I would reccomend avoiding spaces in file names, they can cause all sorts of problems when writing links if you don't use the correct escape sequences. The same goes for any other non alpha numeric characters.
Thanks - we need information this basic.
Unique numbers, sign out a sequence of numbers to each teacher to use.
Hi N!
WP1
- How would you assign a name to an image of a scientist working in a lab (generic) for example from teachers A, B and C.
- How would you instruct the teachers how to name images.
WP1
I'm not talking about "naming" the pictures at all. I've worked on two image databases, and this is how we have "named" all our images, with unique numbers ONLY. In the latest case, we had several digital cameras being used in the field and images being produced on a daily basis. Each camera assigns a number automatically to the image, but rather than have 4 images with the same number, we designated a prefix for each camera. So one camera had the prefix 50, which meant that the image assigned the number 0363 by that camera became 500363. Another camera with the prefix 30, the image assigned the number 0363 would be 300363, and so forth. If you use sequences of numbers, it also makes it very easy to rename a series of images with renaming software. You do not need to name each file, the computer can do it for you. Names, in the sense of something describing the content of the image, are metadata and that doesn't need to be part of the file name itself.
Hello Anne!
I hope Martin moves this thread to the "Teaching Strategies" Forum. This is a very interesting topic. Already I am getting good ideas from it for Site Management of files.
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I hope Martin moves this thread to the "Teaching Strategies" Forum. This is a very interesting topic. Already I am getting good ideas from it for Site Management of files.
WP1
What is this about? I don't get it. Shouldn't each teacher make out the name of pictures for his own course? Then again ... 
I'm not a science teacher, so maybe I'm forgetting something here. You must have a lot of pictures, symbols, experimental setups, to show ...
I'm not a science teacher, so maybe I'm forgetting something here. You must have a lot of pictures, symbols, experimental setups, to show ... Anyway, I once forgot to tell a not too tech savvy user, it would be better to convert all of his *.bmp-files to *.gif !!!! (Most of his pictures turned out to be around 1 Mb)
I like the idea of each staff having a number at the beginning of their filenames. This would then file their images together. From there it is probably an age old problem. Thanks
Here is an idea.
When moodle 1.4 is operational (stable release) why not use the Resource: Directory feature.
Create a Director for each course E.g grade 9 general science
Place this folder on the MAIN page (this allows ALL teachers/students to access the files)
Use subdirectories for each unit. (Physics, chemistry, biology)
Use a good general name.
Likes can always be copied from the main page and inserted as required in a course.
** Not useful if you want courses locked and only available to registered users**
Thoughts?
Jeff