DI001@CALPOLY.BITNET (GEORGE WESTLUND) (01/24/91)
WE HAVE SEVERAL INSTRUCTORS HERE AT CAL POLY WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE
HAVE THEIR STUDENTS TURN IN ASSIGNMENTS ELECTRONICALLY TO THEIR
INSTRUCTOR'S ACCOUNT WITH A UTILITY SUCH AS MAIL OR SOMETHING ELSE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMODATE THEM, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME
CONCERNS.
1. RECOVERY OF THE FILE SPACE AFTER A QUARTER IS OVER. THIS IS
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT WHEN STUDENT GRADERS ARE INVOLVED AS
INCREASING THEIR OWN ACCOUNT MEANS WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF
THE ACCOUNT FOR LATER DECREASE IN THE QUOTA. WE ALSO HAVE
AN INSTRUCTOR WHO FEELS HE MUST KEEP THE FILES AVAILABLE
TO HIM FOR UP TO 2 YEARS SO THAT HE CAN ENSURE THAT THE
SAME CODE ISN'T TURNED IN TWICE.
2. SECURITY OF THE FACULTY OR GRADERS PERSONAL FILES WHEN
TESTING THE STUDENTS ASSIGNMENTS.
3. AN ALTERNATIVE TO MAIL FOR TURNING IN ASSIGNMENTS AS TOO
MANY STUDENTS HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO MODIFY THE MAIL HEADER
FIELDS, THUS CHANGING THE TIME THE MESSAGE WAS SENT AND
GETTING AROUND DEADLINES.
ONE FACULTY MEMBER HAS SOME SOFTWARE THAT HE WAN'T TO USE FOR
HIMSELF, BUT ONLY WANTS TO SHARE IT WITH CLOSE FRIENDS (HE DOESN'T
WANT TOO MUCH DISK SPACE EATEN UP ON THE SYSTEM DOING SUCH
THINGS). SOME FACULTY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN AND CLOSE
A WINDOW THAT WOULD LIMIT WHEN STUDENTS COULD TURN IN ASSIGNMENTS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW THE FACULTY TO USE A SEPERATE ACCOUNT
FOR EACH CLASS THAT GOES AWAY AT THE END OF THE TERM. THAT
SATISFIES MOST OF THE CONDITIONS ABOVE, BUT DOES NOT HELP OUT
WITH GETTING RID OF THE MAIL INTERFACE.
ANY HELP ON THIS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THE TARGET ENVIRONMENT
IS UNIX (AIX/370), BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO ALSO FIND SOMETHING
THAT COULD WORK UNDER VM/CMS AS WELL.
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George L. Westlund | BITNET: DI001@CALPOLY
Academic Computing Services| Internet: gwestlu@polyslo.calpoly.edu
Cal Poly | Phone: (805) 756-2516
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