That's probably too much for my information organisation classes. :)

Margaret


On 4 August 2012 19:45, Thomas Krichel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>   Margaret Kipp writes
>
>> I've been using Omeka for about a year now in my information
>> organisation and metadata classes.
>
>   So have I but mainly for classes on repository building. This is
>   locally called the "building digital libraries" class, whatever that
>   means ;-). The way I work with Omeka in the course is that I have a
>   set of Perl scripts. They create a separate Omeka installation
>   for each students. Separate installation meaning complete PHP code
>   and separate databases for each student.  Students are free to
>   install whatever modules and themes they wish. There is no
>   interference with other students.
>
>> I'm currently trying out a copy of a Koha Virtual Appliance
>> (http://kylehall.info/index.php/projects/koha/koha-virtual-appliance/)
>
>   If I were to do "teach the opac" I would give each student an
>   installation of Koha. The Debian packaging of Koha allows me to
>   build several instances of Joha on one set of perl scripts.  Each
>   student just gets a separate mySQL database. Since a lot of things
>   in Koha can be configured through the database---I am not aware of
>   Koha themes and modules---it would be sufficient. Just run
>   koha-create for each student.
>
>
>   Cheers,
>
>   Thomas Krichel                    http://openlib.org/home/krichel
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