[Using Sakai] migrate from angel to sakai?

[Nate Angell]

Also, University of Wyoming has done some work to get more advanced  
test types migrated to Sakai (in their case from WebCT), but their  
example may prove instructive.
http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/CNF/Early+Experiences+with+WebCT-to-Sakai+Exam+Question+Migration+%28CalcQuest%29

Robin Hill at UWY may be able to shed more light on their experience.

On Nov 7, 2009, at 7:59 AM, Mark Norton wrote:

> 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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>>>
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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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