Forum LAMS for Tech-Heads - General Forum: Re: Re: Re: Online Instructions File

By: Ernie Ghiglione

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Hi Jonathan,

You are correct in both account. We must review the semantics we use in LAMS and how we call key concepts, like Groups, Grouping, Instructions, Student/Learner, Monitor/Tutor, etc.

Just so we don't forget about this, I have created a development task:

http://bugs.lamsfoundation.org/browse/LDEV-3002

Note that I added something there that I think will be helpful:

"We need to have a good thought about them [our semantics] and discuss them with the community to ensure that these terms are as accurate as they can be.

If we aren't able to reach a general consensus -which could be possible because LAMS is used in different learning environments, then a technical way to make change these words manually will be a good solution. For instance, in the sysadmin section, the sysadmin user can change the word "Learner" to "Student" and that change will apply to all these terms within LAMS. So essentially, an interface to modify these words/labels."

And find/create new icons for each individual tool. (see http://bugs.lamsfoundation.org/browse/LDEV-3003)

Thanks

Ernie

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione