Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: dotFolio Portfolios in a separate subsite and not in main subsite

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4: Re: dotFolio Portfolios in a separate subsite and not in main subsite (response to 1)
Posted by Nick Carroll on 04/20/06 01:16 AM
Just a note:

/dotfolio is an instance of dotfolio
/$username is an instance of dotfolio-ui

dotfolio should really be a singleton, in that you only want one instance of it. Whereas dotfolio-ui is the user's site, and should be instantiated numerous times for each user.

I know it is laziness on my behalf for creating the user space dependency on /, but there was good reason to. Dotfolio is meant to be a student centric tool, and therefore should be situated externally to dotlrn. DotLRN is course centric, in that resources only exist for the duration of a course, before they are either reset or archived.

Having dotfolio mounted externally to dotlrn means that students can have access to their site for the duration of their degree as oppose to only the duration of a course. It gives the student more time to make "connections" for deeper learning, which is fundamental to the principles of constructivism (for those that are into the whole pedagogical mumbo jumbo :P ).

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5: Re: Re: dotFolio Portfolios in a separate subsite and not in main subsite (response to 4)
Posted by Mohammad Al-Ghazali on 04/28/06 07:10 PM
Well thank's Nick. Just got one question. How do I edit the tabed option when we start to view the profile (Home, Blog, File, Organise). Still got a problem with it.
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6: Re: Re: Re: dotFolio Portfolios in a separate subsite and not in main subsite (response to 5)
Posted by Nick Carroll on 04/29/06 03:01 AM
When you mount an application on a dotfolio subsite, you should automatically get the application to appear as a tabbed option.
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7: Re: Re: dotFolio Portfolios in a separate subsite and not in main subsite (response to 4)
Posted by Aernout Schmidt on 05/07/06 04:14 PM
Nick Carroll says: "... but there was good reason to. Dotfolio is meant to be a [1] student centric tool, and therefore should be situated externally to dotlrn. DotLRN is course centric, in that resources only exist for the duration of a course, before they are either reset or archived.

Having dotfolio mounted [2] externally to dotlrn means that students ..."

Reading this comment I get confused. Argument [1] shows the assumption that dotFOLIO is meant to be used in dotlearn while argument [2] supports independent use. I am actually using dotFOLIO in a non-dotlearn openACS site for groups (classes as well as project-groups). My experience is, that although it may be meant to be used student centered, dotFOLIO serves very well in groups. And that the possibility of subsite-mounting would help the organization of my OACS-site. On the other hand, I get the impression that I could organise things better if I had access to some admin (or on what the roles of advisers, owners, guests and staff are meant to be).