[Building Sakai] Migration From Blackboard 8 to Sakai

Wed Nov 2 23:27:45 PDT 2011

Hi Louis,

I think you forgot to attach the zip. :-D

Cheers,
Nguni

-----Original Message-----
From: Algaze, Louis Contractor, eDataTech [mailto:ljalgaze at nps.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 5:51 PM
To: Nonkululeko Phakela
Cc: Beith, Linda
Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Migration From Blackboard 8 to Sakai

Nguni,

Attached is a zip file with two html files (feel free to ignore the
changes.rtf file.

Usage Instructions

1. Download Export (.zip) file from a Blackboard course

2. Unzip the file to a directory

3. Copy the two html files (assessment.html and assessment_list.html)
into the root of the unzipped folder

4. Open the assessment_list.html file with a web browser

I'd be interested to know how it goes.  Please let me know if you have
any questions.

Louis

On 11/2/11 8:15 AM, "Nonkululeko Phakela"
<Nonkululeko.Phakela at wits.ac.za>
wrote:

>Ho Louis,
>
>I would definitely be thankful for those tools and I will give them a 
>try. Can you please email them in the meantime, while waiting for a 
>place to put them. I'm really anxious to try them and see how they
work.
>
>Regards,
>Nguni
>
>Sent from my iPhone 4
>
>On Nov 2, 2011, at 17:07, "Algaze, Louis Contractor, eDataTech"
><ljalgaze at nps.edu> wrote:
>
>> Nguni,
>> 
>> We were also using Respondus to migrate assessment questions from 
>> Blackboard to Sakai until I developed two html/javascript files which

>> displayed the assessments from the exported Blackboard 6 zip file 
>> which was unzipped.  I'd be willing to share with anyone who is
interested.
>> 
>> I'd be willing to put it on the Sakai Wiki but am unsure the proper  
>>location.  I did find  
>>https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/PROD/Blackboard+Migration,
>>but
>> not sure if there is a better place.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Louis
>> 
>> On 11/2/11 6:33 AM, "Nonkululeko Phakela"
>><Nonkululeko.Phakela at wits.ac.za>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Beith,
>>> 
>>> Thank you very much for the response. This is helpful. I have never 
>>>used  respondus before but this tool is available for us. What was 
>>>the process  that you followed in order to get the questions from 
>>>webct to respondus  to sakai.
>>> 
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Nguni
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Beith, Linda [mailto:lbeith at rwu.edu]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 2:48 PM
>>> To: Nonkululeko Phakela
>>> Cc: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>> Subject: RE: Migration From Blackboard 8 to Sakai
>>> 
>>> Hi Nguni,
>>> Although we were able to export a lot of content from Blackboard 8 
>>>to  Sakai using North Carolina's Bfree tool, this did not include 
>>>tests and  quizzes. We purchased a site license from Respondus to 
>>>accomplish this  which worked out well. We gave instructions to 
>>>faculty on how to do this  themselves and held workshops on the 
>>>process but we also offered the  option to faculty to have my team 
>>>take care of this for them. I'm  attaching the handout we created on 
>>>the easiest way to do this (note that  Bridges is our rebranding of 
>>>Sakai). Once you get into it, the process  actually is pretty fast.
>>> 
>>> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this.
>>> Linda
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nkululeko Phakela [mailto:nonkululeko.phakela at wits.ac.za]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 5:01 AM
>>> To: Beith, Linda
>>> Cc: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>> Subject: Migration From Blackboard 8 to Sakai
>>> 
>>> Hi Beith,
>>> 
>>> I noticed in the email archives that you were migrating content from

>>> Blackboard 8 to sakai. I'm currently trying to export assessments 
>>> from there to Sakai Test & Quizzes. How were you able to accomplish
this?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Nguni
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Nkululeko Phakela
>>> Software Developer
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