[Moodle] Student file storage and moodle

Tue Aug 21 16:12:08 EST 2007

We are a Novell school so kids already access their network home directory
files with NetStorage using a web interface from home (same as what RMIT,
Monash and Swinburne offer).

This sounds fascinating Amiel. I like the idea of a shared area where
students can collaborate and share.
Could you please keep us posted on this and how it might end up working in
the classroom? :-)

Regards Roland

On 21/08/07, Amiel Heyde <aheyde at eimatech.com> wrote:
>
> I Just installed the Portfolio Module...
> With just one execution of a bash script it installs a portfolio
> system and a "File Cabinet"..
> It looks really good.
> Its part of the SPDC portfolio features.
> It allows users to upload files for general storage.. and possible
> later addition to their portfolio.
>
> What I would like to do now is get it linked into the users home
> drivers on the schools server, so that their File Cabient on moodle is
> subdirectory of their user account.
> That was usb flash drives and emailing files is uneccessary.
>
> You can find the demo course at the playpen
>
> http://playpen.riverview.nsw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=12
>
> The download link is there too.
>
> Hope you find it useful
>
> Amiel
>
> Lilydale Adventist Academy
>
>
> On 8/21/07, Daniel Stanley <Daniel.Stanley at flinders.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Has anyone setup, or can suggest a means by which students can store
> > files within moodle without actually submitting files as an assignment?
> >
> > Thanks heaps,
> >
> >
> > Daniel Stanley
> > IT Co-ordinator for
> > Carrum Downs Campus
> > Flinders Christian Community College
> > e: daniel.stanley at flinders.vic.edu.au
> > w: 03 97850000
> > m: 0423960800
> > f:   03 97735710
> >
> >
> > "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
> >
> > J.R.R Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
> > British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au
> > [mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of victor rajewski
> > Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2007 2:39 PM
> > To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Moodle] Moodle award
> >
> > I've used and developed for both plone and drupal. They are both great
> > systems, albeit with slightly different goals. Plone needs more work
> > setting up, and you have to think about things a bit more at the outset.
> > It is very, very configurable. Drupal on the other hand works better
> > straight out of the box, and mainly configurable via plugins (which you
> > can write your own), but I would suggest works better on smaller scale
> > operations. Plone also seems to have better 'direction'
> > as a project than drupal.
> >
> > vik
> >
> > On 8/20/07, Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> > > I'm invstigating Plone for an Intranet Solution on a server I've
> > > high-jacked for Info. Tech. It has a short, steep learning curve for
> > > the administrator but is very interesting. I find it is a simpler and
> > > a better document repository than Drupal or Mambo/Joomla. It has
> > > rather neat graphics capacities and work flows that will lend
> > > themselves to collaborative student tasks. Look at the nice URL in the
> >
> > > Firefox screen-shot (not the domain, it's not fixed). I don't have a
> > publicly available site yet.
> > >
> > >         Debian/Ubuntu: "sudo apt-get install plone-site"!
> > >
> > > I gave up on Drupal because the Admin. Pages scroll too far and I
> > > could never get the hang of its image handling although its
> > > collaborative tools are good. Anyone interested in Plone could do a
> > > lot worse than having a quick look at the "Introduction to Plone"
> > > and/or "Editing with Plone" videos on http://plone.org/about/movies
> > >
> > > Laurie
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au
> > > [mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> > > On Behalf Of Stephen Digby
> > > Sent: Monday, 20 August 2007 1:12 PM
> > > To: 'The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List'
> > > Subject: RE: [Moodle] Moodle award
> > >
> > > I have got around this by moving all our intranet INSIDE moodle
> > folders.
> > > i.e. ALL students software is within a meta course for student
> > > software, all teacher references are within a moodle course for
> > student references etc.
> > > These course folders are also mapped directly for quick access while
> > > students are at school.
> > > This allows teacher and students to exchange links to the resources
> > > which will work the same way at school as outside school.
> > >
> > > Now building forums inside these courses that detail the resources so
> > > that they are more effectively searchable through the forum search
> > feature.
> > >
> > > Had to hack a bit of moodle (the bit that tries to calculate folder
> > > sizes when displaying directories) as it fails when it tries to
> > > calculate 11 Gb of folders !!!!
> > >
> > > ====================================================
> > > Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager
> > > mailto: admin at cheltsec.vic.edu.au
> > > Cheltenham Secondary College www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au
> > > Ph: 613 955 55 955  Fx: 9555 8617 Mb: 0431-701-028
> > > ====================================================
> > > I hope....that mankind will at length, ...have the reason and sense
> > > enough to settle their differences without cutting throats...
> > > Benjamin Franklin
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au
> > > [mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> > > On Behalf Of victor rajewski
> > > Sent: Monday, 20 August 2007 12:00 PM
> > > To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [Moodle] Moodle award
> > >
> > > If the folder cannot be accessed from outside, then the folder can't
> > > be accessed from outside, irrespective of whether there are links to
> > > it. The only solution is to somehow provide external access to the
> > > folder, either by allowing direct access to the server (this can
> > > usually be locked down), or via some kind of proxy solution like using
> >
> > > apache and samba described below. Or using a VPN for the whole thing -
> >
> > > this would be just like being inside the school.
> > >
> > > vik
> > >
> > > On 8/17/07, Alan Oh <OH.A at wcc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> > > > Hi Vik. The moodle server is a linux machine, totally different to
> > > > the MyFolder server. MyFolder is a network folder available within
> > > > the school network but not available outside, unless a VPN is set
> > up.
> > > >
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au
> > > > [mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of victor rajewski
> > > > Sent: Friday, 17 August 2007 12:28 PM
> > > > To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
> > > > Subject: Re: [Moodle] Moodle award
> > > >
> > > > On 8/17/07, Alan Oh <OH.A at wcc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> > > > > Ahem, I don't want to sidetrack the discusion about the Ultranet,
> > > > > but does anyone know if there is a way around this scenario:
> > > > >
> > > > > - The moodle server is inhouse
> > > > > - I have a Windows file server containing a folder called
> > "MyFolder"
> > > > > that I did a webshare on. Ths folder has pictures, etc that
> > > > > teachers want students to access/view
> > > > > - in moodle, I used "Link to a file or website" to link to
> > "MyFolder"
> > > > > - all works well....inhouse.
> > > > > - when logged in to moodle from home, the MyFolder link fails.
> > > >
> > > > Is the windows fileserver which MyFolder is on accessible from the
> > > > outside world? Does it have the same address/domain name inside as
> > > > it does outside?
> > > >
> > > > Is your moodle server running on linux or windows; if windows, is it
> >
> > > > the same server as the file share is on?
> > > >
> > > > vik
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