[gradebook2-dev] Fwd: hello/introduction and a couple Sakai/Gradebook2 questions

[Thomas Amsler]

From: Broniak, Brian <bbroniak at vt.edu>
Date: Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 1:48 PM
Subject: RE: hello/introduction and a couple Sakai/Gradebook2 questions
To: Thomas Amsler <tpamsler at ucdavis.edu>


I had actually found the resources you point out below.  Was hoping
for a more user-friendly way to figure out what's in a release.  I'm
looking for things to tell our faculty here...they don't really care
much about detailed lists of fixes (even though they appreciate
them)...for my release notes, I'm going with feature enhancements.  I
know I can look at categories in JIRA and see these...just thinking
maybe there was an easier way than reading through hundreds of them.
In any case, I can work with it.  Wanted to know this was your
preferred way and given that it is, I can go that route.

Good to know about 1.4.  We'll be upgrading Gradebook most likely with
our yearly Scholar upgrade...so when we go to 2.7.X, we'll also up
this tool.  I know we're not tied into that, but it's best for us in
terms of training, documentation, communication.   Our dev team here
is pretty small, so we have limited capacity to do too much (if I had
a bigger team, I'd love for us to jump in and help on some
fixes/changes for gbook, but it's just not in our budget).

Thanks very much,
Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Amsler [mailto:tpamsler at ucdavis.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:39 PM
To: Broniak, Brian
Cc: gradebook2-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org; Sakai Programming Team
Subject: Re: hello/introduction and a couple Sakai/Gradebook2 questions

Brian,

Welcome to the Sakai community. Please see my inline comments bellow:

Here are some Gradebook2 resources:

JIRA:
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/GRBK

Confluence:
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/LACo

Mailing list (gradebook2-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org):
http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/gradebook2-dev


> I just recently joined the Virginia Tech team responsible for our
> Sakai implementation (Scholar is our local name for the system).
> So, I'm learning the ropes and figuring out how to navigate Sakai
> pages/wikis/listservs/JIRAs etc.
> As you are aware, we run Gradebook 2 here - currently version 1.2.
>
> A few questions:
> 1)      What is the best way to get a list of new features in new releases?
> For example, if I want to know the major functional improvement in 1.3 vs.
> 1.2, where is the best place to look.  This will help me sell the
> upgrade internally.


The best way to figure out what is in a specific gradebook2 release is
to search for target version(s). If you choose to upgrade from v1.2.0
to v1.3.1, you could list the associated JIRAs using JIRA Query
Language (JQL):

project = GRBK AND ("Target Version" = "1.3.0" OR "Target Version" = "1.3.1")

Our recommendation is to wait for v1.4.0, which we are planning on
releasing and using here at UC Davis at the end of February. Do NOT
use v1.3.0 because it contains a blocker bug that can cause bad grades
(GRBK-721). If you cannot wait for v1.4.0, use at least v1.3.1.

>
> 2)      If I had a list of ideas for functional enhancements, what's
> you're preferred way for me to let you and others know about these.
> Do I just create JIRAs with them?

Please use the gradebook2 JIRA
space(https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/GRBK) to file any bugs and
or feature requests.

>
>
>
> I know these questions are basic, but I'm a fast learner.

Please ask as many questions as you like we will try to do our best to
answer them in a timely manner.


Best,
-- Thomas