[Lias] School Intranet Server - Functionality & Requirements

[Andrew Dorrell]

Interesting comments on email.  My experience: don't touch it.

DET provides their own webmail interface for staff and is looking at 
expanding it.  I don't like their system much but they maintain it. 
Anything you add will only cause confusion (sorry - I've just been there 
...several times)  You will also run into duty of care concerns with 
email as it is difficult (impossible) for teachers to monitor what the 
kids are doing with it.

Setting up an intra-net homepage is practical and a very good idea IMO - 
  put a form on it for a google safe search.... One thing I also setup 
in the past was a page that teachers could add bookmarks to (via a 
frm/cgi interface)... I'm moving away from this however towards things 
like wiki (for better or worse)


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Andrew Dorrell PhD.        Senior Research Engineer
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