[sakai-core-team] [sakai-pmc] Sakai VC contribution to development

[Anthony Whyte]

Do you anticipate raising sufficient funds from virtual conference
registration fees to fund the winning new feature/enhancement?  If not, how
do you plan to augment the funding?  Most of the items on the wish list are
neither small in scope nor simple to implement.  Second, do you plan to bid
out the winning feature enhancement?  If so, how will that work?  If not,
why not?  Third, if I sign up for the virtual conference knowing in advance
that my registration fee is being used to fund future Sakai development, am
I making a tax-deductible charitable contribution?

Anth

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Neal Caidin <neal.caidin at apereo.org> wrote:

> Hi Sakai PMC and Sakai core team,
>
> I wanted to make sure that you are all aware about a great thing that is
> happening. Sakai VC conference registration fees will be pooled and go
> directly toward Sakai feature development.
>
> The Sakai VC planning team took input from the registrants, then collated
> and organized the items that seemed specific enough to define, and
> interesting enough to consider.
>
> Here is what will be an another round of input from the conference
> attendees, who get to vote for one of these.
>
>   Test & Quizzes (i.e. Samigo) Jiras
>  Accessibility
>  Grading rubrics
>  LTI App Store
>  Connect to cloud file storage
>  Improved Event tracking
>  Attendance Tool
>  LTI Integration with Rich Text Editor
>  New Wiki Tool
>
> Descriptions of these options as follows:
> Tests & Quizzes (i.e. Samigo) - UI improvements in T&Q, Easier ability to
> allow individual students or groups more time to complete an assessment.
>
> Accessibility - Make Sakai WCAG certified.
>
> Grading rubrics - Clickable calculated grading rubrics for scoring student
> work (for example in Gradebook, Assignments, and/or Forums)
>
> LTI App Store for Sakai - Have a common front like Google, Android or
> Apple have that show a list of applications that can easily extend Sakai's
> functional capabilities using the IMS LTI , a growing industry standard.
>
> Connect to cloud file storage - Integrate with cloud file storage
> solutions such as Google Drive, Dropbox, S3 from Resources
>
> Improved Event tracking - Enhanced analytics in Statistics - provides
> instructors greater understanding of student online activities to help with
> online curriculum development and student academic intervention programs.
>
> Attendance Tool - Allow instructors to easily take attendance for each
> class meeting using built-in rosters
>
> LTI Integration with Rich Text Editor -
>
> New Wiki Tool - Our Sakai Wiki plays an important role in the Sakai tool
> ecosystem, and is often cited by TWSIA award winners as an important tool
> in their successful application of Sakai to teaching and learning needs.
> Our current Sakai Wiki is based on underlying technology which is no longer
> well supported and the functionality is dated. We need a replacement. A
> Sakai Wiki group is investigating the best alternatives either to integrate
> a new wiki (most likely an existing open source wiki) or to enhance LTI to
> enable integration with any LTI compliant wiki on the market (open source
> or commercial). For information on the LTI standard please see IMS LTI.
>
> Note:  The following items were not included in the list above because
> they already have currently funded projects underway.
>
> Lessons Enhancement Project: - Improve the user experience of the powerful
> Lessons tool. For more see - Overview
> Gradebook UI Project - Improve the workflow and user interface of the
> Gradebook tool.
>
> Curious about your reaction to these options. :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Neal
>
>
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