Journal
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Description & Goals
The Journal activity is an automated diary of everything a child does with his or her laptop. The Journal can be used by children to organize work or revisit a past project, and by teachers and parents to assess a child's progress.
The Journal activity provides an intuitive interface for viewing projects and files saved by the XO user.
The Journal is also used to access external media (USB sticks, etc.); delete files; and access the backup system (for those of you connected to a School Server).
The Journal is also a key component of the Bitfrost security specification. The document Journal and Overlays discusses one possible implementation strategy for the Journal and auto-population while using (particularly legacy) activities.
See the Human Interface Guidelines for theoretical discussion.
Using the Journal
The Journal Activity pages have a complete overview of the journal and its use.
Development
Source
RPMs
- none available
Resources
Functional Test
Basic
- The Journal comes up running when the XO is powered on.
- The basic functional test is to create an Abiword document and Paint file, exit, then ensure that they show up in the journal.
- From the journal interface you should be able to resume these activities right where you left off.
Secondary
- Journals are properly archived and can be restored from the school server.
- Sharing?