[Using Sakai] Alternatives to WebDAV (FTP?)

[Luke Fernandez]

Over the years we've also found WebDav to be unreliable between
Windows machines and Sakai.   Here are two possible alternatives that
*might* alleviate some of the headache:

1) Use a WebDav client rather than the one built into Windows.  (My
*hunch* is that this should help although I have yet to find a WebDav
client I'm happy with)
2) Track whether Sakai upload will be supporting automatic extraction
of uploaded zip files   (I don't know what the status of this is; its
been around for at least a couple years in Blackboard and Moodle).

Cheers,

Luke



On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Marshall Feldman<marsh at uri.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My university is converting from WebCT to Sakai for next fall. So far,
> WebDAV is the only method we have to move multiple files to the Sakai
> server. WebDAV on Windows is notoriously buggy, and I have been unable to
> get it to work with our server and my PC. Furthermore, html-authoring
> software like KompoZer have built-in FTP with synchronization, whereas
> WebDAV would have to be treated as a directory (no mirroring) and
> synchronization would not be built in.
>
> Are there any alternatives to WebDAV for maintaining multiple-files one
> Sakai? In particular, is anyone out there using FTP?
>
> Thanks.
>
>     Marsh Feldman
> --
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> Director of Research and Academic Affairs
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> Center for Urban Studies and Research
> The University of Rhode Island
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