http://www.edu20.org/general_group/show/21882 General forum en-us Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:26:27 -0400 Forum Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:26:27 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss webmaster@edu20.org http://www.edu20.org/images/logo-128.gif http://www.edu20.org/news 128 99 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8093 Forum Hi everyone, When you click on your gifts tab, the gifts you received are displayed at the top and the gifts you have bought from the gift store are listed in a separate area. Cheers, Graham Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:26:27 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8093 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8009 Forum Hi Steve, You can now specify 'forever' when setting a classroom policy. Be careful when selecting this though, because the classroom policy will override the school policies for everyone registered in the class. Cheers, Graham Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:40:26 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8009 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8092 Forum Hi everyone, When you set a classroom policies, you can now specify "forever" as the duration instead of a specify duration. Cheers, Graham Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:39:26 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8092 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8010 Forum Hi Graham The podcast in question is found on this page: http://www.edu20.org/teacher_resources/list/42177 This is a page that I have been "playing" with as I learn how everything works. Please keep in mind that all seems to be working at the moment, however when I first added the resource, it was not available to students. regards Steve Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:51:39 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8010 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8010 Forum Hi Steve, Could you send me the URL of the class that contains the resource. I would like to do a bit more investigation. In general, resources that are added to lessons are immediately available and don't need to be moderated before students can access them, so I'd like to understand the situation some more. Thanks, Graham Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:54:34 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8010 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8010 Forum Hi Graham By resources, what I was referring to was an iTunes podcast. In other words, a resource that involved a URL and was therefore saved to the edu20 library. One of my students was unable to open it until (I assume) it had been moderated. I understand why library resources need moderation prior to being available to the wider community, but; a suggestion ............................ can these resources added by a teacher be immediately available to students in his/her class? Before making it available to the class, the teacher will have determined its appropriateness for his/her class. I'm not sure if this is technically feasible, but what it would allow is a teacher to add a resource just prior to a lesson and know that it will then be available for immediate use by the class. I know that the response to this will always be "you should be better prepared". This is fine in theory, but in reality this is not always possible. Hope this doesn't confuse the issue further. regards Steve Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:18:32 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8010 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8018 Forum Hi Graham thanks for the quick response to this. I think what you have done will make things much more manageable as the number of classes starts to build. regards Steve Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:54:17 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8018 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8065 Forum A school's classes are now listed in a table with a link to the class, teacher and subject. This new format will work better when a school has a large number of classes. Cheers, Graham Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:59:29 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8065 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=7932 Forum Hi Arylynne, You can now preview a quiz assignment by clicking on its new 'Preview quiz' option. Please let us know if this works well for you. Cheers, Graham Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:10:45 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=7932 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8063 Forum Hi everyone, A teacher can now preview a quiz assignment by clicking on its new 'Preview quiz' option. Cheers, Graham Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:09:06 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8063 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8061 Forum Hi everyone, We just fixed a permissions bug that prevented teachers from moving resources or clicking the 'show in frame' option. Sorry for any inconvenience! Cheers, Graham Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:22:03 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8061 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8018 Forum Hi Steven, The school classes tab now lists the classes with links to the class, teacher, and subject. Cheers, Graham Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:16:33 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8018 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8010 Forum Hi Steven, Could you explain what you mean by "opening the resource"? If you add a resource into a lesson or into your class resources list, it should display the actual resource (assuming you have selected "show in frame") or a link to the attachment. It will also display a link to the community resource itself, which is currently only readable once the resource has been accepted by a moderator. This way, the students can access the resource (since it can be shown in a frame) without having to click through to the community resource. I can see how this can be confusing though, but before looking into how to improve this, I'd like to make sure I understand the scenario. Cheers, Graham Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:07:52 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8010 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8054 Forum Hi everyone, Here's a list of what we plan to work on this week: - improving the listing of classes for a school - improving the display of friend statuses - quiz preview - looking into a few issues that were reported (all minor) - allow class policies to be set indefinitely - various gradebook improvements If there are any high priority things you'd like to see added, please let us know! Cheers, Graham Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:23:07 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8054 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8010 Forum Hi Steve, We'll look into this today. Cheers, Graham Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:16:31 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8010 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8018 Forum Hi Stephen, That makes good sense; we will try and make this change today ;-) Cheers, Graham Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:15:16 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8018 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8012 Forum Hi Ivana, Does this only happen with a particular type of resource, such as a .PPT? Also, if the resource is in your lesson, you can click 'Don't show in frame' and the system should display just a link to the file. Cheers, Graham Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:12:25 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8012 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8049 Forum When using tables in a blog, I have been unable to make the table and cell borders invisible. When I set the border size to "0", it disappears in the editor, but still appears in the blog when it has been saved. regards Steve Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:51:08 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8049 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=7454 Forum what is this test about?????? Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:12:38 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=7454 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8023 Forum Hi Aiden I don't think this would work because not all countries offer their schooling based around the 3 distinct areas of Elementary, Middle and High School. I know that most have a similar structure, but they're not all exactly the same. For example, here in Australia some locations operate middle schools, but many only operate Primary and Secondary Schools. I worked in the UK for a number of years. Where I worked actually had 4 schools - Prep, Middle, Secondary and 6th Form (where 6th Form is year 12 and 13 and is mostly preparation for tertiary studies). I think all bases are covered if the classification is as edu20 has already provided. It enables classification (and therefore searching) based on the year the class is intended for (eg. years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc up to higher ed). This is independent of the school that they are a part of. However, you have picked up on a classification I haven't been able to find - "Special Education". I think this would be very good to have added. regards Steve Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:22:01 -0400 http://www.edu20.org/general_group/thread/21882?thread=8023