ubuntu-education Digest, Vol 64, Issue 2

[cprofitt]

On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 17:24 -0400, Chris Howey wrote:


> Our SchoolTool installation is located on a web server that we have in
> the School Leader's (Principal) office. It is accessible to all staff
> in their classrooms but is password protected to prevent student use.
> 
If possible I would use a different 'vlan' and SSID to section off your
non-student resources from your student computers.
> 
> What we especially need right now are ways to remove distractions from
> the students on their laptops, such as preventing the changing of
> wallpaper, disabling DVD drives, preventing changing any system
> setting, etc.
> 
Make them non-administrator accounts and disable what you can in the
settings. 

> I would be very interested in any suggestions you might have about
> those types of issues - but I would also be interested in thoughts you
> may have on better ways to make use of a network within our
> environment. 


> 
> I am also interested in how we might deploy a web screening system to
> reduce inappropriate web browsing. I used such a system at my previous
> job - but all access to the Internet was controlled by our central
> server - not at all the way we are doing things at this school.
> 
I would setup something like Dan's Guardian as a web filter. You would
set that up between the cable modem and the rest of your network.

http://dansguardian.org/

> The experience that both of you bring to school installations is so
> beyond anything I have ever done. I am very grateful for any
> assistance you can provide.
> 
I am happy to give advice when I can. If I was close enough I would
offer to come and assist. You may also want to find out if there is a
local Linux user group in the area. They may be able to offer some
hands-on assistance as well.

Charles