[Building Sakai] release 1 SP1 of Lesson Builder

Wed Dec 22 07:41:59 PST 2010

Looking at the demo on this site. Normally if you're adding a "next" link at the bottom, you'd want to check "next page." That way the breadcrumbs won't make it look like you're supposed to return. Of course this is a matter of taste. You might also prefer to check "show as button", though that's also taste.

I updated the instructions yesterday to talk more about options for structuring multi-page sites. You can see the new instructions at https://test-sakai.rutgers.edu/sakai-lessonbuildertool-tool/templates/instructions/general.html. Note that I also documented the sequencing features, though I need to add screen shots (and update the existing ones).

On Dec 22, 2010, at 9:40 AM, Sean Keesler wrote:

> 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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