@mr_rcollins @chris_spackman @ericcurts @edutooters
While students may be more likely to install dodgy extensions, staff are more likely to be the source of personal information breaches.
@scerruti @mr_rcollins @chris_spackman @ericcurts @edutooters Teachers install plenty of nefarious extensions. Usually ones that promise do allow them to edit PDFs. Before they know it their home page has been changed to something unusable. Schools that are smart will follow a whitelist only policy for all users.
@SandyKendell @scerruti @mr_rcollins @ericcurts @edutooters
I love that people think editing PDFs is something that A) should be done and B) should be done in the browser.
(I suppose they need to modify a resource they found on the web; just another reason to use real #OER / #OpenContent resources.)
@chris_spackman @SandyKendell @scerruti @ericcurts @edutooters Inkscape works for editing PDFs.
@chris_spackman @SandyKendell @scerruti @ericcurts @edutooters i use it for PDF editing on the cheap. #foss it! 🤣
@mguhlin @SandyKendell @scerruti @ericcurts @edutooters
LibreOffice Draw can also edit PDFs. I've only done that a few times, and haven't ever with Inkscape, so can't compare.
Honestly, when random PDFs that I didn't make need editing, I usually just redo them in LaTeX. That is usually readings for EL / ELL / EMEB students.
If I can't copy the text from the PDF, I use Tesseract => Markdown => Pandoc => LaTex => PDF again.
It's F(L)OSS all the way down.
@mguhlin @SandyKendell @scerruti @ericcurts @edutooters
I use Inkscape all the time! How did I not know this?!
Thanks.