[Year 12 IT Apps] Saving zip and exe files to network drive

[Meadows, Roslyn M]

Thanks all for your comments

So if viruses are the problem maybe we should stop students saving .doc,
.xls and.mdb files in their home directory also as all of these can
contain macros which run viruses.

All I wanted was for students to submit a website by creating a zip file
of the folder, or otherwise they would need to individually submit every
file they used in the site, and I will need to create a directory for
each kid, save each file in the directory, just to check links work etc
- yet they cannot save or create a zip file on the system (even though
winzip is installed)It just seems petty to me that they can bring
whatever they like on their USB bar, yet cannot save the files THAT I
WANT THEM TO SAVE in their H:drive. Goodbye relevant lesson plan for
that day (X 2 classes)

I also thought it would be good to teach them how about zip archives -
how to create a zip file, how to extract etc but obviously I can't do
that!

File sharing RULEZ!!!! (but not here!)

Cheers (nearly wine time!)

	 Roslyn Meadows
Bentleigh Secondary College
9579 1044
0412 614 062	

-----Original Message-----
From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Cameron Bell
Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2007 3:26 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Saving zip and exe files to network drive

I save that sort of wrath for obscenity, pornography, bullying and 
wilful damage. For me renaming files doesn't rate all that important in 
the overall scheme of things.
Cheers
Cameron.exe

Mark Kelly wrote:
> We also ban EXEs and password-protected archives (and also BMP files, 
> because of their size - if they really need uncompressed pix, they use

> uncompressed TIFF).
>
> A ban on EXE is no problem with Game Maker or VB because they just 
> re-compile when they need to play/run their proggy.  You don't need to

> make a VB executable for it to be runnable  :-)
>
> As for the other suggestion I heard of renaming file types (e.g. EXE 
> to JPG) - I tell kids that is one of the worst sins that will bring 
> the MIGHTY WRATH of DOG upon their tender flesh and cause them to 
> GNASH their teeth and REND their garments.  I have no wish to 
> encourage stealth filetypes!
>
> My 3.3 cents worth (my fee has risen 50% since last time)
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
>
> Meadows, Roslyn M wrote:
>> Hi - our students cannot save zip, scr, vbs or exe files to their 
>> H:drives (their storage space on the network)
>>
>> Unfortunately this means
>>
>>     * my students doing gamemaker cannot save the exe file created so
>>       the game can be played,
>>     * teaching visual basic is impossible,
>>     * zip files cannot be created (for example I want them to create
a
>>       zip file of the folder that contains their website so that they
>>       can submit the zip file to me)
>>
>>  
>>
>> Any of these files could be brought to school and accessed via a USB 
>> bar - yet these files cannot be copied onto or created in their
H:drive.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Unfortunately using USB's for student file storage is a problem 
>> because they leave them home, lose them, they cease to work etc so 
>> students lose work if it is not backed up to their H:drive
>>
>>  
>>
>> Do other schools put these restrictions on students? I am told it is 
>> to "protect the server". I can't see the difference between having 
>> these files on a USB or in the H:drive. Am I going loopy here???
>>
>>  
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ros
>>
>>  
>>
>>     
>>
>> *Roslyn Meadows | Bentleigh Secondary College | 9579 1044 | 0412 614 
>> 062*
>>
>
>

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