I'm a fan of outside-the-box thinking so try these ideas on for size. #1: http://devpad.tiddlyspot.com/#eMailMacro can integrate an email link in ViewTemplate. However, there is a size limitation. Also, getting the content sent to you is only half the process. So this idea isn't fully automated but it is a closed system (secure from prying eyes). There are several threads about emailing tiddlers, including: http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki/t/1f69f6e2fb91dbe7?hl=en, http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki/t/90a317a81a251c84/ece4002bcd21cb92, http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlyweb/t/c373af076dd8a847?hl=en, and http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki/t/6ee66caa29b739b0?hl=en. You might others.
#2: RSS - A TW can be configured to update its RSS feed (xml file) when tiddlers tagged with a predefined tag are created or modified. Your TW can monitor the RSS feeds of your students and notify you when entries are posted. I don't understand enough about the details of what TW can do to digest an RSS feed entry. If the feed entry can be processed by your TW in some automated fashion, then you will have a more complete solution than idea #1. However, I believe using RSS would not be very secure from prying eyes. #3: Use a TiddlySpot-hosted TW with either: A. http://tiddlytools.com/#TaggedTemplateTweak to create and use simple custom <<newTiddler...>> templates for your needs. B. http://tiddlywiki.abego-software.de/#tag:DataTiddlerProject (http://tiddlywiki.abego-software.de/#DataTiddlerPlugin in particular) and http://tiddlywiki.abego-software.de/#tag:FormTiddlerProject (http://tiddlywiki.abego-software.de/FormTiddlerPlugin in particular) to create template tiddlers with fields, look-up values, etc. If TiddlySpot supports multiple usernames and passwords for a single TW, then you will know implicitly what each student is doing. If not, your tiddler templates can ask for student information so you know who is doing what. For a slight degree of security, you can use http://tiddlytools.com/#TiddlerPasswordPlugin to encrypt tiddler content. You could implement the RSS feed feature to notify you when a student has created or modified a tiddler in the TiddlySpot TW. A potentially serious problem with this solution is concurrency. How do your prevent two (2) or more students from modifying the TW simultaneously? Hopefully other TW lovers will chime in here with some ideas. Time for lunch. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" 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/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
