[Building Sakai] gradebook and gradebook2 iRubric integration

John Bush jbush at rsmart.com
Fri Sep 21 10:58:13 PDT 2012


So how is irubric integrated into assignments2, is there no such
interface to build on there?  Or was this done in a less than
preferred way ?

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Nate Angell <nangell at rsmart.com> wrote:
> Thanks Sam, actual tangible steps contributors can take are extremely
> helpful.
>
> In this case, the motivated parties are doing the work, they are just
> looking for guidance.
>
> = nate
>
> On Sep 21, 2012, at 5:41 AM, Sam Ottenhoff <ottenhoff at longsight.com> wrote:
>
> It doesn't need to be perfect, but it does need to be acceptable to the
> community and done correctly.  Patches that will integrate iRubric directly
> with Sakai aren't going to fly for the community version of Sakai.  It needs
> to be done via a generic service for it to be acceptable.
>
> Regarding the question of who is likely to do the work: the motivated
> parties.  Here is how it worked with TurnItIn integration: 1) create a
> generic API for plagiarism detection called contentreview-service, 2) work
> with CLE Team to get patches for new service committed, 3) request a contrib
> space in Sakai SVN, 4) maintain an open-source integration layer in contrib,
> 5) write up some documentation on how others can build and deploy the
> integration.
>
> --Sam
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Nate Angell <nangell at rsmart.com> wrote:
>>
>> That sounds like great advice Sam. Perhaps Ramesh and his team can weigh
>> in on how the work that they have already completed fits in that ideal
>> vision, and/or, how where this existing work needs to be integrated so that
>> we can move a step forward in the meantime. Let's not let the perfect be the
>> enemy of the good.
>>
>> = nate
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Sam Ottenhoff <ottenhoff at longsight.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> There seems to be one decent way to integrate a proprietary service with
>> Sakai: create a generic service that can be implemented by the vendor.
>>
>> For plagiarism detection, Sakai has a contentreview-service.  TurnItIn is
>> the primary implementation of that service.
>>
>> So a rubric service would need to be created in Sakai that would allow
>> iRubric (or others) to the implement the generic service.
>>
>> The generic service is in core Sakai.  The TurnItIn implementation of the
>> service is in the contrib part of SVN.
>>
>> --Sam
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Nate Angell <nangell at rsmart.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> All:
>>>
>>> Reazon has led some development in both Sakai CLE gradebook and
>>> gradebook2 to help integrate iRubric into both. As an outcome of that,
>>> there are patches necessary to both projects to enable integration.
>>>
>>> Can you help guide Ramesh and his team into how to ensure this code
>>> can be a part of the community release to facilitate iRubric
>>> integration in all contexts?
>>>
>>> I include the Jons, Kirk, and Margaret because they are listed as the
>>> "owners" of gradebook project in the Sakai wiki:
>>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SG2X/Home
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nate Angell
>>> Sakai Product Manager
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