Luke wrote:
Earnie Boyd wrote:
How do you prevent users from one academy working with others data now?
Do you have some way for that, or is it somewhat on the honor system?
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That question related to your current configuration, not the one you are trying to create. What are you doing right now, to manage content and users, to prevent cross contamination between schools?
Answering that question, may provide some here with a better idea of how to advise you.
Ok. I think I understand the question now.
In brief: Users don't have the permission to edit a page created by somebody else.
Basically, we have students learning about HTML, image formats, blogs and other web-related stuff. Basically, they are learning how to make a web page and how to use it to make a "web portfolio" of their work. Each student makes his/her own pages and cannot edit someone else's pages.
Teachers and schools don't create any meaningful content. The teacher helps the student make a web page, that's it. Then the student gets a grade for the work.
For this reason, the issue of cross-contamination between schools really doesn't arise. As for organization, I have basically none. We use the profile module so students write down the name of their school, but that's not a very practical way to find students.
I hope that answers the question. Thanks for having patience with me :-)
Thanks for the information in your email. It gave me some to think about. I know you didn't ask about what I'm trying to do, but let me state briefly:
1. Some teachers want to reset students' passwords or create student accounts. I don't understand why the students can't do it themselves, but apparently the customer is always right. :-P
2. A teacher recently asked if he can get a list of the pages for all the students in his class. Naturally we have no idea.
Thanks for the help.
Cheers, Daniel.