2009/11/15 Samuel Morrison <[email protected]>: >> Thanks for all the responses. > > All of your advice is great, if I had a network admin. I work in a > government funded school. My boss would have to call some ad min in do work > on the computers every month, creating all those accounts, when I could just > do it myself. Not likely, not with hundreds of thousands of students in the > school system. Not when it isnt a part of the curriculum. Not when vice > principals don't really care. This is red tape, and it is the reality in > the school system. > USB sticks for 80 studens every month? Who pays? > > Well, I guess it is hopeless. I thought locking a deck would be an easy > request. I remember when I learned German at university in the early 90s > that my teacher had a simple password protected flashcard system on each > computer, before the Internet. Yes, flashcards are a great way to make sure > students go through the vocabulary. It isn't just for self learners. > I don't see why this is so hard, but I guess I just don't get it.
I think you're missing the point. Whatever hacked-together password/encryption system one might add to Mnemosyne will offer nothing useful (except perhaps privacy, but that's not really a concern with flashcards) if students can simply delete other students' deck files or overwrite them with garbage outside of Mnemosyne. What could it possibly do to prevent users trashing the deck files? The simple fact is that if the students have write access to the filespace (which they must to use Mnemosyne anyway), then they can delete/trash anything - it is completely outside of Mnemosyne's power (and purpose) to prevent this. The only option is to provide them with a secure filespace as previously mentioned, be it through cheap USB disks or even _floppy_ disks - remember that each user's deck will probably be miniscule in size; probably far less than 100kb. Get one cheap USB floppy drive (literally $5-10 each on eBay including delivery) for each shared machine and one floppy disk for each student (you can still buy floppy disks in bulk very cheaply on eBay/etc). > > Anyways, this is the last post. I will uninstall this program and try a > different one. Since no software solution other than a proper authenticated multi-user environment will solve your particular problem, I don't expect other SRS programs will help, but good luck. Oisín --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
