[Building Sakai] Has anybody created a PDF Certificate tool?

[Brian Baillargeon]

I just read the CertificateToolQuickStart.rtf and it looks like you guys 
made this very configurable!

Very much appreciated,
Brian

On 12-02-13 11:22 AM, Mukul Tiwari wrote:
> Here is the link to svn.
>
> https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/rsmart/certification
>
> Cheers,
> Mukul Tiwari
> rSmart
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Regan, Alan <Alan.Regan at pepperdine.edu 
> <mailto:Alan.Regan at pepperdine.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Mukul,
>
>     Yes, if you could add to contrib so institutions could evaluate,
>     I'd be grateful.  Sounds like others would like this opportunity
>     as well.
>
>     This would help us with some of the challenges we're running into
>     when working with instructors creating self-paced class sites.
>      Many of these are one-unit or remedial classes to help students
>     prepare for required classes.  (Basic statistic skills, for
>     example, for MBA students that have forgotten the concepts or
>     never took a basic stats class as an undergrad.)  The goal is to
>     make them fully-online and self-paced.  Some of the challenges
>     include:
>
>       * Certificate of completion as downloadable or printable PDF
>     once student achieves passing grade in class based on overall
>     grade calculation in Gradebook.
>
>       * After an assessment, returning the student to the module if
>     they launched the assessment from the module (either Lesson
>     Builder or Melete). This helps make the process more seamless and
>     easy for the student -- less navigation back and forth, and less
>     training required to take the class.
>
>       * Alert emails to instructors in the event that students pass or
>     fail assessment(s) in Tests & Quizzes.  Since classes are designed
>     to be self-paced, the professors won't know where all of the
>     students are in the process.  Alert emails that are based on
>     triggers (such as grade less than 60% or grade higher than 75%)
>     would help professors manage the site and help identify the
>     students that need extra attention or who have completed all
>     assessments successfully, etc.
>
>     ****
>
>     Sounds like your PDF certificate development might help us with
>     one of our challenges.  Thank you in advance for adding to contrib
>     so we can evaluate.
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     Alan Regan, MFA
>     Manager, Technology and Learning
>     Information Technology
>     Pepperdine University
>     (310) 506-6756 <tel:%28310%29%20506-6756>
>
>
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:22:37 -0700
>     From: Mukul Tiwari <mtiwari at rsmart.com <mailto:mtiwari at rsmart.com>>
>     Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Has anybody created a PDF Certificate
>            tool?
>     To: Brian Baillargeon <bbailla2 at uwo.ca <mailto:bbailla2 at uwo.ca>>
>     Cc: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>     <mailto:sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org>
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>
>     Brian,
>
>     Yes, we have worked on a tool very similar to the requirements you
>     have
>     described below. It does utilize Itext libraries. You can create
>     certification definitions as a set rules based on scores or grades
>     received
>     in Gradebook items. For template pdf documents you can also
>     specify what
>     data would populate these template field at the time of certificate
>     attainment. Site participants can look at different certificates
>     available
>     to them and would be able to download and print the certificate
>     themselves
>     once they meet the criteria defined to attain the certificate.
>
>     We can put this into contrib for anybody interested to evaluate it.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Mukul Tiwari
>
>
>     On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Brian Baillargeon
>     <bbailla2 at uwo.ca <mailto:bbailla2 at uwo.ca>> wrote:
>
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     > I would like to know if anybody has created a tool or is
>     interested in
>     > assisting in creating a tool with the following requirements:
>     >
>     > An instructor specifies a pdf template file for a certificate in
>     their
>     > course's resources.
>     > The instructor specifies a minimum grade and a gradebook column.
>     > There could be other info for the instructor to specify as well
>     such as
>     > whether to display the student's grade in the certificate, the pixel
>     > positions of each stamp, font sizes, etc.
>     >
>     > If a student has met the minimum grade for the provided
>     gradebook column,
>     > they get a link to save or download a pdf stamped with their
>     name (and
>     > other info if applicable).
>     >
>     > I've created a simple proof of concept, but if anybody has been
>     working on
>     > something similar I'd be very interested.
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Brian
>     >
>     >
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