This post was made at the KDE forums as of this date.
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KDE PIM journal.
This post is about increasing the target audience of KDE PIM Journal beyond business to schools and students.
It is the assumption of this author that the present target audience is business people.
The reason for this assumption is the print options.
They are, in order top down
details (visibility, secrecy)
ATTENDEES
notes, subnotes
ATTACHMENTS
A student would not need "attendees" in a journal / diary.
A student can, conceivably, use attachments for a journal to include a picture and the same might apply to notes.
The visibility / secrecy would apply in terms of the student wanting to keep some things private and at the same time to submit another part of the journal to a teacher for a class project.
It is the suggestion of this author that Schools / Students can be added as a target audience by the addition of:
a DATE RANGE option to the print / print to file function.
Below is the reasoning:
A) A “journal / diary” has always been a PAPER DOCUMENT which holds A DATE RANGE of musings which are inclusive of the first to the last entry.
Schools in the U.S. are presently, and have been for several years, very much into “journaling” for a variety of reasons such as “the sequence of the development of ideas or knowledge in a class”.
Both BLACKBOARD AND CANVAS have such an option but they are mainly college learning management systems and it is the experience of this author that the students themselves are hesitant to use a "web thing" for their journals and much prefer the submission of an attachment or a paper document.
This author has offered the option of journaling in Blackboard as a "substitute" for certain "assignments" and the students which chose the option liked the concept.
The printing of a "date range" either as a paper document or as a "print to file" would fulfill the requirements of all teachers who do journaling.
It is therefore the suggestion of this author that the addition of such an option would increase the possibility of students using it to submit the journal to the school.
And, it might encourage schools themselves to use the Suite if the e-mail function can be worked out for things like interacting with the (usual) school’s Office365™ e-mail.
Especially, now that there is the KDE slim notebook!
woodsmoke
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KDE PIM journal.
This post is about increasing the target audience of KDE PIM Journal beyond business to schools and students.
It is the assumption of this author that the present target audience is business people.
The reason for this assumption is the print options.
They are, in order top down
details (visibility, secrecy)
ATTENDEES
notes, subnotes
ATTACHMENTS
A student would not need "attendees" in a journal / diary.
A student can, conceivably, use attachments for a journal to include a picture and the same might apply to notes.
The visibility / secrecy would apply in terms of the student wanting to keep some things private and at the same time to submit another part of the journal to a teacher for a class project.
It is the suggestion of this author that Schools / Students can be added as a target audience by the addition of:
a DATE RANGE option to the print / print to file function.
Below is the reasoning:
A) A “journal / diary” has always been a PAPER DOCUMENT which holds A DATE RANGE of musings which are inclusive of the first to the last entry.
Schools in the U.S. are presently, and have been for several years, very much into “journaling” for a variety of reasons such as “the sequence of the development of ideas or knowledge in a class”.
Both BLACKBOARD AND CANVAS have such an option but they are mainly college learning management systems and it is the experience of this author that the students themselves are hesitant to use a "web thing" for their journals and much prefer the submission of an attachment or a paper document.
This author has offered the option of journaling in Blackboard as a "substitute" for certain "assignments" and the students which chose the option liked the concept.
The printing of a "date range" either as a paper document or as a "print to file" would fulfill the requirements of all teachers who do journaling.
The DATE RANGE is the OPERATIVE idea of a "student journal for a class" to display a progression of thought over the unit or semester or class.
Thus, the addition of a “date range” export / print function will fulfill the PURPOSE of a journal / diary in Education.
Thus, the addition of a “date range” export / print function will fulfill the PURPOSE of a journal / diary in Education.
And, it might encourage schools themselves to use the Suite if the e-mail function can be worked out for things like interacting with the (usual) school’s Office365™ e-mail.
Especially, now that there is the KDE slim notebook!
woodsmoke