[Building Sakai] Tool request:Virtual Programming Lab

Wed Nov 14 07:01:04 PST 2012

I haven't heard of anything and it's pretty complex because you really have
to setup a jail on a VM with strong limitations so that the student program
can't do anything malicious. That's what it looks like VPL does. If I had a
client that insisted on this, I'd probably just run this Moodle module and
link it up logins with a CAS. The demo site is so trimmed down it doesn't
even look like Moodle. Would probably take some custom development
depending on what (if any) data they wanted passed between Sakai and the
VPL (course creation, results from submissions) from the secured VPL
instance to Sakai, but looks like a good amount of work already is done on
that module, and those things are doable with webservices.

http://vpl.dis.ulpgc.es/

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Kevin P. Foote <kpfoote at iup.edu> wrote:

>
> Interesting idea..
>
> However, from an admin seat that just sounds like a VERY BAD idea. I
> would much rather point them in the direction of a syntax checker type
> utility that could be integrated/built..
>
>  just $.02 worth :-)
>
> ------
> thanks
>   kevin.foote
>
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012, Fatima Rahiman wrote:
>
> -> Hi All
> -> We've had a request  for a SAKAI  equivalent to the VPL module
> developed by Moodle which basically assesses programming assignments buy
> running code submitted by students and executing it .
> -> Does anyone know of a developed tool  akin to  this function?
> ->
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