[Using Sakai] [Building Sakai] Sakai and Cloud-based storage integration?

[Keli Sato Amann]

Hi Sean,
Replying to only user list so this doesn't end up cross posted--we have not specifically looked at this. However, our UX group did prioritize finding a way to create easy multifile upload/download. Our dev team is thinking about a javascript based solution--would require specific browsers but at least wil work on newer OSs, unlike WebDav. The only other project addressing this is zip/unzip uploaded/downloaded fies (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/KNL-273)

Yesterday I said it would be cool if whatever solution we came up with worked like Dropbox. But this is the first time I have heard anyone suggest we actually integrate with Dropbox. Have you started exploring? Is this additional storage option, or is your aim to somehow integrate with Resources? The free 2 GB is bigger than our default quota for Resources.

Also, are there any concerns about hosting course files on external server? I suppose that's why we've never even thought about it, but universities may be getting over their concerns, not sure.

Bcc'ing our team as fyi

Keli Amann
User Experience Specialist
Academic Computing Services, Stanford University


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean DeMonner" <demonner at umich.edu>
To: production at collab.sakaiproject.org, "sakai-user User" <sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org>, "Sakai-Dev DeMonner" <sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 7:54:42 AM
Subject: [Building Sakai] Sakai and Cloud-based storage integration?

Are there any institutions looking at, or having experience with, integrating Sakai and cloud-based storage solutions like DropBox or Box.Net? 

SMD.


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Sean DeMonner, Director, Teaching & Learning, ITS
3350 Duderstadt Center, University of Michigan, (734) 615-9765



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