[school-discuss] Re: [IIEP] OER & FOSS - reply to Boris

[Rob Rittenhouse <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Boris Vukovic wrote:
> I’d like to first ask a practical question in keeping with the topic of 
> Session 2 before commenting on Claude’s retort to my message on FOSS and 
> OER.
>
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>
> What are the current options in terms of permissions handling in FOSS 
> course management systems (CMS)? Plone would be a great example of 
> flexible permissions architecture with roles and workflows, but Plone is 
> not specifically a CMS. I know that EduCommons CMS is based on Plone, 
> but the documentation is still sketchy (or have I missed a section on 
> permissions?)
>
> I am asking because I think a complete CMS should cater both to 
> educators who wish to open their content and those who still wish for 
> their content to stay locked-in for class-only uses. Furthermore, 
> permissions should work on the level of content types. For 
> example, being able to open all content for public access except for 
> class discussions in cases where students decide to keep those private. 
> Is there currently a FOSS solution that features such permissions 
> architecture?

Not generally in Moodle yet although the topic has been brought up in 
discussion. Apparently will appear in the next version (see 
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=50698#231592). As it stands 
courses in Moodle are either open to guests or not.
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Rob Rittenhouse
McMurry University
Abilene, TX 79697