[Sugar-devel] [FEATURE] Transfer to many

[Simon Schampijer]

Hi,

I would like to propose the following Feature for inclusion into Sugar: 
"Transfer to many" [1].

At the moment it is only possible to transfer a Journal entry to another 
learner one by one. Teachers have asked that they would like to transfer 
a file to all the class for example easily (hand out a book, assignment 
etc).

One simple idea is to add an entry to the Journal item palette that does 
a 'send-to-all friends'. The question is where to place the option in 
the palette. As the first option which might cause accidental 
triggering. Furthermore the way we handle the transfer related 
notifications in the frame should change (as described at [2]).

A long standing issue that does play into that discussion is grouping of 
learners. Currently the only option to group a number of people is to 
friend them.

Regards,
    Simon

[1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Transfer_to_many#UI_Design
[2] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2011-November/034198.html