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tariqr
11y ago
Great! Looks quite extensive and deeply thought-out at first glance. Respect for the discipline required to ship something like this by yourself. Keep at it :) Iterate till you win. Some constructive criticism, if it helps: it takes a while
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tariqr
11y ago
thanks for sharing! :)
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tariqr
11y ago
congrats! :)
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tariqr
11y ago
Thanks lobo_tuerto! Appreciate the kind words. Yes, draft mode is in the next deployment :)
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tariqr
11y ago
eChalk involves heavy technical content production and Chalkboard is a dinosaur and intended for in classroom use. Classmill is flexible in the content required for classes and its intended use cases. SSO is not supported at the moment, but
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tariqr
11y ago
hey bpesquet, fedora focuses on creating classes where the teacher actually produces the videos and content. Classmill is attempting to help teachers who know where the right content is with the right tools to deliver them to students - whi
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tariqr
11y ago
Thanks for that. By that I meant that a regular joe teacher is going to find it technically difficult to use. You can run an instance of open edx on your server, use xblock components and point them to a video/audio file and build a co
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tariqr
11y ago
Versal seems like a very good product, but also seems to be focusing on content authoring quite a bit. Classmill is a lot more focused on content curation. Yes, adaptive/dynamic blocks are definitely in the pipeline as we improve the p
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tariqr
11y ago
Hi jlees, Thanks for the feedback. Definitely working on improving the messaging. Mysliderule seems to be course catalogging of various MOOCs around the web. Classmill lets you create the classes yourself. Sending you an email, please do c
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11y ago
Thanks vikp! Yes - good point, I suspect we'll be forced into some sort of consolidation or focus to sustain user acquisition. Letting the user browse more of the site before signing up is something we're working on at the moment.
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11y ago
Sure. For starters, Classmill is not self hosted or restricted to universities - anyone can create a class on Classmill. Classmill also does not rely on content production or live streaming video like edx. You can create classes with existi
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tariqr
11y ago
Great idea, thanks!
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tariqr
11y ago
Strangely none of the educators we've spoken to here in London had that feedback. Will stick to the name and focus on building a great product for now. Thanks for the feedback!
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tariqr
11y ago
We're testing various homepages at the moment. The classes are free to make and to join at the moment (with eventual pay to join coming down the road). Thanks for the feedback!
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tariqr
11y ago
thanks primitivesuave! Great feedback. The first modules are previewable without joining. Will be improving the notification views. Cheers!
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tariqr
11y ago
Sweet, could you please ping hello@classmill.com? Will keep you in the loop once the API is out.
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tariqr
11y ago
Yes, absolutely. In the pipeline! :)
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tariqr
11y ago
Many thanks, mgmeyers! :)
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tariqr
11y ago
Gah. Well, lets hope for the best! :)
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tariqr
11y ago
Hey gingerlime, thanks! Its an MVP at the moment, eventually the goal is to have teacher curated classes for very reasonable prices. At the moment its all free. Will be having a quick demo up soon! :) Cheers
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tariqr
11y ago
[Demo] There is also collection of Gilbert Strang lectures here: http://classmill.com/jennathompson/introduction-to-algebra - You'd have to login to watch the whole series, but lets you mark lectures as "done
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11y ago
Cheers :)
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tariqr
11y ago
Thank you for the feedback. Yes, comments are coming! :)
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tariqr
11y ago
Pretty much :) Thanks for the kind words. Its actually a sub section of a larger product ( http://classmill.com ). We just launched, what are you working on? Feel free to ping me (email in profile) - happy to share more details +
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tariqr
11y ago
"StyleSheet is not CSS. You will be quickly disappointed if you adventure outside the few CSS-inspired properties that React Native ships with." < I can see how that can be quite annoying, everytime you want to use a property,
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tariqr
12y ago
If I understand this correctly, the recipient (backer) is responsible for obtaining necessary legal documents and approvals for medical use. They might just end up putting a lot of people in danger of possession of drugs if this is not hand
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tariqr
12y ago
Sorry, what? One is in the real estate market, the other is is a dictionary(!). Both are meaning to denote the direction "up". If you put two mediocre designers in two isolated adjacent booths - they'd come up with the same t
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tariqr
12y ago
Dont get it, why make both? Why make the customer decide on such mundane criteria. Ridiculous.
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tariqr
12y ago
Great, I was introduced to ggplot2 via your note in the footer in articles you've shared in the past. This helps a great deal. Thanks Max! :) ps: Is there a way to generate vector outputs?
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tariqr
12y ago
That was an incredible talk, Paul, many thanks!
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