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    Up a level?

    in Support

    Posted

    26 minutes ago, ADT said:

    But surely at the up a level option is a system thing it should go to the top?

    Yes - it should, but when i visited your platform, it was behaving correctly.  So my guess is it's done by naming... hence if you can tell me where to look, we can see if we can spot the cause.

    Up a level?

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    Posted

    I reckon it's an ordering thing.  Looking at your screenshot, the first file starts with a number, whereas the up a level folder seems to have a name of 3 dots.  

    Can you let me know where to find this on a site and I'll see if i can spot anything before i write a ticket up.

    Microsoft ending support for Internet Explorer 11 from December onwards

    in Support

    Posted · Edited by Graham Quince
    Added text to make it easier to find when searching the forums

    I've also been experimenting with the HTML widget, and this code can be set to email you when someone accesses Frog via IE11: 

    <script>
function GetIEVersion() {
  var sAgent = window.navigator.userAgent;
  var Idx = sAgent.indexOf("MSIE");

  if (Idx > 0) { // If IE, return version number.
    return parseInt(sAgent.substring(Idx+ 5, sAgent.indexOf(".", Idx)));
  }  else if (!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident\/7\./)) { // If IE 11 then look for Updated user agent string.
    return 11;
  } else {
    return 0; // It is not IE
  }

}

if (GetIEVersion() > 0) {
    var user = FrogOS ? FrogOS.getUser() : this.getUser();
    FrogOS.fdp({
        url: 'email/sendmessage',
        path: '/api/fdp/1/',
        type: 'POST',
        data: { 
            subject: "Internet Explorer User detected",
            message: user.displayname+" ( username: "+user.username+" ) accessed Frog via Internet Explorer.  You might want to contact them to inform them about it being deprecated.",
            to: "[YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS]",
            cc: '',
            bcc: '',
            send_individual_messages: false
        }
    }).done(function(response) {
        //console.log("done");
    }).fail(function(e) {
       // Report Error
       console.log("failed");
    });
}
</script>

    You may need to grant Email FDP access in Groups & Policies.

     

    The first part of the code uses browser detection / detects the browser using UserAgent 

    Microsoft ending support for Internet Explorer 11 from December onwards

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    Posted

    Internet Explorer 11 is no longer a safe browser for your data.

    It’s official! Between December 2020 and April 2021, Microsoft will be ending support for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11).  From December onwards, whilst it will still be accessible, some features will stop working and crucially the end of support from Microsoft means IE11 is no longer a safe place for your data.  

    IE11 was released in 2013, and Microsoft superseded it less than two years later, when Edge became the default browser for Windows in 2015.  Today it accounts for just 1.4% of internet traffic.

    What does this mean for my school’s Frog?
    Ideally your users should not be using IE11 anyway, but some may be using it from home.  As the browser itself is no longer supported by Microsoft, there may be some features within Frog that stop working as a result. We will be unable to apply fixes for them to work in IE11 as this will affect their performance in modern, secure browsers which need to be used.  

    What do I need to do?
    Relay this message to your teachers, students, parents, governors with the recommendation that if they are using Internet Explorer 11 they should switch to Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or one of the many other alternatives that work safely and securely in Frog. As Internet Explorer is not on tablets, smart phones or Mac computers, this will only affect Windows computer users.
     

    FrogCode widget - Assignment Activity Hand-ins

    in Showcase

    Posted

    Different API - which brings back information in a different format.

    Paul uses assignmentreports.getData which returns all the information he needs.

    I used the FDP's assignment.getAssigned which contains all the information I needed.  If I was to use the other API, I would need to make further API calls - which would slow down the search and add strain to the server.

    FrogCode widget - Assignment Activity Hand-ins

    in Showcase

    Posted

    This widget is the idea of John Parsons at Winston Churchill, but it's already gone into a few schools.  Seems some students have figured out they can click the Hand-in button on an assignment and this removes the work from their To-Do list.  Teacher can and do return the assignment to the pupils, re-opening it, but John wanted tutors and Heads-of-Year to be able to check on a child and get a report on all their assignments.

    assignment_activity_handins.png

    While you can (sort-of) admire the thinking of these children, it's best if we can identify them and this widget takes care of that.  

    https://www.frogeducation.com/community/frogcode/frogcode-showcase/assignmentactivity

    Notes:

    This widget uses the Select User widget to search for a student.  You can find this in Widgets > Advanced.

    In order for this widget to work, the following Frog Developer Platform APIs must be enabled via Groups & Policies (either for the Staff Profile or a group)

    Alison Brown

    in Support

    Posted

    Hi @Tinpan

    When you talk about wanting to set work and have it not appear to students until the morning of, does the available from date not give you that flexibility?

    available.PNG

     

    Once assigned, you can edit the instructions, title and classes, as well as dates.

     

    EDIT

    Apologies, I've just checked your set up, Assign a page is only available in FrogLearn:

    However, if you would prefer to prepare assignments in advance and only publish them to students on the morning of, I think the Assign Page function on a site is the closest to the option you describe:

    https://www.frogeducation.com/community/training/homework/preparinghomeworkinadvance

    Graham

     

    Student Fields - Are they used?

    in Support

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, pdurber said:

    Having done a bit more investigation, the user import doesn't actually import into "MIS Username"  and SiMs doesn't have an equivalent field that we can find so we can't use that in SiMs to get it into Frog.

    Any ideas? Can you (ie Frog) import into it?

    Hi @pdurber

    Are you getting an error message on the import?  If that's the case, then I've been looking around, but the only other options would be to use a comment field in an Attainment Aspect in FrogParent

    Student Fields - Are they used?

    in Support

    Posted

    12 minutes ago, pdurber said:

    @Graham Quince Thank you.

    I populated the MIS username field yesterday, and you are right they got overwritten with the MIS import.

    Is there a way of telling the importer not to import that data field?

    I guess if I import the codes into SiMs, then they would just pass through to Frog - problem solved.

    Creating a location for each individual student's code looks like an awful lot of work.

    I'll let you know how I get on.

    Is there a checkbox in the extractor for MIS Username? 

    Just checking your product set up, you do have FrogParent - would it be possible to use an attainment aspect to pass the data over?  I'm asking as I don't know SIMS that well.  We can then either use the attainment table widget or HTML widget to get the personal information out.

    Student Fields - Are they used?

    in Support

    Posted · Edited by Graham Quince
    Forgot about groups needing to be created first.

    3 hours ago, pdurber said:

    When I export the student user data, the "MIS Username" field is unused and also "Location" field.

    Can I use these fields for my own information, ie. storing login codes for an online options portal?

    Hi @pdurber

    Location is a type of group, so it's safe to assume that if this is not populated in the MIS currently, (provided you don't start using it in the MIS), you should be able to add your own data to it.  I'd suggest testing it first though (i.e. make a change to a few students, run an MIS import via System Preferences and see if that change remains).  The benefit of this being a group is that you can use various API calls to display the data

    Example: 

    
  Frog.Model.api('groups.getFor', {
                identity: child.uuid,
                group_type: "location"
  }).done(function(groupResponse) {  
  // do something
    
  });

    Groups are separated with the export by the | symbol and you'll use a CSV to import them, so that rules out '|' and ',' to add additional variables, but there's nothing stopping you using a different character to separate your data.  This would be more secure than the tutorial I posted which uses an HTML to store all information.  To view student details another student would need to know their classmate's Frog UUID - which is highly unlikely.

    Of course, the groups would have to be created first - and unique for each student. - 

    MIS Username - I'm not sure - this might be in use and would be overwritten by the MIS if it came into use.

    I'd be happy to work with you on this - we might get something other schools could use.

     

    365 - A suggestion

    in Coding

    Posted

    On 09/10/2020 at 12:35, Chris Goluch said:

    @Graham Quince I appreciate the adfs system does this, but adfs is something Microsoft are phasing out with there push for Azure. Come next year my school will be moving to azure, but we are already thinking of removing the adfs server because 365 no longer requires you to handle logins this way.

     

    On top of that we have found that when dealing with multiple aliases, staff and students just get utterly confused when asked to sign in via adfs, meaning this is not a solution that we as a school would ever be allowed to implement.

    I would highly recommend looking into moving to adding a 365 oAuth solution. If it where possible to write login logic with plugins I would attempt to write something up myself.

     

    Thanks

    Hi @Chris Goluch

    I've spoken with some of our senior developers.  Microsoft are not phasing out ADFS.  As far as we all know, there have been no statements made to that effect.  There is a growing sentiment among IT bloggers that ADFS should come to an end, but that is not the same. 

    Having said that, we also offer Azure simple-sign-on.  This authentication method does require you to sign into Frog, but once signed in, you can open any other systems without having to sign in again. (provided these have been configured to use Azure).

    Graham

     

     

    365 - A suggestion

    in Coding

    Posted

    Hi @Chris Goluch

    I (personally) was not aware that ADFS was being phased out.  But I bet the development team know.  I'll mention it just in case.

    The user experience when a school has ADFS enabled is that they either:

    • log into their network computer, open their browser (usually set with Frog as the homepage) and they are logged in straight away
    • visit Frog via their school's website, enter their username, at which point Frog redirects them to an ADFS login portal, which they then enter their password for and are sent back to Frog, all logged in.

    There wouldn't need to be different login details.

    I will mention your suggestion, but it is also worth using the Ideas Portal to log it and flag it up to the Product team too.

    365 - A suggestion

    in Coding

    Posted

    Hi @Chris Goluch

    From reading your post (and thank you btw), it sounds like you don't know about the ADFS authentication we offer.  This does everything you've described above.  It's not OAuth, but achieves the same thing you're after.

    Graham

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