[Building Sakai] release 1 SP1 of Lesson Builder

Jim Eng jimeng at umich.edu
Wed Dec 22 07:52:34 PST 2010 

Hi Chuck,

You have articulated the need for Lesson Builder functionality in Sakai for several years, and now you have implemented it, with help from a high school student.  Thanks, and congratulations.  

My one big concern is that it depends on other tools and/or services in a way that may make it difficult to adapt for use in sakai institutions that do not use certain tools/services.  For example, if a school does not use Samigo, they would still need to include Samigo in their build for LB.  

I am wondering how hard you think it might be to make the entity types pluggable in LB and whether that is on your roadmap.  

Thanks.

Jim



On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Charles Hedrick wrote:

> 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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