just a quick question

[Anthony Yarusso]

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evergreenadmin at essb.qc.ca wrote:
> I am new in the linux universe and I need just a quick answer to
> question.  I am a high school principal of the smallest high in Quebec. 
> I have 21 students.  We just upgrade all of our machines with xp-pro.  I
> want to setup a server using Ubuntu that will eventually house, our
> schools website, file server, print server, apache, sql and other
> stuff.  I decided last year to build computer pods in each classroom and
> get rid of the one classroom computer space.  The biggest drawback is
> having the need to set up login access for students to retrieve their
> projects from all classroom that also protects their work from other
> students but would give access to teacher to mark, evaluate and
> communicate with students. I will  eventually l am looking at setting an
> online tutoring system(chat type) so that my kids can provide peer
> support but also help students at the elementary school down the road. 
> Should I use the desktop or the serve edition of 7.10.
>
> Thanks
>
> daniel
>
> ps- I am a former teacher at Stellys
>
I would either start with Server or Edubuntu.  Ubuntu Server will take
care of the file server, print server, apache, sql, etc. nice and
easily, while an Edubuntu setup would take care of centralized
logins.  You could easily add the central authentication on top of a
server setup I'd think.  After that, it's just a matter of folder
ownership and permissions for  the work submission and evaluation stuff.

As far as the online tutoring system, could you provide some more
information on how you would like this to work?  It would be trivial
to set up either an IRC or Jabber server for simple live chat stuff,
but maybe you had something like online forums in mind as well.  For
the latter, you could use something like phpBB or Drupal, where Drupal
could also be used for certain kinds of assignment submission and
group projects, which may be of interest to you.
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