2010/1/9 Chris McKenna <cmcke...@sucs.org>: > On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Charles Matthews wrote: >> >> The point (for the guide that Brian and I are apparently writing) is >> that "empowerment" is a good buzzword, but there is a small, treacherous >> area to explore from a teachers' point of view: accounts for minors >> should not give personal details, so a "role account" for say, >> Tynecastle High School, looks more appropriate. But there are >> administrative reefs also, namely the deprecation of role accounts and >> shared passwords in general. Something can be done in practical terms by >> stating that the project has a fixed term, will be retired, and will >> have its password changed by a school staff member. > > Would not it be perhaps better for the individual students to have > accounts, but under teh control of the school. Perhaps based on their > school pupil number (e.g. Tynecastle-091 Tynecastle-122) which means that > attribution for good and bad edits could be given to the individual rather > than the school.
Yes, that's the usual recommendation. I'm not sure what you mean by the school having control of them, though. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
