Hmmm, that'd be very interesting but I think it would be quite tricky.
The mod currently has no handles for role permissions so you cannot, for example, create a 'gallery editor' role which allows editing of galleries. Students would need to be teachers (or something similar) in order to create their own gallery and upload files. You could possibly create a separate course just for this but then you also run into issues of vandalism etc since any student(teacher) can edit any other files/activities.
I'm interested to hear if any clever cookies out there can think of a way to do this.
The mod currently has no handles for role permissions so you cannot, for example, create a 'gallery editor' role which allows editing of galleries. Students would need to be teachers (or something similar) in order to create their own gallery and upload files. You could possibly create a separate course just for this but then you also run into issues of vandalism etc since any student(teacher) can edit any other files/activities.
I'm interested to hear if any clever cookies out there can think of a way to do this.
I'm thinking about how a course like this could be improved if students were able to create their own slideshows, rather than having to upload them to an external site like Flickr, which is what they did in the above course.
Hi, John,
Maybe they could use the database mod or the glossary mod to create image galleries.
Just a thought...
-- Art
Maybe they could use the database mod or the glossary mod to create image galleries.
Just a thought...
-- Art
Hi John
I'd look into the Gallery2 module. Haven't used it since playing around with the original release so not sure what the state of play is. If it works properly, each student would have their own gallery to upload to I believe.
regards
Harry
I'd look into the Gallery2 module. Haven't used it since playing around with the original release so not sure what the state of play is. If it works properly, each student would have their own gallery to upload to I believe.
regards
Harry
I will take a look at it. Thanks!
Hi John
I am currently using my time to integrate some of the other feature requests and make some background improvements - but I agree it would be nice to do this, if potentially complicated to get right.
There would be more to manage than roles and a lot more options in practice; I would be concerned that a body of students could upload gigabytes of massive pictures and flood the server and processor; we are looking at giving out 1GB "Moodle-on-a-stick"s to some students, they have the slideshow module installed, so using them would distribute that processing.
I am currently using my time to integrate some of the other feature requests and make some background improvements - but I agree it would be nice to do this, if potentially complicated to get right.
There would be more to manage than roles and a lot more options in practice; I would be concerned that a body of students could upload gigabytes of massive pictures and flood the server and processor; we are looking at giving out 1GB "Moodle-on-a-stick"s to some students, they have the slideshow module installed, so using them would distribute that processing.
What if each student had his own folder in the course Files area where he could upload an unzip their images? (I think this is possible in 1.7 by granting them the privilege to 'Manage Files' but I'm not sure it's possible to restrict them to a single folder). And what if the Slideshow had a list box allowing students to point to any image folder? I'm sure there are many other considerations.
It's just that when I see something classified as an "activity," I expect students to be able to interact with it in some meaningful way. Otherwise, it's a resource in my opinion. The Book "activity" comes to mind. It's a glorified resource.
It's just that when I see something classified as an "activity," I expect students to be able to interact with it in some meaningful way. Otherwise, it's a resource in my opinion. The Book "activity" comes to mind. It's a glorified resource.