[Using Sakai] Import from Site

Wed Jun 17 11:53:13 PDT 2009

Me too.

Jeff
On Jun 17, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Sean Keesler wrote:

> I voted for that one long ago... ;)
>
> Sean
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Kara Stiles  
> <kara.stiles at rsmart.com> wrote:
> Agreed.  Please vote for this:
>
> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/jira/browse/SAK-7768
>
> Kara Stiles
> Senior Functional Consultant
> rSmart
> http://www.rsmart.com
> ICQ: 396517169
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Keesler" <sean at keesler.org>
> To: "Kara Stiles" <kara.stiles at rsmart.com>
> Cc: "Josh Baron" <Josh.Baron at marist.edu>, "Sakai User" <sakai- 
> user at collab.sakaiproject.org>, "Jimmy Rico" <rico at txstate.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:12:27 AM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain  
> Time (Arizona)
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Import from Site
>
> In this case...I think they wanted to limit the ability to add  
> tools to a site, not realizing the side effect.
> More granularity sure would be nice in these perms.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Kara Stiles <  
> kara.stiles at rsmart.com > wrote:
>
>
> Yeah, some schools will remove site.upd from the Instructor role  
> in !site.template.course when they want the instructors to have  
> "Teaching Assistant" types of permissions instead of allowing  
> instructors to completely own their own courses, and then the Sakai  
> Admin assigns some other role (Course Developer, Tech Support,  
> etc.) as the owner of courses.
>
> In short, they may have removed site.upd on purpose.
>
> Kara Stiles
> Senior Functional Consultant
> rSmart
> http://www.rsmart.com
> ICQ: 396517169
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Keesler" < sean at keesler.org >
> To: "Kara Stiles" < kara.stiles at rsmart.com >
> Cc: "Josh Baron" < Josh.Baron at marist.edu >, "Sakai User" < sakai- 
> user at collab.sakaiproject.org >, "Jimmy Rico" < rico at txstate.edu >
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:36:47 AM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain  
> Time (Arizona)
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Import from Site
>
> Yep...that was it...for some reason this instance must have  
> site.upd unset for the Instructor role in the !site.template.course  
> realm.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Kara Stiles <  
> kara.stiles at rsmart.com > wrote:
>
>
> As far as I understand it, the owner is anyone who has the  
> "maintain" role as defined in the site's realm. I think they also  
> have to have site.upd, but that's usually true for the "maintain"  
> role.
>
> Kara Stiles
> Senior Functional Consultant
> rSmart
> http://www.rsmart.com
> ICQ: 396517169
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Keesler" < sean at keesler.org >
>
>
>
> To: "Jimmy Rico" < rico at txstate.edu >
> Cc: "Josh Baron" < Josh.Baron at marist.edu >, "Sakai User" < sakai- 
> user at collab.sakaiproject.org >
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:21:25 AM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain  
> Time (Arizona)
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Import from Site
>
>
> What makes someone a site "owner" in Sakai 2.5? My understanding is  
> that there is a site contact, but that it doesn't carry any special  
> capabilities. I have read that some schools have a special  
> "maintain" role called an owner and I wonder if there is a mixing  
> of meanings.
>
> I am the user who created the original site and the new site and I  
> am unable to import anything from my original to my new site in  
> this 2.5 instance (Even if I do it after the site has been  
> created). I get the message:
>
> Re-use Material from Other Sites
>
>
> You do not own any other sites to re-use material.
> Why would that be?
>
>
> Sean Keesler
> 130 Academy Street
> Manlius, NY 13104
> 315-663-7756
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Rico, Jimmy < rico at txstate.edu >  
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Yes, this is a bug but it only happens when you import Assignments  
> at the time of site creation.
> It appears to import fine when you choose to “Import from a site”  
> after the new site has already been created.
> This also affects attachments in Announcements just as an FYI.
>
> Jimmy Rico
>
>
>
>
>
> On 6/6/09 3:02 PM, "Sean Keesler" < sean at keesler.org > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I don't know if that is a fix applied to the CLE, but their appears to
> be a bug (SAK-14758 and SAK-15746) that keeps you from importing
> assignments with attachments.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Josh Baron< Josh.Baron at marist.edu  
> > wrote:
> >
> > We're running 2.5.4 (rSmart CLE)...our experience is that as long  
> as you are
> > an instructor in a course site you can import content from it  
> into another
> > site (in which you are also an instructor).
> >
> > -----------------------------
> > Joshua Baron
> > Director, Academic Technology and eLearning
> > Marist College
> > Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
> > (845) 575-3623 (work)
> > Twitter: JoshBaron
> >
> >
> > From: Sean Keesler < sean at keesler.org >
> > To: Sakai User < sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org >
> > Date: 05/28/2009 05:19 PM
> > Subject: [Using Sakai] Import from Site
> > ________________________________
> >
> >
> > I am noticing something unexpected.
> >
> > I create a site (Site X) and add some resources to it.
> > I create another site (Site Y) and attempt to "Import from Site"  
> in Site
> > Info.
> > The message I receive tells me that "You do not own any other  
> sites to
> > re-use material."...
> >
> > What determines which sites you can import stuff from in Worksite  
> Setup?
> >
> >
> > Sean
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