November 17 4:00 PM UTC
It Goes SPLOT! TRU Writer as an open, shared, privacy respecting Writing Space
One in a collection of nebulously abbreviated Simplest Possible Online Learning Tools (SPLOT), the TRU Writer (https://github.com/cogdog/truwriter) is a flexible and versatile platform for creating a space for students, guests, anonymous visitors to compose rich media content. As a WordPress child theme, it provides all of the publishing capability of WordPress without requiring a log-in or access to the WordPress interface. It's interface offers options for managing access and capability, plus a simple way to customize the form for collecting responses.
I have used it as pseudo journal where each year students post final reports-- see http://journal.arganee.world/ Others have used it as a place for students to submit assignments (https://biol420.opened.ca/) , a conference proposal system (http://conf.owlteh.org/contributions/), an open space for contributions to the #femedtech community (http://femedtech.net/), and a space for sharing stories of facing the pandemic (https://livetogether.openlcc.net/covid19stories/).
I will share examples but more than that, will do a live demo and show how these sites are easily customized to purposes I can't even imagine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiE1-gqEMZM
Alan Levine