A brand new learning platform built by students: what do teachers want? - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T01:16:49Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/a-brand-new-learning-platform?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A496610&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noOh trust me, student opinion…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-08-10:649749:Comment:4966102010-08-10T14:36:27.885ZAlain Meyerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AlainMeyer
Oh trust me, student opinion shines through in this software. The entire front end is pretty much <i>only</i> things students actually care about and find useful. They are, after all, the people who will be using it to learn. The backend is designed in conjunction with teachers to be as easy as possible. We know a big problem with current solutions is teachers find it too slow or complicated to post anything. So we plan to fix that.<br />
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I'm not going to go too deep in right now as far as details…
Oh trust me, student opinion shines through in this software. The entire front end is pretty much <i>only</i> things students actually care about and find useful. They are, after all, the people who will be using it to learn. The backend is designed in conjunction with teachers to be as easy as possible. We know a big problem with current solutions is teachers find it too slow or complicated to post anything. So we plan to fix that.<br />
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I'm not going to go too deep in right now as far as details are concerned, but in our emails we'll be showing some screenshots of the product soon. We believe in making very pretty software, since it motivates people to use it. Alright, if you have any more…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-08-10:649749:Comment:4966072010-08-10T14:30:17.542ZAlain Meyerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AlainMeyer
Alright, if you have any more, I'm always here. I do have a question for you though, what is your reason for not wanting to use an externally hosted solution?<br />
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If the software provided you with enough incentive, would you ever consider a hosted solution (granted you saw that what's being done with the software could never be done if you hosted it)?
Alright, if you have any more, I'm always here. I do have a question for you though, what is your reason for not wanting to use an externally hosted solution?<br />
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If the software provided you with enough incentive, would you ever consider a hosted solution (granted you saw that what's being done with the software could never be done if you hosted it)? 1. SSL across the board, host…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-08-10:649749:Comment:4966052010-08-10T14:19:23.585ZAlain Meyerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AlainMeyer
1. SSL across the board, hosted on Rackspace cloud servers as well as Amazon S3. So it'll automatically scale :)<br />
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2. Our SLA is exactly the same as Amazon's: <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/s3-sla/" target="_blank">http://aws.amazon.com/s3-sla/</a><br />
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3. Not worried; they're not offering the same deal of stuff as us. And I find their suite to be bloated.<br />
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4. We don't host on 1and1, we just purchased the domain with them.<br />
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5. We allow custom domain use and customization tools built in.<br />
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Any other…
1. SSL across the board, hosted on Rackspace cloud servers as well as Amazon S3. So it'll automatically scale :)<br />
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2. Our SLA is exactly the same as Amazon's: <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/s3-sla/" target="_blank">http://aws.amazon.com/s3-sla/</a><br />
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3. Not worried; they're not offering the same deal of stuff as us. And I find their suite to be bloated.<br />
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4. We don't host on 1and1, we just purchased the domain with them.<br />
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5. We allow custom domain use and customization tools built in.<br />
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Any other questions? :) We'll be sending out newsletters from now on, so if you haven't already subscribed, go to smartlyedu.com 1. No, open source doesn't su…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-08-10:649749:Comment:4965902010-08-10T13:34:08.856ZAlain Meyerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AlainMeyer
1. No, open source doesn't support the direction we want to go: we're making it an entirely hosted solution. We have certain ideas which can <i>only</i> be carried out on a hosted solution. As far as getting people's information is concerned and hooking into information systems, we'll have it covered.<br />
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2. We're going to be using MongoDB, but that's just for us.<br />
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3. We have no plans to incorporate a chat system, but we've already created one for a past project, so including one wouldn't be a big…
1. No, open source doesn't support the direction we want to go: we're making it an entirely hosted solution. We have certain ideas which can <i>only</i> be carried out on a hosted solution. As far as getting people's information is concerned and hooking into information systems, we'll have it covered.<br />
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2. We're going to be using MongoDB, but that's just for us.<br />
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3. We have no plans to incorporate a chat system, but we've already created one for a past project, so including one wouldn't be a big deal. What language are you using?…tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-08-10:649749:Comment:4965772010-08-10T11:15:17.211ZAlain Meyerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AlainMeyer
<b>What language are you using?</b><br />
Ruby on Rails<br />
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<b>Are you making it open source?</b><br />
No, but it has an open (read: free) extension system.<br />
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<b>Why not contribute to an existing open source project?</b><br />
Because they are so far gone by now. I have an entirely new direction that I'd like to take it, and unless I were given permission to take over an open source project, there's no way I could get done what I want done. The entire system at the moment is essentially flawed, so we're starting…
<b>What language are you using?</b><br />
Ruby on Rails<br />
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<b>Are you making it open source?</b><br />
No, but it has an open (read: free) extension system.<br />
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<b>Why not contribute to an existing open source project?</b><br />
Because they are so far gone by now. I have an entirely new direction that I'd like to take it, and unless I were given permission to take over an open source project, there's no way I could get done what I want done. The entire system at the moment is essentially flawed, so we're starting again with a very clean code base.<br />
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Thanks for the feedback, very helpful!