RE: [K12OSN] New School using K12

[Jonathan Carter <highvoltage thepub co za>]

Well, you can always go according to the year they entered the school. I
was in grade 8 in 1996. My stundent id was 015-96, and my login was
015-96.x.wcape.school.net.za, where x was usually the grade I was in,
like 015.96.8..wcape.school.net.za. So that could work. It's also
userfail-proof.

Jonatan

On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 23:43, Mark Ehle wrote:
> I would stay away from using the year of graduaton anywhere in a username. 
> What about the poor slobs who don't graduate on time?
> 
> Better to use a student number.
> 
> >From: "Jonathan White" <jwhite shaker k12 nh us>
> >Reply-To: k12osn redhat com
> >To: <k12osn redhat com>
> >Subject: RE: [K12OSN] New School using K12
> >Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:00:45 -0500
> >
> >We use the student's intials and their ID number (generated by our school
> >administrative package, Web2School).
> >
> >So for user John Smith with ID #00134 the user name would be: js00134
> >
> >This way we don't have to worry about changing the usernames every year, or
> >if the student gets held back etc.  The only time that the ID's get changed
> >is when they move from the middle school to the high school, and then we
> >usually re-enter all the names anyway.
> >
> >Jonathan White
> >Computer Technician
> >Shaker Regional School District
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: k12osn-admin redhat com [mailto:k12osn-admin redhat com]On Behalf
> >Of Jonathan Carter
> >Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 12:04 PM
> >To: K12OSN
> >Subject: [K12OSN] New School using K12
> >
> >
> >Hi K12 List!
> >
> >I've just joined. Monday I'll be starting a new job at a primary school
> >where we'll be installing a K12 network with 24 thin clients tomorrow.
> >
> >What I'd like to know is, what's the best way of setting up the users
> >for the students? Is it best to go by student number, or a mixture of
> >name and grade? Is it possible to use a username like jonathan-1 and the
> >next year it changes to jonathan-2? Or should I use a combination of
> >their name and the year they joined or are supposed to finish school?
> >
> >Thanks guys, any advice to this school-newbie is highly appreciated!
> >
> >- Jonathan
> >
> >
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