[Using Sakai] migrate from angel to sakai?

[Mark Norton]

Be warned that IMS-CC doesn't fully support QTI question definitions.  
Instead, a limited subset is supported.  This may cause problems in 
migration if more advanced question types were used.

- Mark Norton

Sam Ottenhoff wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I have seen two different export formats from Angel:
>
>   1) IMS-CC format (imsmanifest.xml in root directory)
>
> This format appears to export all relevant items from a course site as 
> "webcontent".  This means that all relevant information from various 
> tools (Announcements, Assignments, etc) gets imported to Sakai's 
> Resources tool.
>
> Sakai can import this package with a few modifications to the existing 
> blackboard_6 (extending the common cartridge code) parser code.  I would 
> be glad to send over these modifications if this kind of import is helpful.
>
> I have seen IMS-QTI files included in this package, but the 
> imsmanifest.xml does not indicate that these files are intended for 
> Tests & Quizzes (they are marked as "webcontent" also).
>
> You can find the IMS-QTI files on a *nix machine like this:
>
>   find ./ -name \*.xml|xargs grep questestinterop
>
> Once found, you should be able to import these IMS-QTI files directly 
> into Tests & Quizzes.
>
>   2) Angel XML format (angelData.xml in root directory)
>
> This XPath expression on angelData.xml should provide you links to the 
> relevant Angel assessment XML files:
>
>   /clldata/Assessments/Assessment/@href
>
> Note that this format appears to be serialized data from the database.  
> However, in these XML files, you can do a search for :
>   
>    <field name="_qtiXml">
>
> The contents of those fields should provide a fairly straightforward 
> pathway to bringing the content into a new system like Sakai.
>
> --Sam
>
>
>
> Steve Jensen wrote:
>   
>> Yup, we've been there and done that Nate.
>>
>> Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to get quiz/question 
>> info *out* of Angel.  I'm halfway hoping that someone has written some 
>> scripts that will read the db and generate appropriate XML files.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
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>> Steve Jensen
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>>
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>>
>>
>> Nate Angell wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Steve: As you probably know, migration as a whole from any platform to  
>>> any other rarely has a simple, one-size-fits all answer.
>>>
>>> The good news about exams is that if you can get exams out of Angel in  
>>> a standard format (eg, QTI), you can bring them into Sakai without  
>>> trouble. Sometimes some intermediary processing in a tool like  
>>> Respondus can help.
>>>
>>> When we work with clients on migration, we help them develop a roadmap  
>>> based on example courses in actual use in their current platform,  
>>> mapped to migration paths to Sakai. I think that's a good model to  
>>> follow whatever your move will be.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nate Angell
>>> Client Evangelist
>>> http://www.rsmart.com
>>>
>>> On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Steve Jensen wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Has anyone actually migrated from Angel (7.3?) to Sakai?
>>>>
>>>> If so, what was your process? How much of your content (esp. exams!)  
>>>> was
>>>> able to come over without major effort?
>>>>
>>>> Any documentation out there on it?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> steve.jensen at sfcollege.edu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Steve Jensen
>>>> Santa Fe College
>>>> Gainesville, Fl
>>>>
>>>> steve.jensen at sfcollege.edu
>>>> ICQ # 3440385
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
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