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'''Note:''' Admin log is located on the server at /var/log/adminlog.log

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~~ Add more server info~~

===Project Ideas===

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'''Current Project and/or current main focus '''

* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Book_reader Library /Book Reader]. Thousands of books stored on the XS which children are able to pull over the network either as whole book or bit by bit as they read them on their XO's.

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**~~an ebook~~ reader server~~/client~~ system

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**An e-book reader client/server system

**Additionally, they can "check out" books and bring them home on their laptops to read at home, or while not connected to the XS.

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**This may prove to be more economical than the proposal of distributing text via ~~SDcards~~ as it would allow for a wider range of content per available Gigabyte. One 40 gig hard disk library would hold 10 times as much content as ten, 4-GB ~~SDcards~~ replicated with identical content.

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**This may prove to be more economical than the proposal of distributing text via SD cards as it would allow for a wider range of content per available Gigabyte. One 40 gig hard disk library would hold 10 times as much content as ten, 4-GB SD cards replicated with identical content.

** Run said books through Pootle, so children have access to books not in their native tongue.

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** Essentially, a ~~backend~~ to the read activity.

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** Essentially, a back-end to the read activity.

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** Status: ~~currently~~ under development

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** Status: Currently under development; See "Reading Library" below.

'''Completed projects and tasks'''

* File Distribution System

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** Status: ~~completed~~. ~~currently being tested, please~~ email us at our contact address if you are interested.

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** Status: Completed; Testing and improvements currently under development. See more information below - "File Distribution System". Please email us at our contact address if you are interested in learning more about this portion of the XS project or are interested in assisting in development.

* Fix Ejabber

** Status: Ejabber is running and working. XO's can communicate

*** To use Ejabber point XO server to schoolserver.rit.edu

* Configure Moodle to our needs

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** Status: We currently do not have a project that needs ~~moodle~~

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** Status: Moodle is not configured; We currently do not have a project that needs Moodle.

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* Provide a school server test and development environment for the Honors Seminar participants

* Develop School Server systems administration skills

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** Backup registered ~~XOs~~ or Sugar Sticks

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** Backup registered XO's or Sugar Sticks

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*** Status: ~~not~~ started

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*** Status: Not started

** Host Moodle content developed in class

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*** Status: Moodle is installed but not fully configured

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*** Status: Moodle is installed but not fully configured.

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* Test and Debug ~~OLPC~~ - Sugar Labs School Server software

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* Test and Debug XS - Sugar Labs School Server software

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** ~~currently~~ running ~~(insert image name)~~

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** Currently running OLPC-School-Server-0.6-i386.iso

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*** Status: ~~upgraded~~ to latest Server image

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*** Status: Upgraded to the latest XS Server image.

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* Develop a School Server SysAdmin training curriculum for volunteers who want to support an OLPC or Sugar deployment

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* Develop a School Server SysAdmin training curriculum for volunteers who want to support OLPC, the XS Server project, or Sugar deployment

** Basic documentation and support is being compiled

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*** Status: not complete

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*** Status: Under development; not complete.

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* Create an Activity(Application) for RIT ~~XOs~~ so students can easily access Moodle

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* Create an Activity(XO Application) for RIT XO's so students can easily access Moodle

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** Status: ~~not~~ started

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** Status: Not started

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* Moodle ~~xo python api~~

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* Moodle XO Python API

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** Status: ~~not~~ started

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** Status: Not started

* XO Backup/Restore

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** Status: ~~not~~ started

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** Status: Not started

* XO Security [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Antitheft_HowTo]

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** Status: ~~not~~ started

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** Status: Not started

* Deployment "whitebook"

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** Status: ~~not~~ started

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** Status: Not started

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* Provide a service that allows teachers/volunteers (who ~~don't~~ speak English) in actual deployments to communicate via email with technical support volunteers by using the translating service [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pootle Pootle]. Incoming and outgoing "tagged" emails would be translated in and out of the server on arrival / departure of the XS.

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* Provide a service that allows teachers/volunteers (who do not speak English) in actual deployments to communicate via email with technical support volunteers by using the translating service [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pootle Pootle]. Incoming and outgoing "tagged" emails would be translated in and out of the server on arrival/departure of the XS.

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** Status: ~~not~~ started

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** Status: Not started

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*In class quizzing. Teachers ask questions, students respond using their XO, quiz results stored on XS. (Think the [http://www.iclicker.com/dnn/ I>clicker]~~) I believe similar~~ concepts were proposed by [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Acj3840 Alex Jones]

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*In class quizzing. Teachers ask questions, students respond using their XO, quiz results stored on XS. (Think the [http://www.iclicker.com/dnn/ I>clicker]; Similar concepts were proposed by [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Acj3840 Alex Jones])

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** Status: ~~not~~ started

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** Status: Not started

**Possibility of parsing of information, possible graphical heuristics.

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*** Status: ~~not~~ started

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*** Status: Not started

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* [[olpc:Simple Digital Library Index]], [http://www.mail-archive.com/server-devel@lists.laptop.org/msg03063.html discussion thread].

====Proposed Design Goals====

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# Hold copies of ~~ebooks~~ for learners with no Internet access

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# Hold copies of e-books for learners with no Internet access

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# Compatible with existing Sugar ~~ebook~~ readers

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# Compatible with existing Sugar e-book readers

# Teacher/administrator interface for loading books from a variety of Internet book archives and portable USB or CD/DVD storage media.

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from:

[http://xs-dev.laptop.org/xs/ http://xs-dev.laptop.org/xs/]

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Using ~~martin langhoff~~'s explicit instructions

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Using Martin Langhoff's explicit instructions

More soon to be added

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