school network -- view what students do on their computers

Hi!


I'm teaching IT at a school - and of course I'm teaching on Linux.

I thought it would be nice to have a tool that enables me to see on my
screen what the students are doing on their machines, i. e. what they
are actually typing... Not like top or ps, but something that makes me
view what actually goes on on their screen.

I don't know about such an app, has someone out there some experience
with that?

Thanks!

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upro wrote:
> Hi!
>
>
> I'm teaching IT at a school - and of course I'm teaching on Linux.
>
> I thought it would be nice to have a tool that enables me to see on my
> screen what the students are doing on their machines, i. e. what they
> are actually typing... Not like top or ps, but something that makes me
> view what actually goes on on their screen.
>
> I don't know about such an app, has someone out there some experience
> with that?
>
> Thanks!
>
www.tightvnc.com

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peppe

upro schrieb:

> I thought it would be nice to have a tool that enables me to see on my
> screen what the students are doing on their machines,
>

I hope you only mean machines that belong to the school anyway...

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Bernhard Kastner <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> upro schrieb:
>
>> I thought it would be nice to have a tool that enables me to see on my
>> screen what the students are doing on their machines,
>>
>
> I hope you only mean machines that belong to the school anyway...


Hi there! Soprry for not replying sooner, but I was w/o internet for
some days.

It's only for the school teaching purposes, sure.

The other problem I'm facing is the install - I need to have a double
boot W2k and Linux - on 27 machines. I can't figure out a script that
could automate that, on a DVD for examlpe.

Naqyway, TightVNC looks pretty like what I've been looking for!

Thanks!

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upro wrote:

> The other problem I'm facing is the install - I need to have a double
> boot W2k and Linux - on 27 machines. I can't figure out a script that
> could automate that, on a DVD for examlpe.

Instead of installing on several computers, why not install on one and then
clone to the others?

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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:42:19 +0200, upro wrote:
>
> It's only for the school teaching purposes, sure.
>
> The other problem I'm facing is the install - I need to have a double
> boot W2k and Linux - on 27 machines.

Document the process and have the students, set up their box, you have
them hollar when the output of command does not match paper.

They learn how to follow instructions, you get the boxes setup.

Bit Twister wrote:

> Document the process and have the students, set up their box, you have
> them hollar when the output of command does not match paper.***
>
> They learn how to follow instructions, you get the boxes setup.

Students??? Follow instructions??? ;-)

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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:21:09 +0000, Bernhard Kastner wrote:
> Bit Twister schrieb:
>> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:42:19 +0200, upro wrote:
>>
>>>It's only for the school teaching purposes, sure.
>>>
>>>The other problem I'm facing is the install - I need to have a double
>>>boot W2k and Linux - on 27 machines.
>>
>>
>> Document the process and have the students, set up their box, you have
>> them hollar when the output of command does not match paper.
>>
>> They learn how to follow instructions, you get the boxes setup.
>
> not a bad idea...
> especially because he his wokring inan IT-school so the pupils should be
> interested anyway. they *have* to be interested ^^

Also, students could install at home to do homework.

If nothing else, teacher gets the install done, and can use his box to
rsync students boxes to cleanup or install problems for them to
trouble shoot the next day.

Bit Twister schrieb:
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:42:19 +0200, upro wrote:
>
>>It's only for the school teaching purposes, sure.
>>
>>The other problem I'm facing is the install - I need to have a double
>>boot W2k and Linux - on 27 machines.
>
>
> Document the process and have the students, set up their box, you have
> them hollar when the output of command does not match paper.
>
> They learn how to follow instructions, you get the boxes setup.

no bad idea...
especially because he his wokring inan IT-school so the pupils should be
interested anyway. they *have* to be interested ^^

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Bit Twister <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:21:09 +0000, Bernhard Kastner wrote:
>> Bit Twister schrieb:
>>> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:42:19 +0200, upro wrote:
>>>
>>>>It's only for the school teaching purposes, sure.
>>>>
>>>>The other problem I'm facing is the install - I need to have a double
>>>>boot W2k and Linux - on 27 machines.
>>>
>>>
>>> Document the process and have the students, set up their box, you have
>>> them hollar when the output of command does not match paper.
>>>
>>> They learn how to follow instructions, you get the boxes setup.
>>
>> not a bad idea...
>> especially because he his wokring inan IT-school so the pupils should be
>> interested anyway. they *have* to be interested ^^
>
> Also, students could install at home to do homework.
>
> If nothing else, teacher gets the install done, and can use his box to
> rsync students boxes to cleanup or install problems for them to
> trouble shoot the next day.
>


Well, it's not an IT school, so it's no good idea to give them laptops
home and have them to install the machines at home, no matter how good
the instruction is. How often have you said "RTFM!!!!" in your
life?!??

A nice idea would be to "clone tha machines", as James Knott
stated. I had that idea, too. The problem is ... how?!??

James, if you have an instruction - I promise to RTFM... ;-)

Best,

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