[schooltool-dev] Configuration issues for schools

[Tim Holy]

Hi Tom,

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. Suppose a school is using a different (perhaps proprietary) program for
>> SIS....
>>
>
> This kind of interoperability is, as you might expect, something that we've
> spend quite a bit of time talking about over the past few years.  There is,
> unfortunately, no great answer to the question.  We've pretty much settled
> on getting people to dump data into spreadsheets or CSV's, which they are at
> least familiar with.
>

Sounds reasonable to me. The mere fact that you've been putting so much
effort into it suggests to me that you're doing as well as can be hoped.


>
>
>> 2. One of my main concerns is supporting schools that use Macs/Windows.
>> Could schools get a single server running Edubuntu, and then have teachers
>> use SchoolTool via a browser no matter what platform they are running? If
>> not, what would you guess is your timeline for supporting Windows & Macs?
>>
>
> Yes, and using a virtual machine and a standard image is a particularly
> good idea.  The timeline for supporting other host OS's is dependent on the
> demand and realistically how long it takes someone else to do it or pay
> someone else to do it.
>

OK, for a "serious" solution then I'm getting comfortable with the idea of
requiring that the school simply set up an Edubuntu server.


>  3. Is implementing SchoolTool support for TuxMath the kind of thing you'd
>> consider getting started as, say, a GSoC project for 2009? Would you be
>> interested in finding a student to co-mentor? Or is it too soon, i.e., would
>> it just distract you from the things you really need to be doing?
>>
>
> Well, if we're doing things right, it shouldn't take much custom work.
>

That's great news. I will start playing with SchoolTool and suggest to
tuxmath-devel that we look into cooperation

Best,
--Tim
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