Hmm, interesting problem.... What if, as a workaround, they name the photos: Chile Name_FotoName?
- Randy On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:03 AM, NELLIE DEUTSCH < [email protected]> wrote: > Declan, > I share your concerns. I think facilitators should stress the importance of > name giving as they would a child. Facilitators should perhaps suggest > participants collaborate when deciding on the best names for their images > and files. > Any suggestions on how to teach students on best practices in naming their > images and files? > Warm wishes, > Nellie Deutsch > Doctoral Student > Educational Leadership > Curriculum and Instruction > http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C21 > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Nelliemuller > skype:nelliedeutschmuller > > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Declan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I don't know how big this problem is, but students of mine have used >> fairly simple names for files such as 'me.jpg' and 'handout.png' and >> saved them to the root directory. In some cases they have >> inadvertently overwritten other files; their files have have been over >> written by others. A look at the history of this file(not one of my >> students) illustrates the problem: >> >> http://www.wikieducator.org/Image:Picture.jpg >> >> It was actually rather amusing to see someone's profile picture gazing >> fondly at us from the middle of a lesson plan, but probably something >> we could have avoided if the uploader had heeded the message on the >> upload screen (my students have been guilty of ignoring that message >> also). >> >> Suggestions: >> **I suggest that workshop and classroom facilitators (like myself) >> emphasize using unique and specific names for files. >> **Perhaps we should consider having images as sub pages of wiki pages >> rather than using the typical flat structure of the wiki; is there a >> way to modify the upload page such that file names default to being >> sub pages of the page from which the upload option was launched? >> >> Finally, perhaps this is a sufficiently rare problem that it can be >> ignored? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Declan >> >> > > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher * Change/Transition & Program/Project Support * Stakeholder Engagement, Collaboration & Performance * Community Building & Organization Development * eLearning & eCoaching * Open Source & Open Education + 1 604.684.2275 [email protected] http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher * Can You Do the Wiki-Wiki? http://www.wikieducator.org/Wiki_Wiki Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
