have to maintain - do everything though one single interface - like a
browser - and where all the support we do is to reimage hardware when
needed...
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Judith Robison <jrobison@saintjohnsprep.org
> wrote:
> Although our Moodle installation is very popular for digital assignment
> submission, I don't see it as "all things to all people". I'm happy if
> teachers use it for instruction!
> Everyone has a network share on our server for file storage and every
> department and some courses have shared directories, which are backed up
> nightly but are not accessible off campus. Our school calendar is
> handled by Postman, our website is focused on institutional development
> and handled by that office, we use Edline for posting grades (linked
> with GradeQuick Web) and course requests. Next year we will be using
> Microsoft's Live@edu for student email & file storage (replacing
> Gaggle), this may develop into shared file storage, which is an option
> on Gaggle, but not much used.
> Sometimes I think it would be nice if everything were combined (grin)
> but not enough that I want to trying pushing those square pegs into
> those round holes! We just liberally use hyperlinks to facilitate
> navigation among all the pieces.
>
> Judith Claire Robison
> St. John's Catholic Prep
> Director of Technology
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Bica
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:20 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: In-house file servers vs online course management solutions
>
> Hi all...
>
> Garry Clum Jr., Network Manager at St. Paul Academy and Summit School
> posted
> a question about "How do your students turn in assignments
> electronically?"
> (thanks Garry!)
> His school migrated from Novell NOS (network operating system) to a
> Windows
> and he was thinking of creating DropBoxes for the students on the new
> system.
>
> While there are very effective ways to achieve this on different NOS-es
> many
> responders suggested using online course management solutions: e.g.
> moodle,
> Blackboard, etc... (I see a big trend towards "cloud computing")
>
> I guess the bigger question here is:
> Are online course management solutions mature enough to make in-house
> file
> servers obsolete?
>
> What is your opinion and why do you favor a solution over the other.
>
> ===============================================
> Here is my opinion:
>
> File servers:
> Pros:
> - large file transfer
> - transfer rates
> - more organic to the machine (no transfers through Web interfaces)
> Cons:
> - separate training for how to use the system (I know it is not much but
> still an added layer of complexity)
> - user management
> - permissions
> - requires NOS specific knowledge (e.g. Novell vs Windows vs Unix -
> MacOS
> included here) therefore needs trained personnel.
> My overall take: machine centered
>
>
> Online course management (in my case: Moodle)
> Pros:
> - ease of use
> - architecture designed around course content delivery (teacher,
> student-centered)
> - flexibility in presenting a variety of types of material (media)
> - accessible from anywhere (only need a browser)
> - integral training
> Cons:
> - hosting issues (I host mine with a webhosting provider): available
> space,
> transfer rates
> My overall take: user(teacher and student) centered
>
> As an educator I do favor the Online course management.
> This does not necessarily mean that the two cannot co-exits but do we
> see a
> trend here?
>
>
> --
> Adrian Bica
>
> Director of Communications
> and Educational Technology
>
> Saklan Valley School
>
> 1678 School Street
> Moraga, CA 94556
> Tel: 925-376-7900
>
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