It is possible to set up a drop folder using special permissions in a
windows server environment, though that wouldn't be my choice if I were
setting up a new system today.
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Ben Schworm
Director of Information Technology
Berkshire School
413-229-1270
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Brass, Tami <tbrass@spa.edu> wrote:
> We've had a Novell network for longer than I've been at my school. Since I
> started, we've been giving teachers folders on the network in which they
> have Copy, Drop, Shared, and Portfolio folders for their students.
> Teachers have full read/write access to all of these. Students have
> read-only access to Copy, write-only to drop, read/write to Shared, and
> read/write to their individual Portfolio folders. This part of our Novell
> network has served us well. Unfortunately, the rest hasn't been what our
> needs require, so we're moving to a Windows server environment. With this
> move, we'll also lose access to the "Drop" folder. It's been incredibly
> convenient for our faculty to be able to pull a single folder to a desktop
> for correcting. We've been told by our consultants that students can submit
> work via Portfolio folders (teachers would have to "collect" work from each
> folder separately) or via Shared folders (risking student deletion or
> copying).
>
> Long path to short question - What's your preferred method of collecting
> work electronically?
>
> I've created or short poll at: http://poll.fm/y9jq
>
> I'm happy to share results. I'm hoping to find a more convenient solution
> in time to have it in place by August.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tami Brass
> Middle School Technology Coordinator
> St. Paul Academy and Summit School
> 1712 Randolph Ave.
> St Paul, MN 55102
> http://www.spa.edu<http://www.spa.edu/>
> (651) 696-1444
>
>
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