[Building Sakai] release 1 SP1 of Lesson Builder

Wed Dec 22 06:40:17 PST 2010

I see the resources you linked to on pages #3, 4 and 5 (a set of wikipedia
pages).
I think that the html page problem is nothing to do with lesson builder. The
2.7 default for html pages in resources is to force a download, rather than
displaying the page.
http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Release+Notes+(2.7)

I think that setting that property to "false" would make this a little
nicer....so I just did on this test instance....and your pages show up.

Sean Keesler
130 Academy Street
Manlius, NY 13104
315-682-0830
sean.keesler at threecanoes.com

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Warwick Chapman
<warwickchapman at gmail.com>wrote:

> Sean
>
> Thanks very much for this.  The only thing I couldn't work out, to fit our
> requirements, was how to link directly to an HTML resource (either in
> resources or external)?  I have components built in JQuery which I would
> like provided as a page of their own.
>
> If you look at the 6 items I added about Daniel Boone, should I have been
> using the subpage functionality to create progression in the way I have?
>  (Go from 1. Introduction to 6. Conclusion by clicking the subpage links at
> the bottom and see the subpage progression at the top).
>
> -- Warwick Bruce Chapman | +27 83 7797 094 | http://warwickchapman.com
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Sean Keesler <
> sean.keesler at threecanoes.com> wrote:
>
>> I have it up and running on an EC2 instance (its small...so be kind),
>> osp1.threecanoes.com.
>> usernames "teacher4" and "student8", password for both is "test".
>>
>> This is not a big machine...let me know if it explodes and I'll
>> restart it...no guarantee that your data won't disappear if I refresh
>> it...disclaimer, disclaimer.....you know...
>>
>>
>> Sean Keesler
>> 130 Academy Street
>> Manlius, NY 13104
>> 315-682-0830
>> sean.keesler at threecanoes.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Adam Marshall
>> <adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> > Is there a place where one can test-drive “Lesson Builder”? I’d love top
>> > have a play. Failing that do you have a screen cast so I can see a demo?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > adam
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
>> > [mailto:sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Hedrick
>> > Charles
>> > Sent: 18 December 2010 02:23
>> > To: Sakai-Dev Developers
>> > Subject: [Building Sakai] release 1 SP1 of Lesson Builder
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I have just tagged RC1 for a release 1 of lesson builder. We're planning
>> a
>> > release 1 for use in the Spring.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I've recently put a lot of work into the UI. You can now do the
>> equivalent
>> > of Moodle lessons, with branching depending upon how you answer a
>> question.
>> > (You insert the question as a text box, and then put buttons or links
>> under
>> > it for the answers.)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > If you had installed a previous version, please update, if only for
>> security
>> > reasons. A minor database change should happen automatically as long as
>> > auto.ddl is on.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > See the confluence
>> > page,
>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/LB/Contrib+-+Lesson+Builder,
>> > for more information and a few screen shots.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ================
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Lesson Builder is a way to structure content. Use cases include
>> >
>> > ·         Online courses, which often want to structure material by unit
>> or
>> > week. It must be easy to link to quizes and assignments, and to handle
>> > common types of content.
>> >
>> > ·         Online training, which needs to define sequences of material.
>> >
>> > ·         Online certification, which needs to require certain items to
>> be
>> > done, and sometimes to limit access until prerequistes are met.
>> >
>> > Major features
>> >
>> > ·         The tool is intended to be present more than once in a site.
>> Each
>> > unit or week of a course might be a separate instance, appearing in the
>> left
>> > margin.
>> >
>> > ·         The primary interface for faculty is a page editor modeled
>> > conceptually on the Sakai 3 page editor. You can insert any combination
>> of
>> > widgets. These include web content (with the usual FCK editor),
>> resources
>> > (either as separate windows or inline in an iframe), and individual
>> > tests/quizes (currently only Samigo, but Mneme support is planned),
>> > assignments, and discussion forum topics (from Message Center Discussion
>> or
>> > JForum). We try to use an appropriate player for all multimedia content
>> > types. You can reorder pages using a drag and drop reorder tool from the
>> > Fluid project. There is introductory documentation builtin.
>> >
>> > ·         For tools we don't support, if you can invoke them by a URL,
>> you
>> > can insert it, and we'll do the Javascript magic to adjust the size of
>> the
>> > iframe properly.
>> >
>> > ·         In addition to these pages that appear in the left margin,
>> > additional pages may be created. These can be either subpages or "next"
>> > pages. (The difference is whether breadcrumbs show a return to the
>> current
>> > page or whether the new page replaces the current one.) You can also
>> choose
>> > to add links to existing pages. You can use a button instead of a link.
>> The
>> > most common approaches will probably be (1) a link to a subpage, (2) a
>> > "next" button at the bottom of a page going to a new page, (3) a
>> > Moodle-style dispatch, with buttons for several pages, labelled as
>> answers
>> > to a question.
>> >
>> > ·         It is possible to set items to be required. A page is marked
>> as
>> > finished when all required items have been done. For tests and
>> assignments
>> > you can specify a minimum score.
>> >
>> > ·         It is possible to set items so that they are not accessible
>> until
>> > all required items above them have been done.
>> >
>> > ·         It is possible to hide an instance, and to release on a
>> specific
>> > date. Currently we can't hide individual pages, but only the set of
>> pages
>> > that appear as a single entry in the left margin. When an instance is
>> > hidden, you can optionally hide all the tests, quizes and assignments
>> that
>> > appear in the instance. (To be compatible with the way we do selective
>> > release, this is done by creating a group for the quiz or assignment,
>> > initially with no one in it, and making the quiz/assignment released to
>> that
>> > group. When an item is marked as not available until other items have
>> been
>> > completed, the same group is used, with people being added to the group
>> as
>> > they complete the prerequisites.)
>> >
>> > ·         We think the tool is fully internationalized. (I put it that
>> way
>> > because I keep finding hardcoded English text.) There is a group
>> planning to
>> > use it in Spanish.
>> >
>> > ·         I have made an attempt to make it accessible, but I'd
>> appreciate
>> > reviews by actual users of assistive technology.
>> >
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