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<br><tt><font size=2>Hi Pablo,<br>
> Yes! It works now with the right link! (I had used the link of <br>
> EduBlog_Instructions).<br>
Great!<br>
<br>
Did you have a chance to look at the modified blog creation interface?
<br>
I moved the settings into that page so teachers can directly link their
<br>
own Blogger.com blogs rather than having an admin configuring the blogs
<br>
for them. I think this is easier to use. However, we can revert
to the <br>
other version if you disagree.<br>
> I could post well from th XO this way. 2 comments:<br>
> - The cursor does not appear in the text area when writing the body.<br>
> - It's not possible to handle the size of the image... However, this
<br>
> could wait for version 2 ;-)<br>
Looking into it.<br>
> Now, let's talk about the user management.<br>
> With my new user pflores I could login, then it asked me if I am sure
<br>
> to enroll to the course, y clicked Yes and it appears a banner: <br>
> "Sorry, but you do not currently have permissions to do that
(Manage <br>
> activities)". I posted a screenshot of this in my new blog (blog
<br>
> creado desde XO <br>
> <http://edublog.venango.org/test/EduBlog/moodle/mod/oublog/view.php?id=15>).
<br>
> When I hit "Continue" it takes me back to the home page.<br>
Were you trying to post to a blog or create a new blog? When you
enrol <br>
you are by default a student so you can post to blogs and view them but
<br>
not make new ones. I tested creating a new account and these links
<br>
work. To create a new blog, an admin needs to set your account to
a <br>
teacher level.<br>
<br>
How do you envision the ideal process for user registration for our <br>
test? (I think when fully completed and installed on the XS, Moodle
<br>
will authenticate based on the MAC address of the XO)<br>
> The other question is: How will children create their own account
if <br>
> it needs an administrator approval? It might become a bit <br>
> impractical... Maybe it's better not needing the approval, and if
<br>
> there is some trouble, the admin can delete unwanted users, what you
<br>
> think?<br>
Moodle gives us several authentication options. I will try to implement
<br>
what you are suggesting as an auth module. Students can just register
<br>
without any confirmation. Also, email based registration won't work
<br>
because as far as I know, the XS does not have an email service.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Tarun<br>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Tarun Pondicherry <br>
> <tarunpondicherry@gmail.com <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com>>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi Pablo,<br>
><br>
> I realized that the links on the homepage were pointing
to the old<br>
> pages. I updates the links at wiki.laptop.org/go/EduBlog<br>
> <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EduBlog>. Please
let me know if that<br>
> resolves the first issue you mentioned.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Tarun<br>
><br>
> Pablo Flores wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi Tarun.<br>
><br>
> I'm afraid some things in EduBlog are
not working as they<br>
> should when working in an XO.<br>
><br>
> I downloaded the last BrowseNew, which
has the new homepage,<br>
> that is ok. When I go to the "Create
new blog" link<br>
> (http://edublog.venango.org/test/EduBlog/moodle/course/modedit.php?add=oublog&type=&course=3&section=0&return=0<br>
> <http://edublog.venango.org/test/EduBlog/moodle/course/modedit.php?add=oublog&type=&course=3&section=0&return=0><br>
> <http://edublog.venango.org/test/EduBlog/moodle/course/modedit.php?add=oublog&type=&course=3&section=0&return=0<br>
> <http://edublog.venango.org/test/EduBlog/moodle/course/modedit.php?add=oublog&type=&course=3&section=0&return=0>>),<br>
> it takes me to the moodle login in spanish,
so far so good.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Then if I try to login with the user teacher,
it takes me to<br>
> an error message that says: "This
course doesn't exist", and a<br>
> "Continue" button. When I press
it, it goes back to the home<br>
> page. The same happens if I login with
the user teacheres. If<br>
> then I go again to the "Create new
blog" link, I can see the<br>
> courses page, but it's not possible to
create a new course,<br>
> there is no link or option for this.<br>
><br>
> Another problem I found trying to create
a new user: I could<br>
> fill in the registration form, but it
never sends me the<br>
> confirmation email, so I can't finish
the process.<br>
><br>
> Other strange behaviour in the XO, is
that the "logout" option<br>
> never appears in the top-right of the
page.<br>
><br>
> I'll try to go on testing, but so far
the administration is<br>
> not working from the XO...<br>
><br>
> Saludos,<br>
> Pablo Flores<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Tarun
Pondicherry<br>
> <tarunpondicherry@gmail.com<br>
> <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com><br>
> <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com<br>
> <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com>>>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi Pablo,<br>
><br>
> The version downloadable
from:<br>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EduBlog_Instructions
under the<br>
> heading<br>
> "For Those with Build
656" has the new homepage. Please let me<br>
> know if it works.<br>
><br>
> About, the lang settings,
when you go to any of the pages it<br>
> should be spanish (assuming
your xo is using the spanish<br>
> localization). If that
does not work, then I will force the<br>
> setting to spanish and not
try to detect the localization.<br>
><br>
> About multiple users, I was
thinking that in a real school each<br>
> teachers and students have
their own account. Then, they<br>
> can do<br>
> concurrent things without
issues. My concern is that for<br>
> the test<br>
> it looks like we are going
to use the same user account for<br>
> everyone which can cause
problems. If we can create<br>
> separate user<br>
> accounts for all the teachers
and students testing, that<br>
> would be<br>
> ideal.<br>
><br>
> Thanks for taking the time
to test this stuff out.<br>
><br>
> Tarun<br>
><br>
> Hi Tarun!<br>
> Thanks for
the great work you are doing!<br>
><br>
> See comments
below.<br>
><br>
> Saludos,<br>
> Pablo Flores<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Aug
13, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Tarun Pondicherry<br>
> <tarunpondicherry@gmail.com<br>
> <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com><br>
> <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com<br>
> <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com>><br>
> <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com<br>
> <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com><br>
><br>
> <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com<br>
> <mailto:tarunpondicherry@gmail.com>>>>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi
Pablo,<br>
><br>
> I tried
to address most of these concerns in the updated<br>
> version.<br>
> Please
let me know if I got the attempted fixes right.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I'll try to
take some time this afternoon to test the<br>
> system.<br>
> What I found
with the previous version is that BrowseNew<br>
> didn't change
its homepage. I talked with Greg that it<br>
> would<br>
> be very simplifying
for teachers and children to make<br>
> BrowseNew go
straight to<br>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EduBlog, a<br>
> page I will
get some time to finish with the<br>
> instructions to<br>
> start to work.
Would it be possible to change this?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> I'm
also thinking about how to configure the language.<br>
> Currently,<br>
> it
detects if the Browser is es or en and bases its<br>
> setting on<br>
> that.
We could also change it to force es not<br>
> matter what.<br>
> Which<br>
> do
you think is better?<br>
><br>
> For us, both
possibilities are good if they work well ;-)<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Another
concern I have is that if testers login at<br>
> the same<br>
> time<br>
> with
the same username, it may break things. Is this<br>
> something to<br>
> worry
about, or will the system be tested by one<br>
> person at<br>
> a time?<br>
><br>
> Well, this
may be a real problem working in a real<br>
> school. The<br>
> normal workflow
is that the teacher proposes something<br>
> to work<br>
> in and blog
about it, then children start to work<br>
> altogether....
what problems may happen?<br>
><br>
><br>
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