That's probably too much for my information organisation classes. :) Margaret
On 4 August 2012 19:45, Thomas Krichel <[email protected]> wrote: > Margaret Kipp writes > >> I've been using Omeka for about a year now in my information >> organisation and metadata classes. > > So have I but mainly for classes on repository building. This is > locally called the "building digital libraries" class, whatever that > means ;-). The way I work with Omeka in the course is that I have a > set of Perl scripts. They create a separate Omeka installation > for each students. Separate installation meaning complete PHP code > and separate databases for each student. Students are free to > install whatever modules and themes they wish. There is no > interference with other students. > >> I'm currently trying out a copy of a Koha Virtual Appliance >> (http://kylehall.info/index.php/projects/koha/koha-virtual-appliance/) > > If I were to do "teach the opac" I would give each student an > installation of Koha. The Debian packaging of Koha allows me to > build several instances of Joha on one set of perl scripts. Each > student just gets a separate mySQL database. Since a lot of things > in Koha can be configured through the database---I am not aware of > Koha themes and modules---it would be sufficient. Just run > koha-create for each student. > > > Cheers, > > Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel > http://authorprofile.org/pkr1 > skype: thomaskrichel
