[Building Sakai] release 1 SP1 of Lesson Builder

Thu Dec 23 02:04:55 PST 2010

Ah, yes! Thanks :)

-- Warwick Bruce Chapman | +27 83 7797 094 | http://warwickchapman.com

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Sean Keesler
<sean.keesler at threecanoes.com>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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