All of that is in there, and as the sysadmin, seeing who moderated what is very, very easy.
The problem is, unless you give everyone the ability to moderate all the time, not everyone will HAVE mod points - and as a result, only some students will get the ability to moderate, which is highly unfair if grades depend on these marks.
Conversely, giving everyone the ability to moderate cheapens the value of a mod point, and in some cases, still won't solve the problem - once a comment is as highly rated as poss
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"How about you interface with my ass? By biting it!" --Bender
The nice thing about slash moderation is that random people are selected to moderate a given comment.
This means that one can trust the moderation to some extent and even give students marks based on how well their comments have been received by their peers.
However, it is of course a problem that some students may not have mod points. And losing the ability to post is a serious problem.
We have actually had major problems getting slash running at all (so I can't comment/play with your proposed solutions
If you need assistance with the install, come to #slash on irc.slashnet.org - most of the usual suspects are in there, and are more than willing to help.
If you like postnuke, and want to see the project that most of it's tallent left PN to go work on, check out Xaraya [xaraya.com].
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"How about you interface with my ass? By biting it!" --Bender
Hm! An interesting idea. (Score:2)
The problem is, unless you give everyone the ability to moderate all the time, not everyone will HAVE mod points - and as a result, only some students will get the ability to moderate, which is highly unfair if grades depend on these marks.
Conversely, giving everyone the ability to moderate cheapens the value of a mod point, and in some cases, still won't solve the problem - once a comment is as highly rated as poss
"How about you interface with my ass? By biting it!" --Bender
Re:Hm! An interesting idea. (Score:1)
This means that one can trust the moderation to some extent and even give students marks based on how well their comments have been received by their peers.
However, it is of course a problem that some students may not have mod points. And losing the ability to post is a serious problem.
We have actually had major problems getting slash running at all (so I can't comment/play with your proposed solutions
Re:Hm! An interesting idea. (Score:2)
If you like postnuke, and want to see the project that most of it's tallent left PN to go work on, check out Xaraya [xaraya.com].
"How about you interface with my ass? By biting it!" --Bender
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