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

[Anthony Whyte]

Don't worry too much about the last question.  It was offered in jest.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Neal Caidin <neal.caidin at apereo.org> wrote:

> Those are great questions and I'll pass them onto the Sakai VC planning
> committee.
>
> WRT signing up for the conference, are you asking as an individual or for
> an institution which is paying for your registration? I'm guessing nobody
> on the Sakai VC planning committee would know the answer. Perhaps Ian
> Dolphin would.
>
> Thanks,
> Neal
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Anthony Whyte <arwhyte at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>
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