[Building Sakai] Handle multiple colleges in single sakai.

[Kevin P. Foote]

Didn't Oxford do this type of thing with the "Sub sites" model?

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thanks
  kevin.foote

On Wed, 9 Nov 2011, Steve Swinsburg wrote:

-> Hi,
-> 
-> (Posting this to the dev list)
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-> You could make a minor modification to the worksite setup tool so you specify a site property, which would be the college. Then list that property in the table of data in the site list. 
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-> Another way to do this is to make more site types and then you could filter that way but some tools look explicitly for the 'course' type so that probably won't work. 
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-> Extending the worksite setup tool would be the best option
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-> Cheers
-> Steve 
-> 
-> Sent from my iPhone
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-> On 09/11/2011, at 17:47, chandrasekhar k <sekharchandra07 at gmail.com> wrote:
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-> > Hi Steve Swinsburg,
-> > 
-> > We have set up a SAKAI (Sakai 2.7.1) on Tomcat and are creating course sites for the Engineering College using the "Worksite Setup" menu in the 
-> > "My Workspace." Currently we have a couple of course sites up and running; However, if we keep on creating course sites for other Engineering Colleges 
-> > i.e., School of Engineering and School of Business, the Worksite Setup screen will end up having hundreds of course sites, which would not be manageable. 
-> > How to differentiate the courses in single sakai based on the College.
-> >  
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-> > Please help me and suggest an approach to handle multiple colleges in single sakai.
-> > 
-> > -- 
-> > Regards,
-> > Chandrasekhar
-> > 
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