We should make sure that this works in the case of the 'xs' machine being a disk attached to a teacher's xo, including the more limited times of availability and bandwidth implied.
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Tony Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > All of this is already implemented in Moodle which will be installed in XS. > > Tony > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I'm not sure that such an idea actually requires a special activity, > > > or a "report card" template with preset fields. It seems to me that > > > the item of importance is the ability for the teacher to give each kid > > > an immutable object which they may then view on their XO, and take > > > home to show their parents. This object might be a .pdf, or it might > > > be an image, or it might be something else, but the teacher could > > > create such an object in Write, or in a spreadsheet activity, or in > > > whatever suits their needs best. > > > > > > It seems to me that the more interesting part of this problem is the > > > distribution method. Unlike a homework assignment where the teacher > > > could share an activity, or (in the future) send an object to everyone > > > in the class group, there is need to distribute files individually to > > > the kids by some unique identifier. Perhaps this is the place where > > > an "Evaluate" activity does have it's place. If done well, a fresh > > > instance of the activity could provide a way for a teacher to fill out > > > evaluations (or import in their desired format!) and identify which > > > kid each belongs to. Then, upon sharing that single evaluation > > > activity with the class, each kid would receive *only* their own > > > evaluation from the shared instance. That instance would then, every > > > time they open it, simply be a viewer for that particular evaluation. > > > This is a good example where the master-slave (usually discouraged in > > > Sugar) would actually work. > > > > > > - Eben > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar >
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