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 -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
