[sakai-pmc] rWiki and xWiki > Re: Talkin' Sakai 11

[Josh Baron]

Folks may want to dig into some of the documents linked off the confluence 
site I noted below...one in particular, 
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/Proposal+and+Development+Status
, contains details on a number of wikis that we evaluated back in 2010 as 
we looked for a third party integration options.  The page has a 
spreadsheet linked to it with a number of the top contenders and some of 
the key metrics we used to evaluate them.

Ultimately, we landed on "xWiki" (details on why are in the report) but 
that was long enough ago that another assessment might be needed.

I would agree with Chuck, despite the current limitations of rWiki, it is 
used heavily by a certain population of Sakai users, particular those 
trying to push the envelope in using technology to innovate their 
teaching.  Loosing this capability could be painful for this population 
who is of particular importance in driving innovation on campuses.

Marist would be interested in working with others and putting some 
resources into an improved wiki experience.

Josh

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Joshua Baron
Senior Academic Technology Officer
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
(845) 575-3623 (work)
Twitter: JoshBaron



From:   "Berg, Alan" <A.M.Berg at uva.nl>
To:     Charles Severance <csev at umich.edu>, 
"sakai-pmc at collab.sakaiproject.org" <sakai-pmc at collab.sakaiproject.org>, 
Cc:     Josh Baron <Josh.Baron at marist.edu>
Date:   02/12/2014 09:55 AM
Subject:        RE: [sakai-pmc] rWiki and xWiki > Re:  Talkin' Sakai 11



Hi Chuck,

I notice a number of BasicLTI integrations with wordpress. I have no 
experience of quality in the market place, however, in your opinion are 
there any good quality integrations for a WIKI that could act as a 
replacement?

Regards, 
           Alan


Alan Berg

Innovation working group
On the use of ICT in Education & Research
University of Amsterdam
Postbus 1025 / 1000 BA Amsterdam
Weesperzijde 190 / 1097 DZ Amsterdam

From: sakai-pmc-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org 
[sakai-pmc-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] on behalf of Charles Severance 
[csev at umich.edu]
Sent: 12 February 2014 15:42
To: sakai-pmc at collab.sakaiproject.org
Cc: Josh Baron
Subject: Re: [sakai-pmc] rWiki and xWiki > Re: Talkin' Sakai 11

I also feel that the rwiki deprecation for Sakai-11 has the lowest 
consensus of the proposed Sakai-11 ideas shared by Anthony.  Personally I 
am not convinced at all that it should be removed. 

Those advocating for deprecation should propose an alternative and be 
prepared to put resources into making the alternative work.

/Chuck

On Feb 11, 2014, at 3:29 PM, Josh Baron <Josh.Baron at marist.edu> wrote:

While we were at Apereo Camp I mentioned work that took place at Marist in 
2010, in collaboration with rSmart, to experiment with integrating xWiki (
http://www.xwiki.org/) into Sakai.  The project was undertaken because of 
what seems to be heavy use (or at least interest) by teachers to have 
wiki-like capabilities and the feeling that rWiki was not likely to be 
further developed.  Although this was more of a proof-of-concept we were 
successful in deploying the integration.  It is likely that updates to 
xWiki at this point may make this integration even easier (LTI?). 

Folks can review all of the prior work and code at: 
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/XWiki+Integration 

Although the person who worked on this, Adam Hocek, is no longer at Marist 
I'm sure there would be interested in continuing this work if others were 
interested. 

Josh 

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