[Announcements] Sakai OAE 1.3.0 release now available

[Anthony Whyte]

Sakai Open Academic Environment (OAE) 1.3.0 release

RELEASE DATE: 1 June 2012

The Sakai Community is pleased to announce the release of the Sakai OAE version 1.3.0.

Sakai OAE is an open-source platform that promotes collaboration and sharing between users and interoperability between systems. It embraces a new vision for academic collaboration informed by the needs of learners, teachers and researchers.  OAE provides academic networking capabilities that encourage people to connect and participate in communities that span beyond the traditional boundaries of classroom and institution. Powerful content authoring capabilities permit mash-ups and remixable experiences of ideas, dialog and media. Enhanced search capabilities aid discovery of people and content. A widget-based architecture simplifies both development and integration with external systems.

WHAT'S NEW

OAE 1.3.0 introduces the following new features:

A new permission option for Sakai OAE documents is now available. People can be invited to edit without surrendering ownership and the power to delete. Ideal for participatory learning environments or collaboration between colleagues.
A new configuration setting is now available that allows institutions to configure who is allowed to share content in the system, based on the visibility setting of the content
A password strength indicator has been added to the Sign Up page
Improved indicators of read/unread status of messages in mailboxes
We've added an extension to the Sakai Basic LTI consumer/provider and provided a set of default skins for designated Sakai CLE tools such as assignments, gradebook and Tests & Quizzes.
we also fixed some bugs, see https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=13236
DOWNLOADS

OAE 1.3.0 Web Start (one-click download/run for Demos)

http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/oae/1.3.0/webstart/sakaioae.jnlp

 If you previously sampled our web start be sure to check your /home directory and remove the /sling folder and, if desired, the /store folder if you previously added content and want to start fresh.

OAE 1.3.0 Binary (org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app-1.3.0.jar)

http://source.sakaiproject.org/maven2/org/sakaiproject/nakamura/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app/1.3.0/

command line example: java -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -jar org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app-1.3.0.jar 1> run.log 2>&1 &

OAE 1.3.0 Source

Front-end: https://github.com/sakaiproject/3akai-ux/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.uxloader-1.3.0 
Back-end (Nakamura): https://github.com/sakaiproject/nakamura/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura-1.3.0 
sparsemapcontent: https://github.com/sakaiproject/sparsemapcontent/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.core-1.3.5 
solr: https://github.com/sakaiproject/solr/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.solr-1.4.2

Sakai CLE 2.8 Hybrid Integration Module

Tag: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/hybrid/tags/hybrid-1.1.5 
Tomcat zip overlay: http://source.sakaiproject.org/maven2/org/sakaiproject/hybrid/hybrid-assembly/1.1.5/

Sakai CLE "OAE" skins

2.8.x: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/reference/branches/sakai-2.8.x/library/src/webapp/skin/oae/ 
2.9.x: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/reference/branches/sakai-2.9.x/library/src/webapp/skin/oae/

CHANGE LOG

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/OAEREL/oae-1.3.0+change+log

KNOWN ISSUES

Below is a highlighted list of issues not addressed in the 1.3.0 release.

SAKIII-5412:  https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIII-5412 - Content Authoring has numerous accessibility issues for user of screen reading software and keyboard only users 

SAKIII-5061: https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIII-5061 - Group library permissions set to members cannot edit still allows member to upload content.

SAKIIIDESIGN-251: https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIIIDESIGN-251 - Deleting a course does not delete the Course website that was created as part of it.

SAKIII-4493: https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIII-4493 - Collection added to a group appears in My Library and can't be removed.

SAKIII-4266: https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIII-4266 - After creator removes content from their library, it remains in the system with no ability to remove it.

KERN-2773: https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/KERN-2773 - Content count can be temporarily incorrect when adding or deleting multiple pieces of content at once - IN PROGRESS

See our issue tracking system for a complete list of OAE known issues:

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=13017

UPGRADING

 Upgrading to oae-1.3.0 from an earlier version (e.g., oae-1.1.0) involves a number of steps that MUST be followed in order to avoid dropping your existing data.

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/dqmCB

INSTALL GUIDES

OAE Demo Web Start Guide

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/oxNJB

OAE Configuration and Deployment Guide

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/n4_CB

OAE/CLE Hybrid Deployment Guide

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/pIaCB

Deploying OAE: University of Cambridge deployment notes

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/3AK/University+of+Cambridge+Institutional+Deployment+Details

DEVELOPER DOCUMENTATION

OAE Widget SDK and Library

http://oae-widgets.sakaiproject.org/

OAE Nakamura

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/HoDzAQ

MAIL LISTS

Subscribe at http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo

Deployers: oae-production at collab.sakaiproject.org
Developers: oae-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
Technical Reference Group: oae-trg at collab.sakaiproject.org
User Reference Group: oae-urg at collab.sakaiproject.org

LEAD INSTITUTIONS

OAE project leadership is provided by the following institutions with support from the Sakai Foundation:

Cambridge University
Charles Sturt University
Georgia Tech
Indiana University
New York University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Michigan

LICENSE

Sakai OAE is released under the Apache license, version 2.0 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.





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