April 2005 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Extended support
by Thomas Adam 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

--- Paul Taylor <ptaylor(a)uklinux.net> wrote: > Hi all: Good, err, Morning - > I have started the process of getting ready for September and yet > another > specification to prerare for. I teach predominantly KS5 which is nice > but it > does mean quite a lot of work each summer. I have been using Moodle to And here was me always under the assumption that you teachers disappear abroad each summer. Heck, if not, what were all those "teachers training days" about? :) > but I am thinking about specifics such as macros on OO and top tips for > database design etc. There are also specific units that I could not Ah, databases. I still have nightmares about 'normalisation' -- although at KS5, that's not even a glint in the *teacher's* eye let alone the poor sods that have to swallow the information about what databases are. :) What sorts of things were you thinking about? And at what level? Certainly macros in OO I can help with, as can I with any database stuff. > even > consider doing well such as programming units. I did a C & G night > class in > C++ and had a go at teaching myself java but it was all rather poor. I You mean the Java was poor? :) Well, I can relate to that, having been forced to use it for the last four years. Don't worry the counselling sessions are going great... > suspect TA has forgotten more than I will ever know so perhaps he could > toss > me a few morsels of material? Heh, (un)fortunately my memory is such that I tend to remember all the crap that people forget. Can you perhaps list the specifics in more detail of just what it is you're after, and I'll do my best to give you my recommendations. It might take me a few hours to reply, I'm slightly busy on the Uni front, but I'll get back to you nevertheless. Kindly, -- Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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BECTA TCO report in schools
by Ian Lynch 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

This report is due to be published in pdf format on the 14th April. Look out for it on the BECTA web site. www.becta.org.uk If I get a more definitive URL before then I'll post it. -- Ian Lynch <ian.lynch(a)zmsl.com> ZMS Ltd

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Extended support
by Paul Taylor 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Hi all: Before I start this post, I want to apologise in advance if I offend anyone (thinking about Ian and Richard here and Schoolsforge et al) as far as repetition and redundancy. I know there is some good stuff out there but I want to have a go at some things myself. I have started the process of getting ready for September and yet another specification to prerare for. I teach predominantly KS5 which is nice but it does mean quite a lot of work each summer. I have been using Moodle to deliver my material for nearly 3 years now and am hoping to use what insights I have gained to put together a site to support FLOSS. I am going to use OCR as that has the most number of interesting units, although it will cross-reference most exam boards as they tend to offer the same. I will use only FLOSS stuff, although pdf output from OO will be my concession to the uninitiated masses. My existing school site is prety comprehensive and anyone is welcome to become a user of that if they e-mail me off list. However, albeit I am Jack of all Trades in IT, I am by no means master of any so I will need some help on some of the material and was wondering if anyone wants to help out. For most of it I can kluge together some basic material but I am thinking about specifics such as macros on OO and top tips for database design etc. There are also specific units that I could not even consider doing well such as programming units. I did a C & G night class in C++ and had a go at teaching myself java but it was all rather poor. I suspect TA has forgotten more than I will ever know so perhaps he could toss me a few morsels of material? The web site is: http://www.osict.org.uk/moodle and the course is: KS5 ICT > GCE Applied ICT I have started work on unit 1 with some basic worksheets which will be the main format I will use. I will add Hot Potato style quizzes, top tips, guides, forums and web links as I move along. Any feedback, suggestions, fellow masochists willing to join in greatly appreciated. Paul -- De omnibus dubitandum

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Modifiying squid acl`s via a teachers web page?
by Rob Keeling 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

I have been asked if I can set up some way of turning internet access on or off in individual computer areas. The idea would be that teacher logs on to a page on our intranet, to enable/disable access for the lession. I have looked at the documentation for squid guard, which looks like I can enable/disable the right bits and bobs, but I don`t know if I can edit the config files with a php script and things change without restarting squid/squidguard. Does anyone run anything simalar? Thanks Rob Keeling

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Modifiying squid acl`s via a teachers web page?
by Thomas Adam 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

--- Tony Whitmore <tony(a)tonywhitmore.co.uk> wrote: > There is a £100 pa subscription for the Blacklist of websites, but if > your filtering is already provided elsewhere, you wouldn't need this > functionality. Just Pilfe^H^H^H^H^H borrow the blacklist file distributed with squidguard. -- Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Modifiying squid acl`s via a teachers web page?[Virus Scanned]
by Mr W Laidlaw 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

> I think our it staff are after something that they can turn access on > and off again every 10 mins during lessons without affecting > other rooms. We use a straight Linux box with IPtables and Webmin to accomplish this. I presume you have IPs assigned to your classroom PCS? If so make an IP Tables rule to allow routing(*1) through the box to the RBC proxy, and a rule to deny access. I then wrote a quick webmin module to execute any script in a given directory given a parameter on the URL string. I then added the command to add/remove the f/w rules into enable/disable scripts - 1 per room. Knock up a simple page that says enable room blah -> link to http://controlsys:10000/modulename/nameofcgi.cgi?exec=addroomblah and disable room blah -> link to http://controlsys:10000/modulename/nameofcgi.cgi?exec=removeroomblah etc... The scripts also set a flag file so you can display if the room is already enabled/disabled. User clicks link, logs into webmin(*2) then the room is enabled/disabled. If that makes any sense to you! Took me about 1 1/2 - 2 days to come up with the concept and then implement test etc. *1 You will have to somehow route all traffic destin for the RBC proxy through the box. I don't know your network so I can't comment on how easy this would be to do. We had to make a new subnet and change a load of config for this to work for us - but only because we wanted: Room control -> our proxy -> RBC proxy. *2 We joined to box to our staff domain using samba so users can use their standard windows username and password. Hope this Helps - if you have any questions or want any of my (bodged) code then feel free to ask! Will

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