Trial+FAQs

=** FAQs for blog trial **=

DRAFT as of 11 May Answers to follow once draft list is endorsed.

General
>  -   What age /stage does this happen  [|[t1]]   ? > [|[t2]]  
 * 1) The pre requisite for using a blog is being able to type…
 * 1)   What is RSS? [|[t10]]

The trial

 * 1) When will version 1.1 will be released?
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-AU; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;">When 1.1 is deployed will it remove or change any work from 1.0?

Posting, editing
> [|[t5]]
 * 1) Is there a Spell Checker within the text editor (tiny MCE)?
 * 2) Is there an equation editor e.g. mathematical symbols? Fractions, integrals.
 * 3) Do you have to add a category to Blog? (or a post or a page?)
 * 4) Can you add multiple categories / Can you add categories as a group?
 * 5) Can you Link to external Blogs from the DET blog
 * 6) How do I insert Hyper links?
 * 7) How to embed code for media eg: flash video
 * 1) If you click on publish before saving will it remind you to save or it saves automatically?
 * 2) After how many words/characters does “read More” appear in a blog entry? Can that be adjusted, turned off so that the whole post appears by default?

URL

 * 1) Where can the URL for the blog be found, especially for a public blog?
 * 2) What does the Blog URL look like? (For Granny in Scotland etc.)
 * 3) Could a widget for Nano URL be [|[t3]]   ?

** Report Abuse **

 * 1) Do report Abuse reports automatically get archived?
 * 2) How do I handle a large volume of mischievous reports alerting me to inappropriate comments?.

** Moderation **

 * 1) Is ‘Moderate’ the Default mode for every blog?
 * 2) Can you moderate outside people commenting but a school class can comment direct to blog without moderation?

** Dashboard **
[|[t4]] > [|[t6]] 
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">  Blog roll – 1. how is it sorted? 2. future enhancements

<span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Participants

 * 1) <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">  In my environment we don’t have classes. Is it possible for student names to be uploaded through their link to my name?
 * 2)   <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Can a user set up multiple classes? e.g. RFF teacher to have access to all classes or specific groups? E.g. SRC?

Media and Media Library
<span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">[|[t7]] > <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">[|[t11]]  <span style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-image: none; font-family: Calibri; background-color: yellow; msohighlight: yellow;">. > <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">[|[t12]] > <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">[|[t13]] > [|[t14]] > <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">[|[t15]] > <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">[|[t16]]   public? <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">[|[t17]]
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">   Must all content to be inserted be added to ‘my stuff’ first? PDF’s/ DOC’s etc?
 * 2)  What formats can I upload?
 * 3) Is there a limit for size of file to upload? <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">If I have compressed it myself can I load it straight away?
 * 4) <span style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-image: none; font-family: Calibri; background-color: yellow; msohighlight: yellow;">Movie files – are QuickTime files okay to use? How long to upload 100 MB file.
 * 5) <span style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-image: none; font-family: Calibri; background-color: yellow; msohighlight: yellow;">  <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">[|[t8]] [|[t9]] Once   content is added to public stuff is it possible to trace who first uploaded the image or other content.
 * 6) Can we upload creative common images to the public stuff content
 * 7) <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">  On a Mac, What’s the simplest way of getting media into My Stuff? E.g. get a photo from my iPhoto library.
 * 8) Public Stuff – Who puts it in? Just you or your school? E.g. can stage 3 in a school put public stuff for all stage 3 to use? Can people out of school see it?
 * 9)  Can we upload PDFs and PPT’s to the media library?
 * 10) <span style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-image: none; font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; background-color: yellow; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore; msohighlight: yellow;"> <span style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-image: none; font-family: Calibri; background-color: yellow; msohighlight: yellow;">Share images across schools
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">  How do you save to our my stuff folder?
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> __//Can you hotlink to images from elsewhere from Public stuff.//__
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> __//Can we view media by owner? Show me all uploads by student. Last name. del.icio. us ?//__
 * 3) <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> __//Content repository? Can share public? Whole state just school? Sweeper? Upload pics sound, video?//__
 * 4) <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> __//What restrictions are on making ‘My stuff’ public?//__

 <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t1]] Out of scope!  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t2]] enhancement  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t3]] Needs to go into enhancements. But maybe a question here on shortening URLs  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t4]] Not sure of the question  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t5]] Enhancements  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t6]] Needs breaking down  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t7]] Maybe two sub headings My Stuff and Public stuff  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t8]] Group all under **uploading media**  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t9]] Enhancem,ents  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t10]] Good one to link to CC info  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t11]] Enhancements  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t12]] Refer 26/27/28  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t13]] Not sure what this means?  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t14]] Check with 29.  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t15]] unpack  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t16]] needs restating eg: how do I make my stuff public/  <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-special-character: comment; msospecialcharacter: comment;">[|[t17]]