough for early 
deployments; the UI also needs to be simplified.
>  - simplify UI a bit (which we have to do anyway)
>   
This seems like a significant task to me, but perhaps doable with your 
guidance!  Several things must be done:
- Make Moodle render well in Browse
- Automatically authenticate so that students can directly access the 
post blog entry page w/o logging in and navigating to it
- Simplify the HTML Editor in Moodle
- Simplify the way Moodle is installed and configured (even I had 
difficulty with setting up ou blog!)
- Remove all the complicated options

If the teachers in Uruguay don't already use Moodle, they will also need 
to be taught how to set up courses, etc.

I realize that a lot of this will have to get done anyway, so I'm 
wondering how much the Moodle on XS team plans to finish by August.  
This will give us a better idea of what work we need to focus on to get 
something working by August if we use Moodle.

Thanks,
Tarun