Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Re: Online test calendar options

We set up a group calendar in Edline. It works very for us, and has the add=
ed benefit  of having the tests show on student/parent pages when the=
tests are in their classes.

Judith Claire Robison
Director of Technology
Saint Johns Catholic Prepests 
Frederic, MDOn Apr 6, 2010 2:49 PM, Jennifer Arnott <modernhypatia@gmail=
=2Ecom> wrote:=20

Hi there -

We've long had a paper test calendar where teachers write up major

assessments, so that no one student has too many on the same day.

Since this is a 'write on the big wall calendar' approach, we can

currently see what order people put test items on in. We don't need to

break down to class period, just by the day.

We'd like to do something similar electronically. Our dream options would=
be:

- ability to color code for multiple grade levels (9th-12th, so four option=
s)

- detail readable without several clicks

- some sort of time stamp or sorting (i.e. it's clear which test was

entered first, which was entered last.)

- easy to sync across multiple teachers automatically (i.e. they don't

need to manually update)

- tiered access: separate page for viewing (parents) than for entering

(teachers, admins, etc.)

We're a Mac school, and are going to 1:1 next year. We use FirstClass

for email, but have ruled that out for this function for usability

reasons.

It could be any of the following

- an add-on to Moodle

- something that adds onto CalDav/iCal

- if an external server, something that does Active Directory authentication

We've looked at

- Google Calendar (no timestamping, unless we're all missing a setting)

- iCal (same problem)

Thanks for your help!

Jennifer Arnott

Teacher Librarian : The Blake School : Minnesota

jarnott@blakeschool.org : modernhypatia@gmail.com

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