call for spec suggestions

[Sameer Verma]

Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
>
> as we're nearing the release its about time to collect some input on
> educational specs to work on in intrepid ibex (8.10)
>
> as you might have noticed edubuntu changed a lot in hardy ...
>
> i.e. things that are definately server related (network auth for example
> or most parts of ltsp ....) will in the future be handled by the server
> or platform teams, all plain educational duties will still be handled in
> the edubuntu team though. 
>
> so i'm looking for valuable input on specs to work on for intrepid that
> are plainly edu related, feel free to forward this mail to forums or
> other public places so we get a good list :)
>
> two specs that i have on my radar already are for example:
>
> * improvement and more automation of italc classroom management (get the
> usability for key handling right, automatically detect classrooms)
>
> * edubuntu menus: group or task driven menu setups (science students
> should only have science apps in the menu etc ...) probably even
> attached to a schedule that automatically reshuffles the menu depending
> on the lesson you give/get
>
> feel free to add more :)
>
> ciao
> 	oli
>   

I'd recommend exploring the lowfat client angle a bit more. Perhaps make
it more automated. We could even have a process that allows us to pick
and choose specific feature sets that go into building the client (thin,
lowfat, fat, etc).

Sameer

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Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
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