[Building Sakai] Fwd: AContent 1.3 Released

[Charles Severance]

We should congratulate our fellow travelers from OCAD!

Vive Le Open Source!

/Chuck

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> From: ATutor <info at atutor.ca>
> Subject: AContent 1.3 Released
> Date: March 18, 2013 10:24:37 AM EDT
> To: csev at umich.edu
> Reply-To: ATutor <info at atutor.ca>
> 
> 
> 
> AContent 1.3 Released
> 
> March 15, 2013
> AContent 1.3 has been released. This version includes a variety of new features to enhance the production and sharing of learning content. Users should upgrade to take advantage of the new features. To try AContent, or download a copy, follow the links below. Read on for more about the changes in this release.
> 
> AContent Demo
> http://www.atutor.ca/acontent/demo.php
> 
> AContent Download
> http://www.atutor.ca/acontent/download.php
> 
> Changes in AContent 1.3
> 
> Page Templates: Authors can now choose from a variety of predefined page layouts when authoring content to quickly setup the positioning of various page features.
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> Content Themes: Authors can choose from a number of predefined content themes, to apply a specific graphical look-and-feel to each page, or to apply a common look across a collection of pages.
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> Structure Templates: Authors can select from a number of predefined lesson structures to quickly generate all the pages needed to setup for various pedagogical instructional strategies.
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> Administrator Authors: The AContent administrator can now be an author of content, rather than having to create separate admin and author accounts. Administrators can now access any content on the system to assist other authors where needed, or to manage and organize content.
> 
> Live Content Linking with ATutor: ATutor users can now seamlessly link content from AContent into their ATutor courses, leaving the content in the repository where it continues to be maintained. ATutor Authors may also live link content through the AContent LTI tool when enabled.
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> LTI Provider Support: The initial features for integrating AContent into systems that support the IMS Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) specification have been added. AContent can be included as an addon tool for a variety of systems. Work will continue on extending these features to included authentication, so authors will be able to create and manage content from within other systems.
> 
> See the AContent changelog for more details:
> http://atutor.ca/atutor/mantis/changelog_page.php?version_id=51
> 
> Other Recent News
> 
> Administrator Template Authoring: The developers at the University of Bologna in Italy are continuing their work on the AContent templating system. They will be leading a project for Google Summer of Code 2013 to develop a tool for creating page templates, content themes, and lesson structures to replace the current manual methods for creating new templates. Students interested in participating in the project, or in other ATutor/AContent related projects for GSoC 2013, should visit the ATutor GSoC Ideas page for more details;
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> ATutor GSoC Ideas Page
> http://wiki.atutor.ca/display/atutorwiki/Google+Summer+of+Code+2013
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