[Announcements] Sakai Newsletter January 6, 2011
Margaret Wagner
mwagner at umich.edu
Thu Jan 13 11:01:43 PST 2011
Sakai Newsletter
January 6, 2011
1. Testing Help Needed for Sakai 2.8
2. Open Source Portfolio QA Testers Needed!
3. Jasig's "Spotlight on Open Source"
4. Sprint 102 is Now Available!
5. Mail Sender 1.6.3 Released!
6. Unicon Upgrades Learning Environment Test Drive to Sakai 2.7
7. Joe Opening: Hebrew Union College Department of eLearning
8. Job Opening: Java Developer at Yale
9. Recent Email Group Discussions
10. Events
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1. Testing Help Needed for Sakai 2.8
Sakai 2.8 is at a crucial point in its development cycle. It is
nearing the point of moving from beta to Release Candidate. Release
Candidate denotes that we consider Sakai 2.8 ready for early pilots.
To move across the boundary efficiently a last push is needed. If you
have resources to support testing, please do not hesitate to contact
Alan Berg (qa.director.sakai at gmail.com).
Relevant links:
- Sign up board for testing -
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/QA/QA+Testers+Wall
- Tester FAQ - https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/QA/FAQ+QA
- Tester How-to - https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/QA/QA+How+To
- Area's to test -
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/QA/2.8.0+Changes
- Servers to test -
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/QA/QA+Servers+-+Sakai+2.8
Alan Berg
QA Director
The Sakai Foundation
Senior Developer / Quality Assurance
Group Education and Research Services
Central Computer Services
University of Amsterdam
http://home.uva.nl/a.m.berg
Ian Dolphin
Executive Director
The Sakai Foundation
iandolphin at sakaifoundation.org
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2. Open Source Portfolio QA Testers needed!
It's not to late to do your part on QA testing for OSP in Sakai 2.8.
If every institution using OSP does a small part of the work, we will
all benefit!
To sign up for one or more QA test scripts, go to OSP 2.8 QA Sign-ups.
This page also provides links to the OSP Test Scripts.
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/OSP/OSP+QA+2.8+signups
We welcome testing on any of the 2.8 QA Test Servers, but OSP data
structures will be refreshed regularly in the QA3-US, which contains a
site entitled OSP Project Site that is set up with a Matrix and a
Portfolio Template. Although this site can be joined with "access"
privileges by anyone, it is useful to assume the following roles for
the testing process.
- To log in as an administrator/instructor, use the Kayla Foster
persona (username: kfoster, password kayla).
- To log in as a student, use any of the following: Username: mdora,
password: moreen, Username: njarrett, password: newton, Username:
zmortimer, password: zach.
- To log in as an external evaluator, use username: cowens, password: clay.
Please consider doing your part in the short time we have left for
testing Sakai 2.8.
For questions or concerns, feel free to contact me.
Janice A. Smith, Ph.D.
Three Canoes LLC
651-642-9069, 207-841-6262 (cell)
janice.smith at threecanoes.com
jasmith at mm.com
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3. Jasig's "Spotlight on Open Source"
Monday, May 23 through Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Westin Westminster Hotel, Westminster, CO
...Followed by InCommon Advance CAMP: Identity Services Summit 2011,
May 25 - 27 (separate registration)
Supplementary half-day Jasig Seminars on Sunday, May 22 and the
afternoon of Wednesday, May 25.
Developer Workshops, May 26-27
Call for Proposals Extended by 1 week
Deadline for submission of proposals: Friday, January 21, 2011
We invite you to propose talks, birds-of-a-feather sessions, demos,
and poster session displays on open source campus applications, issues
facing you and your campus, innovative work that your team has done...
Talks will be presented in one of five tracks:
- Jasig Projects
Bedework, CAS, uPortal, Portlets. We're looking for presentations on
development, implementation, integration, and governance
- The Incubator
For presentations on projects in the Jasig Incubator (OpenRegistry, IT
Ecosystem, HelpDesk, Portlets, etc.) and those that would like to be
(Yours...?)
- Friends and Partners
We welcome proposals from our colleagues at Sakai, Internet2
Middleware, Fluid, OpenCast, Kuali, Duraspace, and other projects that
benefit the academic mission
- Communities of Interest
Promoting Open Source success (2-3-98), Issues in Identity Management
(FIFER), Openness, Agile Processes, Teaching and Learning
- Technologies for Open Source
What are the open source technologies that will impact us in the
coming years? What new technologies are you using or evaluating for
open source development?
Proposals require a title, an abstract (under 1000 words), a presenter
profile for each speaker, and some basic affiliation information.
Submit your proposal directly at https://www.concentra-cms.com/cfp/proposal/48
Start spreading the news!
At Jasig's Spotlight on Open Source you can:
- Attend hands-on training for applications from Jasig and from
colleagues in other open source communities.
- Discuss common problems and solutions with peers from around the world.
- See how other campuses are deploying the open source applications
that are important to you.
- Learn from inspiring speakers.
Starting next week, January 20th, 2011, you will be able to register
online to attend this exciting event.
Visit the conference website at:
http://www.jasig.org/jasigs-spotlight-open-source
Or let everyone know you're coming on the Facebook event page at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121295681268875
We look forward to seeing you at Spotlight on Open Source!
-The Jasig 2011 Spring Conference Planning Committee
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4. Sprint 102 is Now Available!
Hi everyone,
I've got the pleasure to announce that the output of Sprint 102 is now
available through this webstart:
http://files.70bpm.com/sakai/webstarts/sprint102/sakaioae.jnlp and in
the master repositories of both 3akai-ux and Nakamura.
The following features have been introduced since the last webstart:
- New and improved directory page that allows users to browse through
the institutional hierarchy and shows them which users, groups and
content can be found at various locations
- New way in which groups and content can associate themselves with a
location in the hierarchy
- People can now put themselves in the institutional hierarchy as well.
- System tour that gives users an idea of what the system can do and
guides them through the system using a step-by-step process
- A number of bug fixes concerning language, internationalization and
the output of Sprint 101
- Better default messages for the dashboard widgets
- New default dashboard widget layout
Please let me know if there are any problems with the webstart.
Enjoy it!
Kind regards,
Nicolaas Matthijs
nicolaas.matthijs at caret.cam.ac.uk
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5. Mail Sender 1.6.3 Released!
I am proud to announce a new release of Mail Sender in the 1.6 series!
Version:
Mail Sender 1.6.3
Description:
Mail Sender is a simple Sakai tool that allows users to send email to
selected or manually entered recipients of a site. Standard email
functionality is available, including attachments, as well as Sakai
specific functionality such as storing to the email archive. Mail
Sender is a drop-in replacement for Mailtool but with a slightly
different approach. While general functionality is the same, some
items have been removed to help with source maintenance and to enhance
the user experience. Permissions and tool ID from Mailtool are
preserved in Mail Sender to help as a drop-in replacement.
Works with:
Sakai 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8
Database upgrade:
There is no database upgrade required that is specific to this release.
Availability:
SVN: https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/mailsender/tags/1.6.3/
Binaries: https://source.sakaiproject.org/maven2/org/sakaiproject/mailsender/
Highlights:
This is a maintenance release that addresses double registration of
permissions and choosing "Do not allow reply" as the reply-to option.
Other issues addressed include some corner cases that were found in
cleanroom testing.
For full details of the features and fixes in this release, see:
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSND/fixforversion/12182
For full installation and configuration instructions, see:
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/MAILTOOL/Mail+Sender
For project information regarding this release, see:
https://source.sakaiproject.org/release/mailsender/1.6.3/
Known issues:
See JIRA: http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSND
Acknowledgement:
Thanks to Seth Theriault (Columbia University).
License:
Mail Sender is released under the Educational Community License Version 2.0
Carl Hall
carl at hallwaytech.com
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6. Unicon Upgrades Learning Environment Test Drive to Sakai 2.7
Unicon, Inc. has announced the upgrade of the Unicon Test Drive
Program for Sakai to Sakai 2.7, featuring Kaltura Video Tool
integration. Unicon developed this test configuration to help users
freely explore the features and benefits of Sakai through online
tutorials and sample courses. Nearly 5,000 educational professionals
took the opportunity to try and evaluate Sakai 2.5 through Unicon's
previous Test Drive Program. The Test Drive Program for Sakai uses
the native, community source version of Sakai and provides users with
a variety of course sites (including Biology 101, Geography 101, and
English 101) as well as their own personal worksite. The Test Drive
Program for Sakai is available to users free of charge.
Jim Layne
jlayne at unicon.net
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7. Joe Opening: Hebrew Union College Department of eLearning
Position: Educational Technologist, Department of eLearning
Status: Exempt; full time
Location: HUC-JIR Los Angeles Campus (National office located on the
Los Angeles campus)
Supervisor: Gregg Alpert, National Director of eLearning Revision
Date: November 29, 2010
Description: The Educational Technologist has primary responsibility
for the development of faculty projects on her/his local campus. S/he
will also serve as a resource and trainer for any eLearning
classroom/seminar facilities and related equipment for their campus.
In addition, each Educational Technologist will participate
in/coordinate aspects of national or multi-campus educational/academic
projects (e.g., Sakai CLE, Continuing Alumni Education, Assessment/
ePortfolio) as assigned by the National Director. As a member of a
dynamic and creative professional team, the Educational Technologist
has the opportunity and is expected to significantly contribute to
Hebrew Union College -- Jewish Institute of Religion's continuing
efforts in the expanding field of e-Learning, Distance Education and
Educational Technology in Higher Education.
The department's mission is to enhance, expand, and extend all
learning opportunities at HUCJIR. This includes supporting and
augmenting existing courses and professional training programs as well
as helping to envision and create new eLearning courses and projects
and as well as tools for our academic departments and national
centers/institutes. Our efforts in continuing education and resource
development help to expand and extend the resources and exposure of
the College-Institute throughout the Reform Jewish community and beyond.
HUC-JIR trains Rabbis, Cantors, Educators, and Communal Service
Professionals, and conducts graduate and Ph.D. studies on three
campuses in the United States and one in Israel. This is an
educational department under the auspices and direction of the
Vice-President for Academic Affairs and serves all four campuses with
the National office located on the Los Angeles campus. The educational
technologist will interact with College-Institute members -- both
locally and internationally -- including faculty, administration and,
on occasion, lay leadership.
For further details and information on how to apply, please see:
http://huc.edu/jobs/10/Educ%20%20Technologist%20Job%20Descrip%20%20_v8.pdf
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8. Job Opening: Java Developer at Yale
The Yale Center for Media and Instructional Innovation (CMI2) is
looking for an experienced Java developer to join our team. This
position will be responsible for the development of Yale's course
management system Classes*v2 (Sakai), as well as a wide variety of
electronic courseware and applications for both on-campus and
off-campus use.
Minimum requirements are a bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of
experience; strong background in Java, Object Oriented Design and
design patterns, and familiarity with Spring, JSP, JSF, Hibernate,
Tomcat, and Apache. The ideal candidate will have Sakai experience,
strong skills in web application development (HTML5, XHTML,
Javascript, Ajax, jQuery...), and a broad technical facility for
developing learning tools for higher education.
Please see the full job description on the Yale STARS site:
http://www.yale.edu/hronline/stars/application/external/index.html
Search for requisition # 11586BR
David Hirsch
Associate Director
The Center for Media and Instructional Innovation (CMI2)
http://cmi2.yale.edu
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9. Recent Email Group Discussions
[Building Sakai] Polls Tool date issue
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Polls-Tool-date-issue-td5916544.html
[Building Sakai] Sakai in Arabic
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Sakai-in-Arabic-td5916236.html
[Building Sakai] Monitoring cron jobs for SIS feed files
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Monitoring-cron-jobs-for-SIS-feed-files-td5915519.html
[Building Sakai] Recent changes to Columbia's Sakai installation
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Recent-changes-to-Columbia-s-Sakai-installation-td5915335.html
[Building Sakai] integrating the USIP OSP and Sakai
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-integrating-the-USIP-OSP-and-Sakai-td5914973.html#a5915187
[Building Sakai] Gradebook2 Scale
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Gradebook2-Scale-td5913931.html
[Building Sakai] Antivirus integration in Sakai
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Antivirus-integration-in-Sakai-td5913711.html
[Building Sakai] Sitestats admin
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Sitestats-Admin-td5791007.html
[Building Sakai] 2.7.0 with TurnitIn
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-2-7-0-with-TurnitIn-td5913314.html
[Building Sakai] Any reson for Events with Null id (SAK-19804)
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Any-reson-for-Events-with-Null-id-SAK-19804-td5910968.html
[Building Sakai] Restricting access to James
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Restricting-access-to-James-td5910762.html#a5913020
[Building Sakai] Add a session listener to sakai session
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Add-a-session-listener-to-sakai-session-td5910370.html
[Building Sakai] Duplicate site loses site membership
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=1343168&query=Duplicate+site+loses+site+membership&days=0
[Building Sakai] Integrating ARES electronic reserve system into Sakai
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Building-Sakai-Integrating-ARES-electronic-reserve-system-into-Sakai-td5907771.html
[Using Sakai] Using Sakai for Professional and/or Compliance Training
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Using-Sakai-Using-Sakai-for-Professional-and-or-Compliance-Training-td5900811.html
[Using Sakai] Update: Confluence upgrade (ver 3.4.5) / SSL certs for
Jira/Confluence
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/DG-Teaching-amp-Learning-Update-Confluence-upgrade-ver-3-4-5-SSL-certs-for-Jira-Confluence-td5883518.html
[Portfolio] Update on OSP Jira issues
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/Portfolio-Update-on-OSP-Jira-issues-td5907823.html
[DG: User Experience] Nice article on URL design
http://sakai-project-mail-list-archives.1343168.n2.nabble.com/DG-User-Experience-Nice-article-on-URL-design-td5889424.html#a5895172
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9. Events
Jasig's "Spotlight on Open Source"
Monday, May 23 through Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Westin Westminster Hotel, Westminster, Colorado
http://www.jasig.org/jasigs-spotlight-open-source
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