We are a Novell school so kids already access their network home directory files with NetStorage using a web interface from home (same as what RMIT, Monash and Swinburne offer).<br><br>This sounds fascinating Amiel. I like the idea of a shared area where students can collaborate and share.
<br>Could you please keep us posted on this and how it might end up working in the classroom? :-)<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 21/08/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Amiel Heyde</b> <<a href="mailto:aheyde@eimatech.com">
aheyde@eimatech.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I Just installed the Portfolio Module...<br>With just one execution of a bash script it installs a portfolio
<br>system and a "File Cabinet"..<br>It looks really good.<br>Its part of the SPDC portfolio features.<br>It allows users to upload files for general storage.. and possible<br>later addition to their portfolio.<br>
<br>What I would like to do now is get it linked into the users home<br>drivers on the schools server, so that their File Cabient on moodle is<br>subdirectory of their user account.<br>That was usb flash drives and emailing files is uneccessary.
<br><br>You can find the demo course at the playpen<br><br><a href="http://playpen.riverview.nsw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=12">http://playpen.riverview.nsw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=12</a><br><br>The download link is there too.
<br><br>Hope you find it useful<br><br>Amiel<br><br>Lilydale Adventist Academy<br><br><br>On 8/21/07, Daniel Stanley <<a href="mailto:Daniel.Stanley@flinders.vic.edu.au">Daniel.Stanley@flinders.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:
<br>> Hi all,<br>> Has anyone setup, or can suggest a means by which students can store<br>> files within moodle without actually submitting files as an assignment?<br>><br>> Thanks heaps,<br>><br>><br>
> Daniel Stanley<br>> IT Co-ordinator for<br>> Carrum Downs Campus<br>> Flinders Christian Community College<br>> e: <a href="mailto:daniel.stanley@flinders.vic.edu.au">daniel.stanley@flinders.vic.edu.au</a>
<br>> w: 03 97850000<br>> m: 0423960800<br>> f: 03 97735710<br>><br>><br>> "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."<br>><br>> J.R.R Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
<br>> British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973)<br>><br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><br>> [mailto:
<a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] On Behalf Of victor rajewski<br>> Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2007 2:39 PM<br>> To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List<br>> Subject: Re: [Moodle] Moodle award
<br>><br>> I've used and developed for both plone and drupal. They are both great<br>> systems, albeit with slightly different goals. Plone needs more work<br>> setting up, and you have to think about things a bit more at the outset.
<br>> It is very, very configurable. Drupal on the other hand works better<br>> straight out of the box, and mainly configurable via plugins (which you<br>> can write your own), but I would suggest works better on smaller scale
<br>> operations. Plone also seems to have better 'direction'<br>> as a project than drupal.<br>><br>> vik<br>><br>> On 8/20/07, Laurie Savage <<a href="mailto:sav@pvgc.vic.edu.au">sav@pvgc.vic.edu.au
</a>> wrote:<br>> > I'm invstigating Plone for an Intranet Solution on a server I've<br>> > high-jacked for Info. Tech. It has a short, steep learning curve for<br>> > the administrator but is very interesting. I find it is a simpler and
<br>> > a better document repository than Drupal or Mambo/Joomla. It has<br>> > rather neat graphics capacities and work flows that will lend<br>> > themselves to collaborative student tasks. Look at the nice URL in the
<br>><br>> > Firefox screen-shot (not the domain, it's not fixed). I don't have a<br>> publicly available site yet.<br>> ><br>> > Debian/Ubuntu: "sudo apt-get install plone-site"!
<br>> ><br>> > I gave up on Drupal because the Admin. Pages scroll too far and I<br>> > could never get the hang of its image handling although its<br>> > collaborative tools are good. Anyone interested in Plone could do a
<br>> > lot worse than having a quick look at the "Introduction to Plone"<br>> > and/or "Editing with Plone" videos on <a href="http://plone.org/about/movies">http://plone.org/about/movies</a>
<br>> ><br>> > Laurie<br>> ><br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>> > From: <a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><br>> > [mailto:<a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">
moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<br>> > On Behalf Of Stephen Digby<br>> > Sent: Monday, 20 August 2007 1:12 PM<br>> > To: 'The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List'<br>> > Subject: RE: [Moodle] Moodle award
<br>> ><br>> > I have got around this by moving all our intranet INSIDE moodle<br>> folders.<br>> > i.e. ALL students software is within a meta course for student<br>> > software, all teacher references are within a moodle course for
<br>> student references etc.<br>> > These course folders are also mapped directly for quick access while<br>> > students are at school.<br>> > This allows teacher and students to exchange links to the resources
<br>> > which will work the same way at school as outside school.<br>> ><br>> > Now building forums inside these courses that detail the resources so<br>> > that they are more effectively searchable through the forum search
<br>> feature.<br>> ><br>> > Had to hack a bit of moodle (the bit that tries to calculate folder<br>> > sizes when displaying directories) as it fails when it tries to<br>> > calculate 11 Gb of folders !!!!
<br>> ><br>> > ====================================================<br>> > Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager<br>> > mailto: <a href="mailto:admin@cheltsec.vic.edu.au">admin@cheltsec.vic.edu.au
</a><br>> > Cheltenham Secondary College <a href="http://www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au">www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au</a><br>> > Ph: 613 955 55 955 Fx: 9555 8617 Mb: 0431-701-028<br>> > ====================================================
<br>> > I hope....that mankind will at length, ...have the reason and sense<br>> > enough to settle their differences without cutting throats...<br>> > Benjamin Franklin<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > -----Original Message-----
<br>> > From: <a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><br>> > [mailto:<a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<br>> > On Behalf Of victor rajewski
<br>> > Sent: Monday, 20 August 2007 12:00 PM<br>> > To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List<br>> > Subject: Re: [Moodle] Moodle award<br>> ><br>> > If the folder cannot be accessed from outside, then the folder can't
<br>> > be accessed from outside, irrespective of whether there are links to<br>> > it. The only solution is to somehow provide external access to the<br>> > folder, either by allowing direct access to the server (this can
<br>> > usually be locked down), or via some kind of proxy solution like using<br>><br>> > apache and samba described below. Or using a VPN for the whole thing -<br>><br>> > this would be just like being inside the school.
<br>> ><br>> > vik<br>> ><br>> > On 8/17/07, Alan Oh <<a href="mailto:OH.A@wcc.vic.edu.au">OH.A@wcc.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br>> > > Hi Vik. The moodle server is a linux machine, totally different to
<br>> > > the MyFolder server. MyFolder is a network folder available within<br>> > > the school network but not available outside, unless a VPN is set<br>> up.<br>> > ><br>> > > Alan
<br>> > ><br>> > > -----Original Message-----<br>> > > From: <a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><br>> > > [mailto:<a href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">
moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] On Behalf Of victor rajewski<br>> > > Sent: Friday, 17 August 2007 12:28 PM<br>> > > To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List<br>> > > Subject: Re: [Moodle] Moodle award
<br>> > ><br>> > > On 8/17/07, Alan Oh <<a href="mailto:OH.A@wcc.vic.edu.au">OH.A@wcc.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br>> > > > Ahem, I don't want to sidetrack the discusion about the Ultranet,
<br>> > > > but does anyone know if there is a way around this scenario:<br>> > > ><br>> > > > - The moodle server is inhouse<br>> > > > - I have a Windows file server containing a folder called
<br>> "MyFolder"<br>> > > > that I did a webshare on. Ths folder has pictures, etc that<br>> > > > teachers want students to access/view<br>> > > > - in moodle, I used "Link to a file or website" to link to
<br>> "MyFolder"<br>> > > > - all works well....inhouse.<br>> > > > - when logged in to moodle from home, the MyFolder link fails.<br>> > ><br>> > > Is the windows fileserver which MyFolder is on accessible from the
<br>> > > outside world? Does it have the same address/domain name inside as<br>> > > it does outside?<br>> > ><br>> > > Is your moodle server running on linux or windows; if windows, is it
<br>><br>> > > the same server as the file share is on?<br>> > ><br>> > > vik<br>> > > _______________________________________________<br>> > > <a href="http://www.edulists.com.au">
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