[Using Sakai] [Building Sakai] Differentiating Message of the Day (MOTD)
Bryan Holladay
holladay at longsight.com
Wed Feb 15 07:39:03 PST 2012
I created a ticket for you
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/INFRSTR-96in order to create a
contrib and confluence space.
I don't know what you want to call it, I just put MOTD2 since thats what
you had. You can add a comment to specify what you want it to be named in
CONTRIB and Confluence.
Thanks,
Bryan
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Feliz Gouveia <fribeiro at ufp.edu.pt> wrote:
>
> you can specify multiple roles for the user that gets to see the message.
> Note that this is an admin tool for the admin workspace, alongside MOTD.
>
> As for the code and screenshots can I send it to someone with admin
> permissions to that it gets available to all?
>
> Feliz
>
>
> On 15 February 2012 15:19, Bryan Holladay <holladay at longsight.com> wrote:
>
>> There's interest :) ... any documentation and screenshots on how it
>> works to go along w/the code? It sounds like you can specify who see's
>> each message. Can a user get messages from multiple groups (for example
>> instructors will see both instructor messages and generic messages)?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Feliz Gouveia <fribeiro at ufp.edu.pt>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> sorry, but your reply made me remind we developped at UFP a modified
>>> MOTD tool, MOTD2, which allows to specify if messages are shown to
>>> authenticated/anonymous users, instructors, the type of message (adds a
>>> small icon and different skin for different types), time period to
>>> display,.....
>>>
>>> We use it for internal-only messages, and for public maintenance/upgrade
>>> messages. It works with 2.7 (we have it in production) but we do not have
>>> the resources anymore to work on it.
>>>
>>> We don't have it on the contrib tools list right now, but I can send it
>>> if there is interest.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Feliz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 February 2012 11:15, Raad Al-Rawi <Raad.Al-Rawi at admin.cam.ac.uk>wrote:
>>>
>>>> A bit late to this thread, but…****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> I’ve had a quick play and it might be possible to achieve a more
>>>> integrated solution (compared to using html files) by adding extra
>>>> announcement tools into the admin workspace.****
>>>>
>>>> You can give them separate channels (e.g.
>>>> “/announcement/channel/!site/student”,
>>>> “/announcement/channel/!site/faculty”), create a realm entry for the
>>>> channel, then add the (synoptic) announcement tool into the templates with
>>>> an appropriate value for the channel.****
>>>>
>>>> Permissions might need adjusting for the new realm entries.****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Like I said, I’ve had a very quick and dirty try, consisting of:****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> **- **Created a new realm of
>>>> “/announcement/channel/!site/student”****
>>>>
>>>> **- **Added the “.auth” role to the new realm and set
>>>> “annc.read”****
>>>>
>>>> **- **Added a new announcement tool to the admin workspace,
>>>> and set the channel to “/announcement/channel/!site/student”****
>>>>
>>>> **- **Amend a user’s “My workspace” site, adding in an
>>>> announcements tool with the channel set to
>>>> “/announcement/channel/!site/student”****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> I didn’t test to destruction; but it seems to work, although for some
>>>> reason the channel-specific announcement tool displays announcements from
>>>> all the user’s sites and is not restricted to just the channel in question.
>>>> Still, it may prove useful.****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Cheers****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Raad****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> *From:* sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:
>>>> sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] *On Behalf Of *Sean DeMonner
>>>> *Sent:* 19 January 2012 14:53
>>>> *To:* Adam Marshall
>>>> *Cc:* Fatima Rahiman; sakai-user; sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Building Sakai] Differentiating Message of the Day
>>>> (MOTD)****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Sam Ottenhoff sent this back in June in response to a similar question:
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 2, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Sam Ottenhoff wrote:****
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> I recommend creating static HTML files for the multiple roles. Create
>>>> them in a public folder (Administration Workspace -> Resources ->
>>>> public).
>>>>
>>>> Then customize the My Workspace template for the multiple roles
>>>> (!user.template.student, !user.template.staff, !user.template.faculty).
>>>>
>>>> If you want the tips on the home page of the My Workspace, edit the Home
>>>> Page (Administration Workspace -> Sites -> !user.template.student ->
>>>> Pages -> Home -> Tools) and add a new Web Content tool to the Home
>>>> page.
>>>>
>>>> Note that existing My Workspaces need to be deleted before receiving the
>>>> new template.
>>>>
>>>> --Sam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/2/2011 11:33 AM, Leah.Bergman at notes.udayton.edu wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> Good morning,****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone configured the MOTD (in their instance of Sakai) to be****
>>>>
>>>> specific to the user's role? For example, we would like to display****
>>>>
>>>> faculty tips to instructors and student tips to students when they login
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> to the system. If anyone could offer any assistance for how to****
>>>>
>>>> configure this or how they've customized the MOTD on their instance of*
>>>> ***
>>>>
>>>> Sakai, that would be most helpful.****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,****
>>>>
>>>> Leah****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> SMD.****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 19, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Adam Marshall wrote:****
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> I am positive that somebody posted a note about how to do this to the
>>>> DEV list about 6-8 months ago. I thought I’d kept the message but can’t
>>>> find it now.****
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> adam****
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> *From:* sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>>> [mailto:sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] *On Behalf Of *Fatima
>>>> Rahiman
>>>> *Sent:* 18 January 2012 07:35
>>>> *To:* sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>>> *Subject:* [Building Sakai] Differentiating Message of the Day (MOTD)**
>>>> **
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> HI there****
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> Would like to know if there is a way for the Message Of The Day
>>>> tool to differentiate between messages meant for faculty and that for
>>>> students? I’d like to send out new tool releases and training updates to
>>>> show on the My workplace page and meant just for instructors. Has someone
>>>> wrote a script which we could use which addresses this issue please?**
>>>> **
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.****
>>>>
>>>> <image001.png>****
>>>>
>>>> ****
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>>> Feliz Ribeiro Gouveia
>>>
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> --
> Feliz Ribeiro Gouveia
>
> Universidade Fernando Pessoa http://www.ufp.pt
> Centro de Recursos Multimediaticos Tel 351-22.507.13.06
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