I’m re-sending this because I used the wrong email server. Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org
> On Nov 17, 2020, at 8:46 AM, William Prothero <waproth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > David and Graham, > One approach that occurred to me is this. > There are 2 components to the work that students would “hand in” to their > teacher. It would consist of simple text and images. So, would it be > practical to create a simple pdf as a single file that includes these > elements and send that to the teacher as an attachment? The teacher could > then either base grading on that pdf alone or use another small app that I > write (or other pdf editing software) to add comments and/or a grade to the > pdf and return it to the student. > > I haven’t tried to create PDFs in Livecode, but from some of the postings, it > seems practical. I’m not sure about the deconstruction in a Livecode app, but > a quick google search shows a lot of apps for annotating PDFs. > > Tnx for any comments or wisdom. > > Best, > Bill > > William Prothero > http://earthlearningsolutions.org > >> On Nov 17, 2020, at 2:15 AM, David V Glasgow <dvglas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Oooh! For once I might make a contribution! >> >> I had the same issue in a healthcare context. These IT systems vary >> tremendously between services, are complex and often hard to connect with - >> either by design, or by lack of interest in supporting other software. >> >> I found the best way to get a combo education and training/clinical app to >> be accepted was to create it with no dependencies (local or online), no >> attempt to connect with management systems, no writing of data anywhere, >> just the ability to copy and paste charts and data that nurses can >> incorporate into other reports. Although clinical information systems are >> hostile to most actions, they have to allow pictures (like x rays and other >> scans) and spread sheet data to be pasted into the record. Ironically, they >> almost all allow Word documents to be incorporated into the clinical record >> too. Nurses don’t need to be shown how to do these things, because they >> wrestle with ugly, poorly designed clinical information systems on a daily >> basis. >> >> In other words, you’re on the money, I think. >> >> Cheers, >> >> David G >> >>>> On 16 Nov 2020, at 11:28 pm, William Prothero via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Folks, >>> I’m refining an application I used to teach Plate Tectonics when I was a >>> working prof. The application’s core is access to Earth data (that >>> scientists used to develop the theory of plate tectonics) and capturing and >>> annotating plots that can be incorporated into student writing. >>> >>> I am adding features that give the student (and teacher) more direction >>> about how to use the material. The final student product would be some kind >>> of short writeup with figures, that presents student results of their >>> exploration using the data in the application. The major goal is to have >>> students learn about the process of doing science and writing about their >>> results. >>> >>> However, I am thinking hard about how to proceed. It seems the effort to >>> make this app work with learning management systems would be huge, >>> something I’m definitely not up for. Yet, an assignment with text and >>> figures needs to be packaged in some way that is easy for students to use, >>> but can be transmitted to the teacher (who will make comments, assign a >>> grade, and return it to the student) in some efficient way. What I’m >>> thinking, at the simplest level, is to export the text and figures of the >>> student’s work and let the student create a final product using word, >>> Pages, google classroom, or some other application I haven’t thought about >>> but which they would normally have access to. >>> >>> I’d love to have any of you teachers’ ideas and/or experience with great >>> ways to proceed. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Bill >>> >>> William A. Prothero >>> https://earthlearningsolutions.org >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
