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tariqr

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About tariqr

tariq rf @ googles email service

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    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…

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    thanks for sharing! :)

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    congrats! :)

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    Thanks lobo_tuerto! Appreciate the kind words. Yes, draft mode is in the next deployment :)

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    Comment #9316007

    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…

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    Comment #9315906

    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 conte…

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    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 compone…

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    Comment #9313956

    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 bl…

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    Comment #9313876

    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 cre…

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    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 signi…

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    Comment #9313698

    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 …

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    Great idea, thanks!

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    Comment #9313235

    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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    Comment #9313132

    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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    Comment #9313122

    thanks primitivesuave! Great feedback. The first modules are previewable without joining. Will be improving the notification views. Cheers!

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    Sweet, could you please ping hello@classmill.com? Will keep you in the loop once the API is out.