On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Leigh Thelmadatter <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think Ive mentioned this here before but its still a problem
>
> Last semester, we had nine classes in the es.wiki course extension. There
> were two problems.
>
> 1) as I am the only one (so far) with the permission/flag to create classes,
> I have to add the (real) instructors as instructors, rather than creators.
> This means that they cannot add students to their own course.
>
> That would not be such a big deal if not for ....
> 2)  The link that is generated for students to enter and add themselves to a
> course sometimes works and sometimes not. It seems to be a problem with the
> use of accent marks in words in the url. I thought by changing "Tecnológico
> de Monterrey" to "Tec de Monterrey" as the institution name, Id be able to
> eliminate the problem. However, unfortunately the url contains the word
> "inscripción" (registration) with an accent mark.
>
> I just created a course for teacher training from now through next semester
> with the inscription here
> http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Inscripci%C3%B3n/Tec_de_Monterrey,_Campus_Ciudad_de_Mexico/Capacitacion_de_profesores_()
> and tried registering under my account, which worked. But when my husband
> tried on his computer with his account he received a message saying that the
> site does not exist. Another teacher has emailed me with the same issue.
>
> All language classes on three campuses are being asked/required to do
> something with es.wiki or Commons next semester. That is a LOT of classes
> and even more student students even if only a third of them work with
> es.wiki. I dont see how I can set up everything for teachers and students on
> the course extension. I have a request to get permission/flag at least for
> the teachers who worked with wiki last semester
> (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tabl%C3%B3n_de_anuncios_de_los_bibliotecarios/Portal/Archivo/Permisos/Actual)
> but es.wiki right now requires applicants to hav significant editing
> experience, not just experience supervising students.  No answer yet on
> whether it will be approved or not.
>
>
> I guess this is a bug but I have no idea how or to whom to report it.
>
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