Private communication with students

Throughout a course, teachers may want to keep private notes on students' progress, or create an online space where they can communicate directly with students regarding their progress. By using the Node access user reference module, teachers and students can create posts and then single out individual users who can see and/or edit these posts. Additionally, posts can also be private, in which case they are only visible to the author, making this method suitable for maintaining a journal or private notebook.

Getting started

Download the Node access user reference module from http://drupal.org/project/nodeaccess_userreference. Install this module as described in Chapter 3, Getting Started.

Then, click on Structure | Content types or navigate to admin/structure/types. Create a content type named Notes, and in the Publishing options settings, make sure that you enable Create new revisions.

Next, click People | Permissions or navigate to admin/people/permissions...