[LON-CAPA-users] Drop Box - Essay Response file checking
Justin Gray
lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Wed, 14 May 2008 14:36:40 -0700
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It appears that one can now include docx as an allowed file extension, but
it is not on the default list.
Justin
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Justin Gray <jgray@math.sfu.ca> wrote:
> Adding these extra file extensions to the list would be great. If
> instructors want to, they will always have the option of not allowing
> certain file types. It seems that more and more students are now working
> with docx files.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Gerd Kortemeyer <korte@lite.msu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Feb 14, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Mark Lucas wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * There are issues of listing all the extensions you are willing to
>>> accept. The default list for the drop box currently accepts a bunch, but
>>> not docx (word 2007), rtf, or wps (microsoft works document). Making
>>> sure you've got everything you want is a bit of a pain, though certainly
>>> manageable.
>>>
>>
>> I can add these extensions to the standard drop box. Unfortunately, I
>> could not open docx-files myself, since I did not invest into the latest
>> Redmond stuff.
>>
>> - Gerd.
>>
>>
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Justin Gray
Dept. of Mathematics
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
Canada
Tel. +1 778-782-4237
Fax. +1 778-782-4947
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It appears that one can now include docx as an allowed file extension, but it is not on the default list.<br><br>Justin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Justin Gray <<a href="mailto:jgray@math.sfu.ca">jgray@math.sfu.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Adding these extra file extensions to the list would be great. If instructors want to, they will always have the option of not allowing certain file types. It seems that more and more students are now working with docx files.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Justin<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Gerd Kortemeyer <<a href="mailto:korte@lite.msu.edu" target="_blank">korte@lite.msu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<div><br>
<br>
On Feb 14, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Mark Lucas wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
<br>
* There are issues of listing all the extensions you are willing to<br>
accept. The default list for the drop box currently accepts a bunch, but<br>
not docx (word 2007), rtf, or wps (microsoft works document). Making<br>
sure you've got everything you want is a bit of a pain, though certainly<br>
manageable.<br>
</blockquote>
<br></div>
I can add these extensions to the standard drop box. Unfortunately, I could not open docx-files myself, since I did not invest into the latest Redmond stuff.<br><font color="#888888">
<br>
- Gerd.</font><div><div></div><div><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Justin Gray <br>Dept. of Mathematics <br>Simon Fraser University<br>8888 University Drive<br>
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6<br>
Canada<br>Tel. +1 778-782-4237<br>Fax. +1 778-782-4947<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Justin Gray <br>Dept. of Mathematics <br>Simon Fraser University<br>8888 University Drive<br>Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6<br>
Canada<br>Tel. +1 778-782-4237<br>Fax. +1 778-782-4947<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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