Kate
Can you then add a link (for example within a staff group space) to this - for
the staff to use?
How are you authenticating the ftp access? And is it restricted to the
appropriate folder on the Bb machine?
cheers,
ben
Kate Boardman wrote:
> Sorry Sophie - folders (sub-divided / however you want to call it) isn't
> possible in the DDB - its something we've all wanted for a while. There is
> no easy way out - although if it helps I've worked out how to open an ftp
> client, go to find the course folder and the ddb within it, and then be able
> to save out all the added documents at the same time rather than have to
> save each one individually.
>
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> Kate Boardman
> Learning Technologies Team
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A list to promote discussion amongst MLE Blackboard/Courseinfo
> users in UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Sophie Brettell
> Sent: 12 February 2002 12:11 PM
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> Subject: Groups and the Digital Drop Box
>
> Does anyone know if it is possible to create sub-divisions within the
> digital dropbox? I've been asked to find a way to sort student
> submissions into three categories for a number of modules with large
> numbers of students and more than one marker so that each marker
> can
> download their workload only. Each module has nine assignments
> associated with it, seven of which are being marked by a single
> member
> of staff and don't cause a problem, however, the marking for the other
> two assignments is being split between two staff. My initial thought
> was to create two groups and ask each group to submit the latter
> assignments into a sub-divided dropbox, but I haven't been able to
> find
> a way of doing it.
>
> I'm not happy with the idea of using the file exchange facility within
> groups to do this as it would mean that students would be able to
> access
> each others' work before it had been assessed.
>
> I've been asked to come up with a solution to this problem by the end
> of
> the day - help!
>
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