Below are some options for making material available over the Oberlin College network and some considerations about the type of material that is made available over the network. It will simply be a list of folders or directories with different files in them. Is not accessible from off campus except under special circumstances. Advantages Disadvantages Organizes content and allows for the inclusion of descriptions about the content. Web based and therefore accessible from off campus.
Access is restricted and permissions are handled, for the most part, automatically.
Provides many other features such as the creation of quizzes, one click ability to e-mail all or selected students in your course, etc. Does not require any knowledge of HTML or other computer languages. All functions are menu driven. Not normally, but on occasion, temperamental i.e. access is slow, files don't always display correctly. Same problems are apparent with other methods but expectations aren't as high for the other methods and therefore frustration levels are sometimes lower with the other methods.