Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen

  • Sorry, a lashup on the ePortfolio module. We left the all-important Authoring features hidden on some accounts when we launched. Now fixed for all Teacher accounts.

  • From this morning* you will find a new, easier on the eye, livery for Yacapaca Teachers’ module. It is based on the look and feel of the main Chalkface website, and matches the ePortfolio features we launched earlier this week. The navigation has changed too, with a neat row of tabs across the top, opening…

  • Chalkface is still first and foremost a book publisher, even though I rarely blog about it. But what is a book? Pieces of paper bound at the edge, with ink on them? Or an organised collection of information? I prefer the latter definition because it encompasses both paper and electronic (PDF) formats. Tim O’Reilly, the…

  • Theresa Kinniston asked so many questions in her comment on my last post that I decided to pull them out into a mini-FAQ. Strictly a QAOO (questions asked only once). How do you create a new card and therefore have new tasks? There may be a terminology issue here. You create a new Task under…

  • After months of secrecy we finally announced today. The Yacapaca ePortfolio is now into public pilot. It’s a good thing I was working from home today because I was leaping around like a mad thing after I sent the announcement email to the Yacapaca mailing list. As much as anything, it’s a relief to have…