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Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on April 21, 2006, 11:14 am
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> Roger Abell [MVP] wrote:
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>> No, you have no solution at least as long as you want to keep
>> "enable . . . changes to files in that folder"
>> If you could drop that part, so that you provide a pure drop-box
>> (i.e. one chance, do not deposit until ready for grading) then by
>> use of the Advance dialog in the NTFS permissions you could
>> get it set up.
>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>> I work in 4 Elementary schools. We are running Windows Server 2003
>>> with 98SE, 2000 and XP Pro workstations. We have a shared folder on
>>> each school server, called "Grade" where the students save all of
>>> their work. We want to
>>> prevent the students from moving, renaming and deleting the folders,
>>> but at
>>> the same time enable them to save their files and changes to files in
>>> that folder. I have tried many combinations with the security
>>> permissions on the
>>> folder, but it seems to always come up as all or none. I.E. if I
>>> uncheck "create folders/append data" they can not even save new files
>>> in the folder,
>>> etc. Are there any option?
>
> You might want to create more than one folder. The way we set it up at
> my son's school is to have generic users and groups
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> teacher - teachers (group)
> student - students (group)
>
> Then we have folders like this on the file server:
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> 1. Folder just for teachers - only teachers can read/write to it
> 2. Folder for students to get handouts - teachers can read/write,
> students can only read (and copy).
> 3. Folder for students to turn in their work - all can read/write to it.
>
> You can have separate folders for the different grades of course.
>
> I am using SUSE 9.3 on the file server, but I don't see why this
> wouldn't work with a Windows server.
>
We generally use a web upload application for assignment
submission - which allows us tighter control over things like
their ability to "resubmit" and also allows for some automated
assessment upon submission.
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