[Using Sakai] WebDAV & Sakai

[Laura Gekeler]

Now that I've paused for a respectful moment of silence over WebCT ....

I've heard that for those who do not use WebDAV, they find a feature which
allows a zip file to be uploaded and unzipped on the server, and also
allows for zipping up the folder/file structure of some or all folder/files
in Resources and downloading them in zip fashion...

I say "heard of" because this feature has been disabled on our hosted Sakai
server and I haven't had time yet to dig into all the whys and wherefors.
Certainly we wouldn't deprecate WebDAV without providing another way, such
as zip/unzip to do bulk moves of files?

Apart from zip/unzip , how many people find browser drop and drag reliable?
(Or am I recapping conversation that took place already?)


Laura Gekeler
LMS Administrator //Concurrent Instructor
Teaching and Learning Technologies
University of Notre Dame
P:(1) 574-631-2402


On 14 February 2015 at 14:21, Luke Fernandez <luke.fernandez at gmail.com>
wrote:

> True dat.  Webct had webdav.  In the bad bad old days.
> On Feb 14, 2015 12:13 PM, "Laura Gekeler" <LGekeler at nd.edu> wrote:
>
>> It works find with a 3rd party tool like Cyberduck (at least in my
>> experience), it just doesn't work reliably from the operating system. And
>> there once was another LMS on the planet which had WebDAV connections, but
>> that LMS was purchased by Blackboard and decommissioned.
>>
>> Sakai stands alone.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>> Laura Gekeler
>> LMS Administrator //Concurrent Instructor
>> Teaching and Learning Technologies
>> University of Notre Dame
>> P:(1) 574-631-2402
>>
>>
>> On 14 February 2015 at 13:08, Luke Fernandez <luke.fernandez at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 for deprecating webdav or adding some serious disclaimers to the
>>> documentation.  I'm surprised it's still in Sakai.  It didnt work reliably
>>> in the early days of Sakai and if it still doesn't then it sounds like it's
>>> never going to measure up to user's expectations.  - Luke
>>> On Feb 14, 2015 7:42 AM, "Charles Severance" <csev at umich.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lots of outpouring of love for WebDAV - that is great since no other
>>>> LMS on the planet has this functionality - WebDav is unique strength of
>>>> Sakai.  By the way - not all of the "Big 5" LMS have drag and drop upload
>>>> so we are ahead there as well.
>>>>
>>>> I never said "delete" - only "deprecate".   But clearly even deprecate
>>>> is a bad idea.  I got the message :).
>>>>
>>>> I guess we just need to review the documentation in "Upload / Download
>>>> Multiple" and make *sure*we don't mislead users into thinking it is more
>>>> capable than it is.
>>>>
>>>> /Chuck
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 14, 2015, at 5:59 AM, Neal Caidin <neal.caidin at apereo.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Survey says .....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TCC/Sakai+Tool+Survey+Results+2014
>>>>
>>>> Over 80% use Upload-Download Multiple Resources. If you look at the
>>>> comments, some explain problems with Shibboleth, recommending Cyberduck,
>>>> with one "Quite useful though."  Comments on the survey are not required,
>>>> so only a handful do.
>>>>
>>>> 70 institutions take the survey, so a reasonable sample size.
>>>>
>>>> -- Neal
>>>>
>>>>
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