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 Coherent Access 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.
Download the Coherent Access module from http://drupal.org/project/coherent_access. Install this module as described in Chapter 3.
Then, click the Administer |Content management | Content types link, or navigate to admin/content/types. Create a content type named Notes, and in the Workflow settings, make sure you enable Create new revisions as the Default option.
Next, click the Administer | User management | Roles link, or navigate to admin/user...