[Contrib: Evaluation System] XML Import of Evaluation data
Jim Eng
jimeng at umich.edu
Fri Sep 4 07:31:57 PDT 2009
BTW, it also includes syntax for defining eval groups at the top level.
Jim
On Sep 4, 2009, at 10:29 AM, Jim Eng wrote:
> Hi Rick,
>
> I am working on a confluence page that describes the format that has
> been developed at Michigan. It includes templates and template
> items, as well as scales, evaluations and email templates. I have
> posted a piece Dick wrote that documents some of the info. The
> document (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/Hw-tAw) is very much
> a draft at this point. I will try to get something written that
> describes the file format in more of a top-down approach. And I
> will try to post some sample files.
>
> After our call yesterday, Dick mentioned that the Import feature is
> marked as a Michigan-only feature. That suggests that it would be
> OK for us to bring it up to date (in synch with Dick's latest work
> on it) and then use trunk as a starting point for discussion about
> whether it will satisfy other institutions' needs and how it can be
> improved. Thoughts?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Richard C. Moyer II wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>> I've taken the PreloadDataImpl and started customizing it for UMD,
>> it's not in XML, but XML is the way to go.
>> Here's just a few line of code of what I'm doing.
>>
>> Scales....
>> // UMD specific scales -- RCM
>> umdAppropriate = saveScale("UMD-Appropriate",
>> EvalConstants.SCALE_IDEAL_HIGH,
>> new String[] {"Too Low", "Appropriate", "Too High" });
>>
>> items.... I'm creating these as expert at the various levels at
>> UMD (univ, college, dept, ...) I like how expert items group
>> questions, easier for building templates.
>>
>> // UMD Questions..
>> EvalItemGroup newCategory = saveCategoryGroup("UMD
>> UnivWide", "University wide questions", null);
>> itemSet.add( saveScaledExpertItem("How does this course
>> fit into your academic plan or course of study?", null, null,
>> umdCourseOfStudy, false, 0,
>> EvalConstants.ITEM_SCALE_DISPLAY_STEPPED,
>> EvalConstants.ITEM_CATEGORY_COURSE) );
>> saveObjectiveGroup("Course", "University Course wide
>> Questions", itemSet, newCategory);
>>
>>
>> But if the templates are loaded via XML as well, do we need to load
>> individual items? Or are the items loaded as part of the template?
>>
>> Haven't looked at template loading yet....
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rick
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Eng [mailto:jimeng at umich.edu]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 2:24 PM
>> To: Aaron Zeckoski
>> Cc: Richard C. Moyer II; Sean DeMonner; evaluation at collab.sakaiproject.org
>> ; Ellen Yu Borkowski; Richard Ellis; John Leasia; Stephen Marquard
>> Subject: Re: [Contrib: Evaluation System] EVALSYS Merge Process &
>> Plan
>>
>> It looks to me like there's the start of an XML format in trunk, and
>> Dick has done a lot more work on it since that was committed. I was
>> about to ask whether anybody is using the version in trunk and
>> whether
>> anybody has done any additional work. It seems to me that he has a
>> fairly complete syntax for describing evaluations, templates, scales,
>> and email templates (am I missing anything?). If nobody is
>> dependent
>> on the current import code, the first step might be to get Dick's
>> work
>> into trunk so we can evaluate whether there is anything that needs to
>> be fixed or added to that work.
>>
>> I will bring that up for discussion Tuesday, but advance comments are
>> welcome.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:05 AM, Aaron Zeckoski wrote:
>>
>>>> 2. The ability to import/export institutional specific scales/
>>>> items/etc
>>>> (i.e. customizing the preload) I believe there is a JIRA
>>>> suggesting an xml
>>>> format. I've started working on one and I think U-M has as well. Is
>>>> it worth
>>>> to standardize this?
>>>
>>> Yes please. Great suggestion.
>>> -AZ
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Richard C. Moyer II<rmoyer at umd.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I'd like to suggest a few other agenda items for this chat or
>>>> future ones
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1. There's been recent mention of tagging eval-1.2.2. What
>>>> should be
>>>> included, timelines, etc....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2. The ability to import/export institutional specific scales/
>>>> items/etc
>>>> (i.e. customizing the preload) I believe there is a JIRA
>>>> suggesting an xml
>>>> format. I've started working on one and I think U-M has as well. Is
>>>> it worth
>>>> to standardize this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rick.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: evaluation-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>>> [mailto:evaluation-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Sean
>>>> DeMonner
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 8:54 AM
>>>> To: evaluation at collab.sakaiproject.org; Jim Eng; Aaron Zeckoski;
>>>> Ellen Yu
>>>> Borkowski; Richard Ellis; John Leasia; Stephen Marquard
>>>> Subject: Re: [Contrib: Evaluation System] EVALSYS Merge Process &
>>>> Plan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oops, it was pointed out to me that there may be a conflict with
>>>> the Sakai
>>>> 001 room on the teleconference so I'm moving this meeting to Sakai
>>>> 002:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Name: Sakai002 - Ad-hoc
>>>> Telephone: +1-812-856-7060
>>>> Internet:156.56.240.9
>>>> Conference Code: 350#
>>>> PIN: 72524#
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the confusion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SMD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 31, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Sean DeMonner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> it looks like the earliest time when most of the folks can meet on
>>>> this
>>>> topic is Thurs 9/3 at 11 am EDT (there was no time when everyone
>>>> was
>>>> available so I grabbed the best, earliest spot). I've reserved the
>>>> Sakai
>>>> conference bridge for this meeting.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Name: Sakai001_Scheduled
>>>> Telephone: +1-812-856-7060
>>>> Internet:156.56.240.9
>>>> Conference Code: 348#
>>>> PIN: 72524#
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> See below for draft agenda.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SMD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 28, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Sean DeMonner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sakai EVALSYS Users,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This week there has been some off-list discussion about efforts to
>>>> merge
>>>> changes from a local branch (specifically the U-M branch) back to
>>>> the 2.6
>>>> EVALSYS trunk and how that work should be orchestrated with the
>>>> rest of the
>>>> community. Branch management was a topic at the Boston conference
>>>> BoF where
>>>> we agreed that regular meetings (monthly?) would be desirable in
>>>> order to
>>>> coordinate the work occurring at the disparate institutions. This
>>>> email is
>>>> an attempt to schedule the first of those technical meetings.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please indicate at the following Doodle poll your availability to
>>>> attend a
>>>> conference call:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://doodle.com/ckzgz3rhwshafhxq
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I will send out a meeting confirmation next week once we have a
>>>> critical
>>>> mass that can settle on a time. There is some urgency around this
>>>> effort for
>>>> all of us (not just U-M), so please plan to attend if possible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------
>>>>
>>>> Proposed Agenda:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 0. Context and Boston follow-up
>>>>
>>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/3ADNAw
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1. Review of proposed U-M merges (see excerpt of earlier message
>>>> from Jim
>>>> Eng below; please *preview* the proposed changes before the
>>>> meeting)
>>>>
>>>> - http://tinyurl.com/nv62l2 (screencast of U-M changes
>>>> for
>>>> context)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2. Pending merges from other institutions
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 3. Next steps:
>>>>
>>>> - next technical/merge coordination meeting
>>>>
>>>> - progress on product/project management coordination
>>>> effort?
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SMD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:34 PM, Jim Eng wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sorry. I wasn't at the meeting in Boston because I had to leave
>>>> the
>>>> conference early. I understood from Aaron that we were to merge to
>>>> trunk.
>>>> I have been creating branches to work on particular features. Once
>>>> all the
>>>> details have been worked out, I have been merging from there to
>>>> trunk. I
>>>> have done this with four features so far. In each case, there is a
>>>> setting
>>>> to enable/disable the feature or capability and the default setting
>>>> makes no
>>>> change in any behaviors or user-facing components. Here are the
>>>> tickets
>>>> that have been merged to eval trunk:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/EVALSYS-769
>>>>
>>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/EVALSYS-767
>>>>
>>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/EVALSYS-788
>>>>
>>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/EVALSYS-787
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I will be glad to participate in the meeting. If need-be I could
>>>> back out
>>>> these changes in trunk, but I would prefer not to. It's very easy
>>>> for a
>>>> branch to become stale so it's very hard to merge back to trunk.
>>>> We believe
>>>> these are features or capabilities other people will want, so I
>>>> would prefer
>>>> to continue getting them into trunk when we are ready to merge
>>>> them, unless
>>>> that creates a problem for anybody.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ==========================================================
>>>>
>>>> Sean DeMonner, IT Senior Project Manager, CTools Implementation
>>>> Group
>>>>
>>>> Digital Media Commons @ The Duderstadt Center, U-M (734)
>>>> 615-9765
>>>>
>>>> Pub Key 24DD6B09
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SMD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ==========================================================
>>>>
>>>> Sean DeMonner, IT Senior Project Manager, CTools Implementation
>>>> Group
>>>>
>>>> Digital Media Commons @ The Duderstadt Center, U-M (734)
>>>> 615-9765
>>>>
>>>> Pub Key 24DD6B09
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SMD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ==========================================================
>>>>
>>>> Sean DeMonner, IT Senior Project Manager, CTools Implementation
>>>> Group
>>>>
>>>> Digital Media Commons @ The Duderstadt Center, U-M (734)
>>>> 615-9765
>>>>
>>>> Pub Key 24DD6B09
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aaron Zeckoski (azeckoski (at) vt.edu)
>>> Senior Research Engineer - CARET - University of Cambridge
>>> https://twitter.com/azeckoski - http://www.linkedin.com/in/azeckoski
>>> http://aaronz-sakai.blogspot.com/ - http://tinyurl.com/azprofile
>>>
>>>
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>>
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