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MrHorsfield |
Security for Secondary School Students
Nov 20 2007, 4:25 AM EST
I am trying to find out whether wetpaint has the security settings appropriate for secondary students to use.Aim: To have a place where students can publish work (including photos of themselves performing science experiments) in a private setting to protect their identity. My current understanding: That Wetpaint offers a 'Private page' setting where only invited guests can view pages made by students. This will include me (their teacher for monitoring and commenting), their classmates (for peer review) and their parents (for viewing and commenting and seeing my comments to their children). When the time comes, students can invite classmates to have editing rights on their pages for collaborative work. I have set up my own wetpaint wiki (with course content and activities) to explore whether it will work with my intentions. I have set it up as a private page, but can view it when I am not signed in to wetpaint. Could you please set me straight as a man in the know. Thanks. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?
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jtbartels |
1. RE: Security for Secondary School Students
Nov 20 2007, 8:52 AM EST
Mr. Horsfield-It sounds like you are building a great site for your students! Here is how I set up one of my classes private wikis. First I created the page as an open page (anyone could see it and join it). I had all of my students go to the page and join. I then when through my roster of students and changed their role on the site from registered user to moderator (This can be done when you are signed in as yourself and viewing the profiles of your site users). Once I had raised all of my students’ roles on the page, I went into the site settings and changed it to a private page. The following path will lead you to changing your site settings: go into “Wiki Settings”- “Permissions”- “I Want to Change These Settings” – “Who can view this site?” (here set it to “Invited members: A private site...”). If this isn’t working as it should for you, I would recommend checking out the forum at www.wetpaintcentral.com. It takes a little bit of work, but I think it is worth it to have a secure online presence for our students. I hope this helped. Happy Painting! jonathan Do you find this valuable? |
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MrHorsfield |
2. RE: Security for Secondary School Students
Nov 20 2007, 5:08 PM EST
Thanks for your help. I have ready access to students' emails so I can invite them all at the beginning of the 2008 school year (we are 3 weeks from our summer break in Australia).It looks like Wetpaint will fulfill my security criteria for students when they create their own wikis for presentation of class work. At this stage, I need to ensure their identity is secure when they post photos and movies of themselves conducting experiements in the science lab. At this stage it is all thumbs up for Wetpaint! Well done team. Mr H. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
avillagra |
3. RE: Security for Secondary School Students
Jul 26 2008, 1:15 PM EDT
"Mr. Horsfield-What about if I have already created my wiki as a private space (spanish302.wetpaint.com)? Should I revert it to public, invite my students and then make it private again? Or can I do all that process by simply inviting students from my class roster and then make them moderators? Thank you very much Andres 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
jutecht |
4. RE: Security for Secondary School Students
Jul 29 2008, 9:47 AM EDT
Either way works well. It's just up to you and whether or not you want to take the time to add student e-mails or have the kids do it. I find most teachers just book the lab, make the wiki public for the class...have the students sign up and then make it private again. Quick and easy and puts the students in control of their accounts from the beginning. This is how I usually do it. :)
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Posted Anonymously |
5. RE: Security for Secondary School Students
Aug 22 2008, 11:05 PM EDT
My wiki is for secondary Spanish and Etymology classes. It is private. Just to protect myself and the school- I also created a parent/guardian and student permission form. I asked parents/guardians for the email if they wanted to be invited to the private wiki. hope that helps-- Lisa B Do you find this valuable? |
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6. RE: Security for Secondary School Students
Feb 7 2009, 6:00 AM EST
I'm having a little trouble getting my pupils signed on. I've sent them invitations but they seem to have to create an account for themselves. I'm concerned about this as I have no control over their wiki and who they contact in the community. As I have just received a message from 'buffrider' to my account I am increasingly concened. Is there a way to invite pupils to my wiki without having to get them to log in to wetpaint? They can't get on to the broader site in school but they can at home.Help! Helen Do you find this valuable? |
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7. RE: Security for Secondary School Students
Feb 8 2009, 9:26 PM EST
I wrote a Tip on how to do this the easy way here:http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/Oct.+2008+Tip Do you find this valuable? |
