Hi all! Really a big and interesting problem. Even I have come across it so many times.
I think they should write their username follwed by the picture name, i.e username_picture name..... Sarita On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Randy Fisher <[email protected]>wrote: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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
