Usernames followed by a photo or file is an excellent solution, Sarita. However, I would still encourage members to consider a suitable name since many of my students write 111111111111111111111 for 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 8:09 PM, Sarita Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
