Re: [Server-devel] XS rebase review
On 8 February 2012 11:58, Daniel Drake d...@laptop.org wrote: Moodle - seemed to fail on first boot, worked on second. Using moodle-xs-1.9.5.xs2-1.xs11.noarch. Need to dig further. Which moodle branch should I be working with? Hi Martin I have likely missed some previous discussions, but are we moving to Moodle 2.x or staying with Moodle 1.9.x on XS? How important is it to stay current with moodle.org releases? The oldest option is 1.9.11 on http://tracker.moodle.org when we report any bugs with Moodle 1.9.x. I did have a quick look at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/School_server and the pages linked from there. Also, looks like the PaintWeb project not quite made it into Moodle 2 yet. I looked in moodle.org discussions, tracker, and database of modules and plugins, and most up-to-date information was on http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-20124 as far as I could see. Always thought this would be a great addition for young children. Thanks Tabitha ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Assistance with Setting up the School Server
Do u mean as student, teacher or admin? Connect to the XS network via wifi or LAN. It should give u an IP address and route your traffic. Type schoolserver into browser URL. You are now connected. If you want non XOs to have accounts you have to create them using the admin login (refer wiki for instructions to get admin password ) or naybe using the first XO to register (they are course Creator so I think they have rights). On moodle home page use users in admin menu to add new users. Tabitha On 26 Nov 2010 04:13, HALL,Brian C brian.hal...@uwimona.edu.jm wrote: One more thing how do i connect to the School Server from a non XO machine? Like from a regular laptop or PC. Regards, Brian Hall From: server-devel-boun...@lists.laptop.org [ server-devel-boun...@lists.laptop.org] On Behalf Of HALL,Brian C [ brian.hal...@uwimona.edu.jm] Sent: 25 November 2010 10:08 To: Sameer Verma Cc: ANTOINE,Alexander I; server-devel@lists.laptop.org; MILLER,Kevin J Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Assistance with Setting up the School Server Sameer, Thanks i have now set the set the domain name. Its for a basic school hence i use the name providence.org The is only one network card on the server. I realise that we may have to acquire an external wireless card/adapter in order for the XO's to communicate with the server. Is there a recommended external wireless card/adapter that you can recommend? Thanks in advance, Brian From: sv3...@gmail.com [sv3...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Sameer Verma [ sve...@sfsu.edu] Sent: 24 November 2010 17:39 To: HALL,Brian C Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org; ANTOINE,Alexander I; MILLER,Kevin J Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Assistance with Setting up the School Server On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:54 PM, HALL,Brian C brian.hal...@uwimona.edu.jm wrote: Hey guys, Iam new to setting up the school server. So far I have downloaded and installed the ISO unto a dell optiplex 240. It picks up the eth0 but iam not sure what next to do in order for it to work. What else should I do? I remember seeing someone being able to access the school server from another machine and it wasn’t an XO. I also know that apache is running but iam not able to connect to it. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Brian Hall Systems Administrator Mona School Of Business University Of The West Indies Mona Kingston 7 Phone # 977-6035 ext 362 ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel Hi Brian, How many network cards do you have on this machine? Will the XS be talking to the Internet? The next step is to run the config. Look at domain_config on this page: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software#Setting_hostname_and_domain cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] Moodle courses
I just heard that there was a request for Moodle courses for the schoolserver - I used http://samplecourses.moodleinschools.org.nz/ and http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=15 to get sample courses - Solar system, plants, anatomy courses. You can use guest access on moodle.org but I recommend you create a login if you are using XS as there are great forums on moodle.org that you can ask questions in. Moodle.org ran cool courses competition to gather courses for people to use - http://coolcourses.moodle.org/ - so this is also a good resource Tabitha Kind regards Tabitha Roder eLearning specialist and olpc volunteer tabi...@tabitha.net.nz Cell +64 21 482229 http://tabitharoder.wordpress.com/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Server performance feedback and testing suggestions
On 01/08/2010, David Leeming da...@leeming-consulting.com wrote: OK, well we have set it up to run 24/7 with the timer override, allowing teachers to set the timer to auto if need be (but then they will have the daily task of manually switching it on, that can get neglected in my experience, especially as the servers are in locked rooms, with the daily hassle of finding keys etc. Sounds a minor issue but in practice it is best to have the system as automated as possible). There should be an option in the bios to turn on when power is applied. Our Samoan EEEBoxes have off, onand last state (where it turns on if it was on when power was lost). Then you can use your timer to automatically turn it on. -- Kind regards Tabitha Roder (actually it's Tom here) ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] Recommend build for XO-1.0 deployment
We are in Samoa helping out at two small deployments. We are installing a school server and wifi at each school. They are running 8.2.1 on XO-1 hardware (G1G1 donation). We have been running this build on our laptops and it feels like a big step down from the sugar 0.84 and bernies's 0.88 builds we have been testing recently. Does anyone have a build they would recommend? I believe the laptops are locked, so it will have to be signed. I'm running a newer build on one of our XOs and browse can't do http basic authentication to configure the access points :-( I think it is os300 (but that XO isn't with me right now). Drop cc: on mailing lists that dont belong please. Thanks for your help Tabitha and Tom ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] [Fwd: Turn Editing On missing and joining multiple courses]
From: David Leeming da...@leeming-consulting.com To: 'XS Devel' server-devel@lists.laptop.org Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:52:08 +1000 Subject: [Server-devel] Turn Editing On missing and joining multiple courses In our PNG deployment and elsewhere I am finding with Moodle that when the initial administrator XO creates additional course creators, the “Turn Editing On” button does not appear on the new Course Creator XOs, although you can see all the site admin functions. For example, I have used Admin 1 XO (the first one to register) to make Admin 2 XO a system course creator and a front page course creator. But no “Turn Editing On” appears. I don't know exactly the role setup for Moodle on XS, but it may be that they have slightly different roles; do they appear at the same level in Users - permissions - assign system roles? I just tested - I am logged in as site administrator (I mean Moodle role administrator at system level) on one computer and have just assigned another XO as course creator at system level. The new system course creator XO does have a turn editing on button. Tested adding another XO as a front page course creator and this XO does not get a turn editing on button. I then tested assigning the XO as a front page teacher and now they do get the turn editing on button. Secondly, we have set up courses for each of six classes and are joining the 250 students and their teachers to them as “teachers” and “students”. The teachers have been made “Front Page teachers” but not been given any system roles (otherwise they appear in all the courses). We want to allow teachers to collaborate between each other as well, so I am thinking of creating a “Teachers” course. I have not enough experience with Moodle to know what to expect – will there be any “cross over” issues (the best way I can describe it) if teachers A and B are members of the Grade 3A and 4B courses respectively, and then also both as members of “Teachers”. The PNG teachers can be in a course called teachers and assigned as any role you want. I think the front page thing might be what is confusing things for PNG. Moodle is hierarchical - system roles beat course roles which beat resource/activity object roles. Moodle considers the front page to be a course, so system role would beat it. PNG Teachers are not system level teachers so you can make them students in a course. Who is the teacher role assigned to for the teacher course? The principal maybe? Continuing this train of thought - it is perfectly okay to make a student a teacher of a course. e.g. You can have a year 6 student the teacher of the year 4 maths course if you want. Just don't do it at system level, stick to course level. I would not set system level roles for anyone except the person(s) who will adminstrate Moodle after you leave. Two people is good in case one person leaves. Tabitha ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] Fwd: Journal and Google
posting on behalf -- Forwarded message -- From: Jan Zawadzki jan.zawad...@hapara.com Date: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:15 AM Subject: [Server-devel] Journal and Google To: server-devel@lists.laptop.org There are API's for working with Google Docs, that's not the problem. We can do the sync with the XS in the middle - so rsync to XS, and native Google API's to Google. Challenge is in syncing up the individual machines directly to Google Docs without the storage being replicated on the XS. The underlying assumption is that replication uses rsync - which we can't use easily in the Google land without proxies, etc. Jan -- Hapara ● Google Solutions For Your Enterprise PO Box 106485 Auckland New Zealand P: +64 4 499 5343 M: +64-27-209-1718 www.hapara.com Twitter: @hapara_team http://twitter.com/hapara_team ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
