[Building Sakai] Wiki's and Sakai

[Jeff Ziegler]

At UMich, when we first adopted rWiki we heard from a lot of  
instructors who were trying to use it but I re-wrote the default  
"Full Help Page" to explain the syntax (the macro instructions were  
completely obtuse) and included examples of usage and the expected  
results - much easier for them to understand now.  We also started  
covering Wiki in our regular training workshops.  Most of our Support  
contacts now are about Permissions or minor bugs like not being able  
to delete comments.  Those of our users who use an external Wiki  
usually do so because they used it previously and don't want to  
relearn syntax in a new Wiki - it's just easier for them to link to  
their preferred Wiki through Web Content.

Jeff






On Apr 1, 2009, at 4:50 PM, May, Megan Marie wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>    Here at IU we’re disappointed that the WYSIWYG editing  
> capabilities aren’t going to make the 2.6.0 release (see message  
> below for the announcement/rationale).     We’ve found that faculty  
> try the wiki in Sakai but end up switching to free and inexpensive  
> hosted solutions because they are so much easier to use.    
> Obviously, the wysiwyg would greatly improve the user experience  
> but it wouldn’t resolve the ‘ease of use’ issues we’re hearing  
> about.  This has made us wonder if it might be wise to explore  
> other options, like integration with existing wiki applications.
>
>
>
> Do other institutions receive similar feedback?    Has anyone  
> looked into integrating Sakai with a different wiki solution?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Megan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Pete Peterson [mailto:plpeterson at ucdavis.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:45 PM
> To: 'Sakai Developers'; 'Sakai QA'; production at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Cc: Michael Korcuska; Knoop, Peter; Anthony Whyte; Pete Peterson;  
> May, Megan Marie; Stephen Swinsburg; David Horwitz
> Subject: Important information about Sakai 2.6.0 and the rWiki tool
>
>
>
> Greetings Sakai Community,
>
>
>
> We have been unable to resolve a number of issues with the 2.6  
> rwiki code, centered around the WYSIWYG editing capabilities and  
> data loss under certain conditions.  At this point in the release  
> cycle we are opting to replace it with the 2.5.x version of rwiki,  
> making the necessary changes to make it compatible with the 2.6  
> codebase.  We are also re-applying some of the minor fixes and  
> improvements intended for the 2.6 version of rwiki to the 2.5.x- 
> based version (see SAK-15866 for more details).
>
>
>
> Summary
>
> ·         We have rolled the rwiki code back to the 2.5 version  
> which has proven stable in many production instances.
>
> ·         Many of the updated rwiki features that are present in  
> trunk/ the original 2.6 version, have been merged back into this  
> version. Details of this effort can be viewed at SAK-15866 (many  
> thanks to Steve Swinsburg for his work on this issue).
>
> ·         This new hybrid-rwiki has been tested and seems to work  
> as expected.
>
>
>
> With regards to the WYSIWYG editing capabilities for rwiki  
> scheduled for inclusion in  Sakai 2.6 (SAK-8535), we will continue  
> explore options for implementing such functionality at a later  
> time.  This is an oft requested features, so if you are interested  
> in helping us explore and implement possible solutions, please  
> contact Peter Knoop, Sakai Project Coordinator.
>
>
>
> If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them  
> to us by 3/31/2009.
>
>
>
> Thank you for your time and support,
>
>
>
> Pete Peterson
>
> QA Director, Sakai Foundation
>
> plpeterson at ucdavis.edu
>
> Phone: +1-530-754-7259
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