[Using Sakai] Experience with Publisher content

Wed Feb 22 10:56:18 PST 2012

Hi Beth,

In many cases you can upload publisher content in Sakai--but a lot
depends on the specific content package and your goals for working
with it. One first step you might take is to see if the package will
run on its own. If you unzip a package on your computer, you can see
if there's a single HTML file that acts as a "start" or "index" (and
may even has this title). Then confirm whether you can open the file
and have the content play in your browser.

If you can, then it's fairly easy to upload the content package to
Sakai. For example, you could use WebDAV to load the contents of the
unzipped file to Resources. Then, you could add a Web Content tool
that links to the "start/index" html file.

Jim Mezzanotte
rSmart

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>   1. Re: Changes in roles erases group membership too (Rafael Morales)
>   2. Re: Changes in roles erases group membership too (Neal Caidin)
>   3. Experience with Publisher content (Beth Kiggins)
>   4. Re: Experience with Publisher content (Platt, Shawn)
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> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:17:53 -0600
> From: Rafael Morales <rmorales at udgvirtual.udg.mx>
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Changes in roles erases group membership
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> Hello,
>
> Well, it happened with changes in roles too. However, that seems to be
> related to an Observer role I have created for a course. Do I need to do
> anything else that adding the role to the site realm for it work with
> groups?
>
> Regards,
> Rafael
>
>
> El 17/02/2012 07:19 p.m., Rafael Morales escribi?:
>> Hello,
>>
>> We have created course site with three sections (groups) of students,
>> and populated them. Today I did some changes in the course site realm
>> and the users disappeared from their groups. So I repeated the process
>> and the user membership to groups disappeared again! Any ideas on how
>> to avoid this happening?
>>
>> I am runing Sakai 2.7.x on Tomcat 5.5.x on Debian (I am not sure which
>> Java version is in use).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rafael
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> /Dr. Rafael Morales. Researcher. IGCAAV @ UDGVirtual, Universidad de
>> Guadalajara. Avenida de la Paz 2453, Colonia Arcos Vallarta, 44130
>> Guadalajara, Jalisco, M?xico. Tel +52 (33) 3540-3020 ext. 18823. Fax
>> +52 (33) 3630-0934. Email rmorales at udgvirtual.udg.mx. Web
>> http://investigacion. ?udgvirtual.?udg.?mx/?personal/?rmorales/
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> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:36:09 +0000
> From: Neal Caidin <neal.caidin at duke.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Changes in roles erases group membership
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> To: Rafael Morales <rmorales at udgvirtual.udg.mx>,
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> Could it be related to this ? -  https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-19200
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> Neal
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> From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Rafael Morales
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:18 AM
> To: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Changes in roles erases group membership too
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> Hello,
>
> Well, it happened with changes in roles too. However, that seems to be related to an Observer role I have created for a course. Do I need to do anything else that adding the role to the site realm for it work with groups?
>
> Regards,
> Rafael
>
>
> El 17/02/2012 07:19 p.m., Rafael Morales escribi?:
> Hello,
>
> We have created course site with three sections (groups) of students, and populated them. Today I did some changes in the course site realm and the users disappeared from their groups. So I repeated the process and the user membership to groups disappeared again! Any ideas on how to avoid this happening?
>
> I am runing Sakai 2.7.x on Tomcat 5.5.x on Debian (I am not sure which Java version is in use).
>
> Regards,
> Rafael
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> Dr. Rafael Morales. Researcher. IGCAAV @ UDGVirtual, Universidad de Guadalajara. Avenida de la Paz 2453, Colonia Arcos Vallarta, 44130 Guadalajara, Jalisco, M?xico. Tel +52 (33) 3540-3020 ext. 18823. Fax +52 (33) 3630-0934. Email rmorales at udgvirtual.udg.mx<mailto:rmorales at udgvirtual.udg.mx>. Web http://investigacion. ?udgvirtual.?udg.?mx/?personal/?rmorales<http://investigacion.%E2%80%8Budgvirtual.%E2%80%8Budg.%E2%80%8Bmx/%E2%80%8Bpersonal/%E2%80%8Brmorales>
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> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:54:47 -0500
> From: Beth Kiggins <kiggins at uindy.edu>
> Subject: [Using Sakai] Experience with Publisher content
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> We are an rSmart customer using Sakai. We are exploring how (or if)
> Sakai handles publisher content. Is there a way to import/upload course
> cartridge content into Sakai easily so that students can access the
> publisher content from within Sakai? We used to be able to do this in
> Blackboard and are wondering if there is a way to do so in Sakai.
>
> Recommendations anyone?
>
> thanks,
> Beth
>
> --
> Elizabeth A. Kiggins
> Assistant Professor and Director,
> Learning Technology
> University of Indianapolis
> 1400 E. Hanna Avenue
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> "Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand." Chinese Proverb
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> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:57:22 -0500
> From: "Platt, Shawn" <splatt at rwu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Experience with Publisher content
> To: Beth Kiggins <kiggins at uindy.edu>,
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> You want to take a look at Respondus...
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> http://www.respondus.com/testbank/index.shtml
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> ShawnP
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Beth Kiggins
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:55 PM
> To: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: [Using Sakai] Experience with Publisher content
>
> We are an rSmart customer using Sakai. We are exploring how (or if)
> Sakai handles publisher content. Is there a way to import/upload course
> cartridge content into Sakai easily so that students can access the
> publisher content from within Sakai? We used to be able to do this in
> Blackboard and are wondering if there is a way to do so in Sakai.
>
> Recommendations anyone?
>
> thanks,
> Beth
>
> --
> Elizabeth A. Kiggins
> Assistant Professor and Director,
> Learning Technology
> University of Indianapolis
> 1400 E. Hanna Avenue
> Indianapolis, IN  46227
> (317) 788-6154
>
> "Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand." Chinese Proverb
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