Hi all,
Just to have a basic design question (I have searched all over the discussion forums and not yet able to any.)
Scenario: A school has a group of teachers who are teaching their subjects (e.g. Math, English, Science, etc..). A website is needed for students to pick a subject and ask question about that subject. The teacher, who is in charge of the subject will receive notification and respond to the student. Once it is responded, it will be made available to all students.
I have looked at the FAQ_Ask - "Ask the Expert" (http://drupal.org/node/192806) but it seems to only many (students) to one (teacher) relationship. I am thinking more the many to many relationship.
Any advice on what module/design (if available) are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Noris
Comments
Organic Groups
Sounds to me like it may be a good place to use Organic Groups. Teachers can be administrators for the groups and students can join groups for classes they are in. Students would be permitted to post questions to groups and teachers can post answers.
Agree
I'd second dvanee's assessement. You could even make the groups private to class members if that became useful.
Drupaling in NYC since 2009!
You can try using the comments module
One way to do this will be to set up user blog for the students but have only the user and the teacher see the posts.
Once moderated posts can be added to a views page control by the teacher and visible to all.
The teacher will add an "approved" taxonomy to the moderated post making it visible via views to all students.
The views page will have the following fields:
Node title from the blog post set up as the question.
Teacher's answer from the blog's comment.
You will need to set a view for each subject and give permissions to edit it to the assign teacher.
Drupal in Education and a book
You should check out the Drupal in Education group rather than this group for information on education solutions.
Also, the book Drupal for Education and E-Learning, by Bill Fitzgerald, addresses this issue and a lot more. He recommends Organic Groups for this purpose and spends a chapter explaining it.
Non-traditional learning style.
I may be mis-communicating what I need. I am not trying to set up classroom type of discussion. The 'groups' idea is good. But each student will need to join subject groups for them to participate in those subjects. What I want is to allow any student to post any subject question. The subject teacher will receive notification and answer that question. If questions accepted and answered, they will be posted in 'public' area. (allow or not for further discussion/comment will be determined later.)
@bdornbush: I will check out the Drupal in Education group and the book you recommended, thanks.
noris
MobileTechGuy
Workflow Module
Have you looked into the workflow module (http://drupal.org/project/workflow)? If i understand correctly what you're trying to achieve, this might be the solution you need.
New website
hi I am totally new to drupal. i want to set up a web site but dont know how to? could anyone help me please.
There is a lot available.
If you Google on Drupal beginner or look at Drupal.org, there is a lot available.
Also there is a serie from Lullabot, viedos to download (payed versions) and you can look at lynda.com, they have also sourses on Drupal.
If you're new to Drupal, considder a learningcurve that takes 1/2 to 1 year to 'get it'.(depending to the time you have available to dive into this)
i have the same problem you
i have the same problem you have here, this creating a network of communication in class setting. thanks for bringing this out. i am studying graphic design study abroad prog6ram in Raffles and i am particularly interested on this concept.