Comments on: Online Writing Tool I Want

By: Eric Hoefler

Eric Hoefler — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:07:39 +0000

I’ve been able to get a lot of mileage out of Joomla, though it’s not a perfect system. I did a write-up on it on my blog if you’re interested.

By: Bud Hunt

Bud Hunt — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:09:25 +0000

Todd — What you’re describing is a lot like the way that I’m using Moodle — except for the essay cross referencing and sharing — which I like and which you could do in the Moodle, too, with a little extra work, I think. I’ve got some tweaks that I’d like to suggest to Moodle developers in order to comment more effectively in the middle of a paper, but I can do that now, too, without too much trouble.

If you’d like, I’d be happy to let you take a peek. Send me an e-mail and I’ll share some info. I should be sharing how I do this stuff, anyway.

By: Elona

Elona — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:59:56 +0000

Todd, I didn’t have the guts to install WordPressMu either. But I did install wwww.WordPress.com because I can keep my class blog absolutely private so that only the students in the class have access. Only those who I invite can participate. The kids can still publish their work on line but the whole net work won’t have access to it.I’m bot that brave. If you’re interested check out my post called Blogging in The Classroom- By Invitation Only.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:57:53 +0000

Has anyone else used Moodle for this kind of thing or know enough about it to say if it’ll work? Wait, wait… WebCT allows students to submit papers online? And then teachers can see the contents of those Word documents online, too, though some kind of control panel? Further, teachers can leave comments on that Word document online and the students can log in to see those comments from the teacher? I’ve never used WebCT. Ben, can you get some screen shots of what you’re talking about and email me? I’d like to see it. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll look further into Moodle.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:42:07 +0000

I’ve been heping out my wife with her online grad class she’s taking this winter and it sounds like what you’re describing is exactly what she’s using. The product her college uses is WebCT, which is prohibitively expensive for most K-12 schools. But it’s a nice system. The teacher posts assignments, you have an allotted time to finish them, and once the time is up, the submit feature gets locked out. You can either submit work via an attached word file or type it directly into a text field for posting. You can also view other turned in work if the instructor alloows it, making it a great way to workshop writing as well.

Does Moodle support the options you describe?