Once per year, CSLP researchers require that our research partners provide an archived copy of their LTK/ePEARL student data for the twelve. The procedure to archive and send us this data is below. We hope to receive research data ASAP after it has been
requested as we will need prepare research reports for our funders shortly
thereafter. Note that even though the complete database will be copied, only student portfolios for which we have parental consent will be accessed. Researchers will have a separate installation for every client who sends us their data. For example, CSLP's data would be located at:
- http://grover.concordia.ca/epearl/research/2011/cslp
Researchers will then be able to go into the installation of their choice, log in as any student for which they have received consent and consult their portfolio.
Archiving Research DataStep 1. Setting up the Archive:-
Make a new folder on your desktop called "NNNN_ltk_research_YYYY"
- Replace "NNNN" with the acronym or short-name of your organization
- Replace "YYYY" with the current four-digit year.
- Your folder name should end up looking like: "cslp_ltk_research_2011"
Step 2. Backing up your installation into the archive folder:
Step 3. Compressing the Archive from Step 2.-
Make sure the archive folder from Step 1 contains 3 items:
- the database,
- the epearl_files folder,
- and the ltk folder
- Zip the whole archive by right-clicking (cntrl-click on mac) and selecting "send to > compressed folder" ("Create Archive" on mac)
- Wait for compression to complete, this will take several minutes.
- You will now have a file called "xxxx_ltk_research_2009.zip"
Step 5. Make you data archive available for download, and tell us where it is.- Place your data archive somewhere that can be accessed from the web:
(ex. http://mydown.com/cslp_ltk_research_2011.zip) - Email the URL of the file-to-downloaded to ltkhelp@education.concordia.ca so we can download it.
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