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Marcy, I think this would be easy enough to implement in that I have a general access code right now. But after a week or so of discussion, I could simply ask my tech people to delete the code. But do you still prefer a restriced list instead of the general CASLL list? At 11:00 AM 3/31/99 -0500, marcy bauman wrote: >On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Lorraine wrote: > >> I think Catherine's idea is grand. >> >> - I would really welcome an overview/statement about the intent and >> objectives of the course before I plunge and discuss. >> - Vis a vis the one at a time, I agree. My fear is that if we do them all >> at once, the programs might get confused. (and working with my tangential >> thought processes, it happens!!) $-) >> >> - Should their be a time limit to the access for each program? for >> security/copywright purposes? > >Well, here's what I was thinking: I would like to be able to tell our >systems people who was using our generic login during a specific period of >time and for what purpose, just in case there's ever a security problem >related to this site. (Not that I think there would be a security problem >associated with anyone directly on this list -- I just want to be up front >about my security breaches because as of yet we have no policies on this, >but clearly we will need and get them soon, and I'd like to have humane >practices in place before that time comes . . . ) > >So I was thinking that if we had a listserv -- a sort of low-tech online >conference -- I could give that as the purpose for my giving out the login >and password. Specific access dates, as Lorraine suggests, would help, >too. > >I'd also suggest that the discussion be similarly restricted. That is, >we'd discuss each site for a specific period of time; the teacher? author? >of that site would answer questions posed during that time. But you'd not >be obligated to answer questions that fall outside of your time frame, >period. And nobody is obligated to ask questions; if you want to sign up >just to get the logins and passwords, fine. Presumably a number of >people would find it helpful just to lurk, which would be fine, too. > >But these are only suggestions. I don't want to be a steamroller, here . >. . > >Marcy > >Marcy Bauman >University of Michigan-Dearborn >http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~marcyb > > Catherine F. Schryer Dept. of English University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 (519) 885-1211 (ext 3318)