[Building Sakai] BLTI tool configuration help

[Brian Jones]

Thanks Chuck, that answers all my questions!

Cheers,

Brian Jones
Applications Development
Information Technology Services
Support Services Building, Room 4326
Western University
(519) 661-2111 x86969
bjones86 at uwo.ca

From: Charles Severance [mailto:csev at umich.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:14 AM
To: dev sakai
Cc: Brian Jones
Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] BLTI tool configuration help

Brian,

I probably made that last post too complex.

To completely replace the end-user experience that you can make happen with
IMSBLTIPortlet.xml you need BLTI 2.1.0 and the trunk of Site Info.  Sakai
2.9.2 will include BLTI 2.1.0 but not the trunk of Site Info.   I hope 2.9.3
will have the updated Site Info.

We should probably get the changes to Site Info into 2.9-x ASAP so they are
in the queue for 2.9.3 and it allows you to grab something that is known
other than trunk.

/Chuck

On May 14, 2013, at 7:05 AM, Charles Severance wrote:


Ah - The answer is "Yes".   Zhen and John Johnson at UM took the LTI UI in
2.9.0 and greatly improved it.  All those LTI /UI improvements are in the
LTI 2.1.0 code that is part of Sakai 2.9.2.

There is a bit more code in Site Info that is needed that is in trunk but
not in 2.9.2 due to not having enough time that really makes the integration
nice by making admin-created LTI tools available in the "Edit Tools" part of
Site Info.

So if you really want to never again touch IMSBLTIPortlet.xml - upgrade to
2.9.2 and the grab the trunk of Site Info - and off you go.

I hope this is all in 2.9.3 - it should be easy to get the Site info stuff
into the release branch - the big jump was to LTI 2.1.0 - the Site Info
changes are relatively straightforward.  Zhen is the expert for the Site
Admin changes.

Hope this helps.

/Chuck

On May 13, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Brian Jones wrote:


Chuck,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I already knew this can be done by just dropping
the IMSBLTIPortlet.xml file into sakai.home. My original question, in less
words, was:

Can we do this at all using the admin tool ('External Tools')? Were the
steps I took to do this in the GUI applicable at all? Is this what the admin
tool is meant to be used for?

Cheers,

Brian Jones
Applications Development
Information Technology Services
Support Services Building, Room 4326
Western University
(519) 661-2111 x86969
bjones86 at uwo.ca