[LON-CAPA-dev] Group Vs. Group

[Guy Albertelli II]

> Ah, I think I see.  Then Type 2 can exist outside of and independent of a
> course.  Serving the kind of function that Blackboard does under
> "organizations".
> And type 1 is a subset within a coure.
> 
> What about "cluster"?

Hmm, organiztions seems better...


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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lon-capa-dev-admin@mail.lon-capa.org 
> > [mailto:lon-capa-dev-admin@mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of 
> > Guy Albertelli II
> > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 3:29 PM
> > To: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org
> > Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-dev] Group Vs. Group
> > 
> > Hi Robley,
> > 
> > > Can a type 2 group exist inside a type 1 group as well?  I take it 
> > > type 2 is broader--almost like a section?
> > 
> > No.
> > 
> > Type 2 is a renamed 'Course', it for when you have something 
> > that people are together in, but that is not actually course, 
> > Think of a place where a committee could go to work on 
> > something together. A place where people could plan an event 
> > in. A fForum, or Collborative body or something like that.
> > 
> > 
> > Type 1 is like a section, it is initmately tied to a course, 
> > it is for enbling small work groups to work together. If you 
> > ever wanted to assign users to multiple different sections. 
> > You wanted this feature.
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Synonyms for "cadre" include
> > > squad, corps, unit, team, band, company, crew, force, troop 
> > faction, 
> > > group, core, hard core, band, set, bloc, clique.
> > > 
> > > How does "cadre" or "bloc" grab you?
> > > 
> > > Robley
> > > 
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> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: lon-capa-dev-admin@mail.lon-capa.org
> > > > [mailto:lon-capa-dev-admin@mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of Guy 
> > > > Albertelli II
> > > > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 1:02 PM
> > > > To: lon-capa-dev
> > > > Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] Group Vs. Group
> > > > 
> > > > Hi All,
> > > > 
> > > > We have 2 types of 'groups' in 2.2 and I think it best to 
> > > > disambiguate them. So one of them needs renaming.
> > > > 
> > > > The two types are:
> > > > 
> > > > 1- section like groups, these exist inside of a course, 
> > and is meant
> > > >    for small groups of people working collaboratively on 
> > a project, or
> > > >    for making logical groupings of users (my tuesday students)
> > > > 
> > > > 2- 'courses' that aren't courses, but rather an area for 
> > collborative
> > > >    discusion work, etc. on something (and yes a type 1 group can
> > > >    exists inside of a type 2 group)
> > > > 
> > > > I think the second type lends itself to being named 
> > something else 
> > > > more easily, but I haven't been able to think of anything 
> > that good, 
> > > > ('Discussion Group', 'Collectives', 'Associations', 
> > > > 'Collaborations',  'Posses', 'Gang', the thesaurus is failing me 
> > > > here...)
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I'm looking for suggesstions, possibly even a war, but 
> > either way I 
> > > > need it settled for the 2.2. release. ANd I think the 
> > sual usage is 
> > > > like a bad idea.....
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Anyone got any ideas? 
> > > > 
> > > > (Hmm Angel calls type 1 'Teams' and type 2 'Groups') 
> > Which I guess 
> > > > is a possiblity, but maybe we can do better?)
> > > > 
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